Windows 8 Server "2012" Release Candidate (RC)

Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate (RC)

Takes you beyond virtualization

Delivers the power of many servers with the simplicity of one

Opens the door to every app on any cloud

Enables the modern work style

Windows Server 2012 is the broadest, most scalable and elastic platform for web and applications. Its consistent, open set of tools and frameworks give developers the flexibility to build and deploy applications on-premises, in the cloud, and in a hybrid environment. Windows Server 2012 will empower you to deliver:

Flexibility to build on-premises and in the cloud: Developers can use the same languages and tools to build on-premises and cloud applications, allowing them to build applications that use distributed and temporally decoupled components.

An open web platform: Windows Server 2012, combined with Internet Information Services (IIS), offers a solid platform for both open-source web stacks and ASP.NET, opening up a wide range of choices for application development.

A scalable and elastic web platform: Hosting providers can use new features in Windows Server 2012 to increase density, simplify management, and achieve higher scalability in a shared web-hosting environment.

Minimum System Requirements:

1.4 GHz 64-bit processor

512 MB RAM

32 GB Available Disk Space

DVD drive

Super VGA (800x600) or higher-resolution monitor

Note: 32 GB should be considered an absolute minimum value for successful installation. Computers with more than 16 GB of RAM will require more disk space for paging, hibernation, and dump files.

Also note that upgrades to Windows Server 2012 from Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 are supported. You will not be able to upgrade to subsequent releases from this release.

Windows Server 2012 ISO is available in Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish languages. Only 64-bit edition is available as usual.

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Windows Server 2012 with Hyper-V 3.0 Release Candidate for IT Pros: http://technet.microsoft.com/evalcenter/hh670538.aspx

Windows Server 2012 with Hyper-V 3.0 Release Candidate for Developers: http://msdn.microsoft.com/evalcenter/hh708764.aspx