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General Resources

Windows Server 2012 features are described in the May 2013 Research Report, “Windows Server 2012 Evaluation Guide.”

The entire Windows family is described in “Windows Family Taxonomy” on page 4 of the Mar. 2012 Update.

Application Compatibility

The Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 Compatibility Cookbook can be downloaded at www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=27416.

Features removed or deprecated in Windows Server 2012 R2 are listed at technet.microsoft.com/library/dn303411.aspx.

Federation Services and Web Application Proxy

An overview of Web Application Proxy is at technet.microsoft.com/library/dn280944.aspx.

A description of the new Federation Services capabilities is available at blogs.technet.com/b/ad/archive/2013/07/10/extending-device-support-in-active-directory.aspx.

A guide to claims-based identity and access control is available at msdn.microsoft.com/library/ff423674.aspx.

Two-factor authentication, the most common form of multifactor authentication, is described in “Microsoft Account Gets Two-Factor Authentication” on page 17 of the July 2013 Update.

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