What's New in Security in Windows Server 2008 R2

The following topics are available in Changes in Functionality from Windows Server 2008 to Windows Server 2008 R2:

• What's New in AppLocker
  
  
• What's New in Biometrics
  
  
• What's New in Service Accounts
  
  
• What's New in Smart Cards
  
  
• What's New in User Account Control
  
  
• What's New in Windows Security Auditing
  
  

The following topics are not included in Changes in Functionality from Windows Server 2008 to Windows Server 2008 R2 and provide a brief description of security changes in Windows Server 2008 R2:

• Changes in Authorization and Access Control in Windows Server 2008 R2
  
  
  • Changes in User Account Control
    
    
  • Introducing AppLocker
    
    
  • Introducing Enhanced Storage Access
    
    
  • Introducing Managed Service Accounts
    
    
• Changes in Identity and Authentication in Windows Server 2008 R2
  
  
  • Changes in Kerberos Authentication
    
    
  • Changes in NTLM Authentication
    
    
  • Introducing Extensions to the Negotiate Authentication Package
    
    
  • Introducing Online Identity Integration
    
    
  • Introducing PKU2U in Windows
    
    
  • Introducing Smart Card Plug and Play
    
    
  • Introducing TLS v1.2
    
    
  • Introducing the Restriction of NTLM Authentication
    
    
  • Introducing the Windows Biometric Service
    
    
• Changes in Information Protection in Windows Server 2008 R2
  
  
  • Changes in BitLocker Drive Encryption
    
    
  • Changes in EFS
    
    
  • Changes in TPM Management
    
    
  • Introducing Compliance to Suite B Cryptography
    
    
• Changes in Security Policies and Security Policy Management in Windows Server 2008 R2
  
  
  • Changes in Security Auditing
    
    
• Changes in Server Role Security in Windows Server 2008 R2
  
  

The following groups might be interested in these changes:

• IT managers
  
  
• System architects
  
  
• Security architects
  
  
• System administrators
  
  
• Desktop administrators
  
  
• IT generalists
  
  

• For information about new security features in Windows 7, see What's New in Windows 7 for IT Pros in the Windows 7 Technical Library.