Author: rlevchenko

The Future Microsoft Datacenter/Fabric

Mathew John and Jeff Woolsey — Platform Vision & Strategy (2 of 7): Server Virtualization Overview

Philip Moss — The Power of Windows Server Software Defined Datacenter in Action

Andrew Mason and Jeffrey Snover — Nano Server:  The Future of Windows Server Starts Now

Dan Harman and Jeffrey Snover — Remotely Managing Nano Server

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Hyper-V Nuts and Bolts

Ben Armstrong and Sarah Cooley — What’s New in Windows Server Hyper-V

Senthil Rajaram and Jose Barreto — Hyper-V Storage Performance with Storage Quality of Service

Allen Marshall, Amitabh Tamhane, and Dean Wells — Harden the Fabric: Protecting Tenant Secrets in Hyper-V

Ben Armstrong and Rob Hindman — Upgrading your Private Cloud to Server 2012R2 and Beyond

Aidan Finn — The Hidden Treasures of Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V

Matt McSpirit — Migrating to Microsoft: VMWare to Hyper-V and Microsoft Azure

Jeff Woolsey — Preparing your Fabric and Applications for Server 2003 End of Support

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Source: http://blogs.technet.com/b/virtualization/archive/2015/05/13/hyper-v-content-at-ignite.aspx

Microsoft released new technical preview of Windows Server 2016 (it’s almost official name of the next version of Windows Server) at Ignite. You can download ISO and VHDs from:

Hyper-V Server Technical Preview 2

Windows Server Technical Preview 2

Review the following articles on Technet (were updated during Ignite sessions)

What’s new in Windows Server Technical Preview,

Features Removed or Deprecated in Windows Server Technical Preview,

Release Notes: Important Issues in Windows Server Technical Preview 2

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An IMPORTANT NOTE regarding the ISO image for Windows Server Technical Preview 2: If you encounter a black screen during the install process (at the stage where the installation is complete and you are prompted to set the administrator password and logon), press Ctrl+Alt+Del which will return you to the screen where you can set the password and logon. There are other situations where you may need to press Ctrl+Alt+Del to advance during logon, see more details in the Release Notes.

1. Review Windows Server Technical Preview 2 release notes and system requirements

2. Register, then download and install the preview. Technical Preview 2 expires October 15, 2015.

3. Receive email with resources to guide you through your preview

Installation Guidelines

When moving from Windows Server Technical Preview to Windows Server Technical Preview 2, you will need to uninstall the previous version for a clean installation of Technical Preview 2. 

Upon installation, you will be prompted to activate. A product key is not required for the ISO installation.

VHD installation requires the following product key:

JGNV3-YDJ66-HJMJP-KVRXG-PDGDH