New features in Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V

Microsoft announced new features and improvements to Windows Server 2012 at TechEd  Conference in New Orleans.
Server & Tools Corporate Vice President Brad Anderson said they plan to release public preview version around the time of the Build 2013 conference, which is at the end of June 2013.
The final versions of Windows Server 2012 R2 will be available by the end of 2013.
Among the new features of Windows Server 2012 are:

• Generation 2 virtual machines
• Full Remote Desktop support
• Live VM export
• Extended Hyper-V Replica capabilities
• Online VHDX resize
• Storage improvements
• Windows Azure IaaS compatibility
• USB pass-through support
• Linux Guest OS enhancements

New and enhanced features allow you to take advantage of even better performance and more efficient capacity utilization in your datacenter, helping you increase the agility of your business. Windows Server 2012 R2 offers a proven, enterprise-class virtualization and cloud platform that can scale to continuously run your largest workloads while enabling robust recovery options to protect against service outages.

Additional Information:

What’s New in Windows Server 2012 R2: http://www.petri.co.il/whats-new-in-windows-server-2012-r2.htm

Top 10 Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V New Features: http://windowsitpro.com/hyper-v/top-10-windows-server-2012-r2-hyper-v-new-features

Top Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V Virtualization Features: http://www.petri.co.il/top-virtualization-features-in-windows-server-2012-r2-hyper-v.htm

Microsoft's 'Blue' servers: What's coming when: http://www.zdnet.com/microsofts-blue-servers-whats-coming-when-7000016224/

Windows Server 2012 R2 official page: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/windows-server/windows-server-2012-r2.aspx?WT.mc_id=Blog_SC_TechEdNA_WinServ2012R2

10 great new features in Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V (slideshow): http://www.infoworld.com/slideshow/104337/10-great-new-features-in-windows-server-2012-r2-hyper-v-220067?source=twitter#slide2

TechEd 2013: Microsoft Details Cloud-First Strategy for the Enterprise: http://windowsitpro.com/paul-thurrotts-wininfo/teched-2013-microsoft-details-cloud-first-strategy-enterprise

What's New in Windows 8.1: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/dn140266.aspx?ocid=wc-mscom-ent

TechEd NA sessions recordings (ch9): http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/NorthAmerica/2013#fbid=pXBo_T8I_MR

Windows Server 2012 Essentials R2 Preview: http://winsupersite.com/windows-server-2012/windows-server-2012-essentials-r2-preview?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

TechEd North America 2013 Editor’s Choice: Windows Server: http://blogs.technet.com/b/windowsserver/archive/2013/06/03/teched-north-america-2013-editor-s-choice-windows-server.aspx

Massive Technology Displacement at Microsoft TechEd 2013: http://blog.concurrency.com/infrastructure/massive-technology-displacement-at-teched-2013-by-microsoft/

What are some of the other new features in Windows Server 2012? New in Windows Server 2012: ReFS, NTFS Updates and SMB 3.0 http://www.petri.co.il/windows-server-2012-refs-ntfs-updates-smb-3-0.htm

Windows Server 2012 R2 Adding Storage, Virtualization and Networking Improvements: http://redmondmag.com/articles/2013/06/19/win-server-2012-r2-additions.aspx?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V Feature List Glossary  & Comparing Microsoft Cloud with VMware Cloud   by Aidan Finn

12 features in Windows Server 2012 R2 you need to know about http://blogs.technet.com/b/firehose/archive/2013/08/12/12-features-in-windows-server-2012-r2-you-need-to-know-about.aspx#.UgkiE9JlSzo.twitter …

Blog post series by Brad Anderson: http://blogs.technet.com/b/in_the_cloud/archive/tags/what_2700_s+new+in+2012+r2/