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Microsoft Releases Windows Server 2012

Posted by Soulskill on 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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  1. Re:frist by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    So bad and yet still miles better than any Linux based operating system or OS X.

  2. Wow. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    I just picked up my copy and installed on my test machine and HOLY CRAP this is best version of Windows Server I've ever used. This basically solves the last problems that I needed Linux for so I can now finally replace all my Linux servers with something more usable and reliable. I'm looking to save about $1000 to $2000 per server per month by switching to Windows Server. Amazing.