This post cover about the windows legacy features which has
been removed from Windows Server 2012
Cluster.exe
Good old cluster.exe will be replaced by failover cluster
powershell cmdlets. Cluster.exe won’t be installed
By default but it is an optional component. 32 bits DLL
resources are no longer supported also.
XDDM
Hardwire driver’s support XDDM has been removed in Windows
Server 2012. You may still use the WDDM
Basic display only drive that is included in this OS.
HyperV TCP Offload
TCP offload feature for HyperV VMs will be removed. Guest
OS will not able to use TCP chimney.
Token Rings
Token ring network support is removed in Windows Server
2012, who needs it anyway?
SMB.sys
This file has been removed, now OS uses the WSK, winsock
kernel to provide the same service.
NDIS 5.x
NDIS 5.0,5.1 and 5.2 APIs is removed. NDIS 6 is supported.
VM Import/Export
In hyperv, the import / export concept of transporting VM
is replaced by “Register / Unregister” command
/ method.
SMTP
SMTP and the associated management tools are deprecated. you
should begin using System.Net.Smtp. With this API, you will not be able to
insert a message into a file for pickup; instead configure Web apps to
connect on port 25 to another server using SMTP.
WMI Namespaces
SNMP service and its WMI components will be remoced.
Win32_serverfeature namespace is removed.
wmic command line tool is now replaced with getwmiobject
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