Microsoft Releases Windows Server 2012

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday September 4, 2012 @09:17AM from the apocalypse-edition dept.

Barence writes "Microsoft has released Windows Server 2012, letting businesses test it for 90 days on the Azure cloud platform for free. There are two versions of the main edition of Windows Server 2012: one with virtualization support and one without. The former, the Data Center version, costs $4,809, while the Standard edition will cost $882. There's also an Essentials version, which replaces Small Business Server, for $501 per server, and Windows Server 2012 Foundation, which will only be available pre-installed on hardware." Ars has a detailed look at the new edition.

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frist by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-04 09:19 · Score: 0, Offtopic

in b4 lunix trolls
Re:WHAT!? by Forty+Two+Tenfold · 2012-09-04 09:30 · Score: 1, Offtopic

2k12
Seriously...

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Pedestal vs. rackmount by tepples · 2012-09-04 09:42 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Sure, a Mac Pro or a Mac mini + external Thunderbolt RAID may serve fine as a pedestal server. But I was under the impression that only Windows, Linux, and the like ran on rackmount hardware now that Apple has discontinued Xserve. Or has it already become common practice to put pairs of Mac mini computers into 19 inch racks?