In Windows Server 2012 R2, the Windows Server Essentials user experience is integrated as a Windows Server role, referred to as Windows Server Essentials Experience. The server role integration enables the following technical capabilities:
- Standard deployment approach with other server roles & features, including offline imaging.
- Remote & batch deployment via Server Manager, which is optimized for hosting environment.
- Support for domain join & deployment on an existing domain controller, which offers more deployment flexibility including 2nd server deployments & branch office deployments. Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter is the ideal edition for highly virtualized private & hybrid cloud environments. It provides customers with unlimited virtualization rights & all of the features of the product. The licensing for Datacenter will continue to follow a processor plus CAL model, however now, each license will cover up to two physical processors on a server.


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In Windows Server 2012 R2, the Windows Server Essentials user experience is integrated as a Windows Server role, referred to as Windows Server Essentials Experience. The server role integration enables the following technical capabilities:
- Standard deployment approach with other server roles & features, including offline imaging.
- Remote & batch deployment via Server Manager, which is optimized for hosting environment.
- Support for domain join & deployment on an existing domain controller, which offers more deployment flexibility including 2nd server deployments & branch office deployments. Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter is the ideal edition for highly virtualized private & hybrid cloud environments. It provides customers with unlimited virtualization rights & all of the features of the product. The licensing for Datacenter will continue to follow a processor plus CAL model, however now, each license will cover up to two physical processors on a server.


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At the heart of the Microsoft Cloud OS vision, Windows Server 2012 R2 brings Microsoft's experience delivering global-scale cloud services into your infrastructure. Windows Server 2012 R2 offers exciting features & enhancements across virtualization, storage, networking, virtual desktop infrastructure, access & information protection, & more. ...

In Windows Server 2012 R2, the Windows Server Essentials user experience is integrated as a Windows Server role, referred to as Windows Server Essentials Experience. The server role integration enables the following technical capabilities:
- Standard deployment approach with other server roles & features, including offline imaging.
- Remote & batch deployment via Server Manager, which is optimized for hosting environment.
- Support for domain join & deployment on an existing domain controller, which offers more deployment flexibility including 2nd server deployments & branch office deployments. Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard is ideal for physical computing or lightly virtualized environments. This provides customers with an additional virtual instance for a total of 2 virtual instances & all of the features, just like Datacenter edition.


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In Windows Server 2012 R2, the Windows Server Essentials user experience is integrated as a Windows Server role, referred to as Windows Server Essentials Experience. The server role integration enables the following technical capabilities:
- Standard deployment approach with other server roles & features, including offline imaging.
- Remote & batch deployment via Server Manager, which is optimized for hosting environment.
- Support for domain join & deployment on an existing domain controller, which offers more deployment flexibility including 2nd server deployments & branch office deployments. Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard is ideal for physical computing or lightly virtualized environments. This provides customers with an additional virtual instance for a total of 2 virtual instances & all of the features, just like Datacenter edition.


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With Windows Server 2012, Microsoft delivers a server platform built on its experience of building & operating many of the worlds largest cloud-based services & datacenter. Whether you are setting-up a single server for your small business or architecting a major new datacenter environment, Windows Server 2012 will help you cloud-optimize your IT so you can fully meet your organizations unique needs. ...

With Windows Server 2012, Microsoft delivers a server platform built on its experience of building & operating many of the world's largest cloud-based services & datacenter. Whether you are setting-up a single server for your small business or architecting a major new datacenter environment, Windows Server 2012 will help you cloud-optimize your IT so you can fully meet your organization's unique needs. ...

With Windows Server 2012, Microsoft delivers a server platform built on its experience of building & operating many of the world's largest cloud-based services & datacenter. Whether you are setting-up a single server for your small business or architecting a major new datacenter environment, Windows Server 2012 will help you cloud-optimize your IT so you can fully meet your organization's unique needs. ...

With Windows Server 2012, Microsoft delivers a server platform built on its experience of building & operating many of the worlds largest cloud-based services & datacenter. Whether you are setting-up a single server for your small business or architecting a major new datacenter environment, Windows Server 2012 will help you cloud-optimize your IT so you can fully meet your organizations unique needs. ...

With Windows Server 2012, Microsoft delivers a server platform built on its experience of building & operating many of the world's largest cloud-based services & datacenter. Whether you are setting-up a single server for your small business or architecting a major new datacenter environment, Windows Server 2012 will help you cloud-optimize your IT so you can fully meet your organization's unique needs. ...