Windows Server® 2012 Unleashed

Server Manager Dashboard

One of the new features of Windows Server 2012 is the Dashboard available in Server Manager, which by default will appear at logon. This interface enables an administrator to easily add roles or features, create server groups, and make management changes to groups of servers. This is a departure from the management in Windows Server 2008 R2 in that you no longer have to add roles or features on each server individually. One can create a group and populate it with servers destined to become Internet Information Services (IIS) servers and add the same roles and features to each in a single interface. This greatly improves the ability to manage multiple systems.

As shown in Figure 20.1, the Dashboard gives a quick view ...