Hyper-V Network Virtualization Packet Flow

Microsoft is providing free for download presentation on Hyper-V Network Virtualization Packet Flow. You can use that presentation to understand the topic. Download it from here.

Microsoft Virtual Academy: Windows Server 2012 Tracks

As soon as Windows Server 2012 went into General Availability MVA released a fair amount of videos to cover the new functionalities. So watch and learn for free:

Windows Server 2012: Technical Overview

Server Virtualization Module

Networking Module

Storage Module

Identity and Access Module

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Module

Web and Application Platform Module

Windows Server 2012: Server Virtualization

Virtual Machine and Scale Mobility Module

Windows Server 2012: Storage

Storage Spaces Module

SMB 3.0 Module

File System Enhancements Module

Windows Server 2012: Networking

Managing Network Infrastructure Module

IP Address Management (IPAM) Module

Hyper-V Network Virtualization Module

Windows Server 2012: Management & Automation

Standard Based Management with Windows Management Framework Module

Multi-Server Management with Server Manager Module

You can also logon to MVA and find the track there.

Manage NIC via PowerShell

Microsoft published a nice article on Partner &Customer Solutions Blog about how to take advantage of PowerShell in managing NICs. The article gives basic overview of several PowerShell commands that can be useful for getting information about NICs or configuring them. You can read the full post here.

Windows Server 2012 Jump Start Course Available Online

Windows Server 2012 NIC Teaming (LBFO) Deployment and Management – Documentation

Here is a document provided by Microsoft on how to deploy and manager Windows Server 2012 NIC Teaming.