Neowin News Feed for: Windows server 2012

Microsoft hints at Windows Server 'Blue' announcements for TechEd 2013

John Callaham — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:12:04 +0100

Microsoft has hinted at Neowin that the company will make some major announcements concerning the future of Windows Server products at TechEd 2013, to be held in early June. Read more...

Windows Server 2012 added as option for Amazon Web Services

John Callaham — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 19:18:21 +0000

Amazon has announced that it has added support for Microsoft's recently launched Windows Server 2012 OS to the cloud-based Amazon Web Services, along with added support for .NET 4.5 Read more...

Final version of Windows Server 2012 Essentials released

John Callaham — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 20:15:07 +0000

Microsoft has announced that the final version of Windows Server 2012 Essential, its small businesses oriented server software product, is now available to the general public. Read more...

Windows Server 2012 Essentials hits RTM; launches Nov. 1st

John Callaham — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 20:20:02 +0100

Microsoft has announced that Windows Server 2012 Essentials has reached the RTM build stage and will be available to buy Nov. 1st and inside server hardware from OEM companies by the end of the year. Read more...

Windows Azure beta for Windows Server 2012 released

John Callaham — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 07:16:51 +0100

Microsoft has announced the beta release of Windows Azure services for Windows Server 2012 is available to download, along with word that System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 will launch in early 2013. Read more...

Windows Server 2008 free support extended to Jan. 2015

John Callaham — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 19:12:04 +0100

Microsoft has extended its official free technical support for Windows Server 2008. The free support was to end on July 9th, 2013 but it will now end on January 15th, 2015. Read more...

Windows Server 2012 now available for basic Microsoft DreamSpark users

John Callaham — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 00:15:26 +0100

Basic subscribers of the Microsoft DreamSpark service can now download a free version of Windows Server 2012, giving them access to most of the features of Windows 8. Read more...

First Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 updates released

John Callaham — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:41:57 +0100

Microsoft has released the first software updates for both the 32-bit and 64-bit version of the Windows 8 RTM build, along with an update for Windows Server 2012. Read more...

Windows Server 2012 officially launches

John Callaham — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 16:36:37 +0100

As promised, Microsoft has launched Windows Server 2012 to the general public. This is the latest version of its server-based operating system, with a number of different SDKs. Read more...

Windows Server 2012 RTM to be available for purchase tomorrow

Owen Williams — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 05:37:04 +0100

Microsoft today unveiled that Windows Server 2012 will be available to the public tomorrow, September 4. Read more...

Four more Windows 8 RTM ISOs leak; two to web

Steven Parker — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 10:04:58 +0100

Yet another four images of Windows 8 have leaked, two can already be found on torrent websites or other means, this time they aren't the "N" editions, meaning Windows Media Player is included. Read more...

Windows Server 2012 RTM leaks to web [Update]

Steven Parker — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 09:18:23 +0100

Following Thursdays leak of Windows 8 RTM, Russian leaker WZOR has now announced that the x64 version of Windows Server 2012 (Standard and Datacenter) has too leaked to the web, just a few hours ago. Read more...

Windows Server 2012 hits RTM; launches September 4th

John Callaham — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 00:52:37 +0100

Microsoft has announced that Windows Server 2012, the next version of its server OS, has reached the RTM build stage, It will officially launch to the public on September 4th. Read more...

Windows RT (Windows 8 ARM) also reaches RTM status

John Callaham — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 00:22:37 +0100

Along with Windows 8, Microsoft has also reportedly completed the Release to Manufacturing (RTM) version of the ARM processor-based Windows RT and has sent that version to hardware OEMs Read more...

Windows Server 2012 Essentials beta launched

John Callaham — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 20:25:58 +0100

Microsoft has launched the public beta for Windows Server 2012 Essentials today, the intended replacement for the now discontinued Windows Home Server software product. Read more...

Windows Server 2012 SKUs revealed

John Callaham — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 20:50:54 +0100

Microsoft has revealed it will sell four versions of its Windows Server 2012 operating system when it becomes available later this fall. However, it won't offer a version of Small Business Server. Read more...

Microsoft talks about "Cloud OS" era at TechEd

John Callaham — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 21:37:33 +0100

In today's keynote during Microsoft's TechEd conference today, the company touted what it called the new era of the "Cloud OS" with Windows Server 2012, the new version of Windows Azure and more. Read more...

Windows Server 2012 now running Bing.com

John Callaham — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 22:30:56 +0100

Microsoft has announced that even though its technically not officially released, the release candidate version of Windows Server 2012 is now running all of Bing.com's servers. Read more...

Windows Server 8 gets official title of Windows Server 2012

John Callaham — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:41:34 +0100

Microsoft has announced that the official title of its next Windows Server product, formerly known as Windows Server 8, will be Windows Server 2012 and will be released late this year. Read more...