With Windows Server 2012, Microsoft delivers a server platform built on it 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. Windows Server 2012 features intelligent security infrastructure that helps you enhance data security & compliance with granular access to data based on strong identity & device security status. These features also enable flexible & powerful audit rules, which help achieve compliance with applicable regulations. ...

Windows Server 2012 helps organizations & hosting providers go beyond virtualization by offering. A complete virtualization platform that delivers a fully isolated, multitenant environment that

Includes:: tools to help guarantee service-level agreements (SLAs), enables chargebacks through use-based billing, & supports self-service delivery. Increased scalability & performance through a high-density, scalable environment that can adapt to perform optimally based on your changing needs. Connectivity to cloud services using a common identity & management framework for security-enhanced & reliable cross-premises connectivity. Windows Server 2012 helps IT have the power of many servers, the simplicity of one platform by. Flexible storage. Improve performance, availability, & storage resource efficiency with the storage of your choice. Continuous availability. Provide cost-effective, highly available services-with protection against a wide range of failure scenarios-for a single server or an entire datacenter. Management efficiency. Windows Server 2012 helps IT departments automate a broad set of management tasks & simplify the deployment of server roles as you move toward full, lights-out automation. Windows Server 2012 is a platform that

Includes:: apps already built & deployed, it’s. Flexible, to enable build hybrid & symmetrical applications across the datacenter & the cloud. Scalable & elastic, to provide frameworks, services, & tools to increase scalability & elasticity for multitenant-aware applications & websites. Open, to build mission-critical applications & take advantage of open frameworks, open source applications & various development languages. Windows Server 2012 provides users a flexible access to data & applications, as it offers. Access from virtually anywhere, from any device. Seamless, on-demand access to a virtualized work environment from virtually anywhere, including branch locations & public connectivity services. Full Windows experience anywhere. Personalized & rich user experience on popular devices while adapting to different network conditions quickly & responsively. Enhanced data security & compliance. Central audit & access policies enable granular access to data & corporate resources based on strong identity, data classification, & simplified administration for remote access.



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Windows Server powers many of the worlds' largest datacenters, enables small businesses around the world, & delivers value ...

Windows Server powers many of the worlds' largest datacenters, enables small businesses around the world, and delivers value ...

Windows Server powers many of the worlds' largest datacenters, enables small businesses around the world, & delivers value ...

Cost-effective infrastructure Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V improves both scalability & performance. It helps you deliver a fully-isolated, multitenant environment that

Includes:: tools to help guarantee SLAs, enable chargebacks, and support self-service scenarios. Windows Server 2012 provides storage scenarios which offer high availability on industry-standard server hardware. Make the most of your storage by thin-provisioning & trimming VM storage, pooling diverse storage resources, and abstracting them for flexible usage throughout your environment. Use file servers as file-based network storage for application data
- now with the high levels of performance & reliability those scenarios require. Modern app platform Windows Server 2012 is a broad, scalable, and elastic server platform that gives you the flexibility to build, deploy, and manage applications & websites on-premises, in the cloud, or in a hybrid environment, using a consistent set of tools & frameworks. Programming consistency & common development tools between Windows Server 2012 & Windows Azure can help ease the transition to the cloud, while enabling hybrid applications across on-premises, service provider, and Windows Azure clouds. Windows Server 2012 provides frameworks, services, and tools to help increase scalability & elasticity for applications that support multitenancy, and improve website density & efficiency. This both benefits IT professionals in traditional datacenters & also helps service providers to more effectively build, provision, and manage hosting environments. Anywhere access The modern workstyle is defined by flexibility in how & where users access their data & applications. In Windows Server 2012, centralized desktops & remote access solutions have been made easier to deploy & to manage, providing an easier way to give users more secure access to corporate infrastructure. Windows Server 2012 enables a personalized, rich user experience from many more devices while adapting to different network conditions quickly & responsively. Remote users can change locations or devices while maintaining an experience close to that of a laptop or PC, enabling them to maintain their productivity. Windows Server 2012 features intelligent security infrastructure that helps you enhance data security & compliance with granular access to data based on strong identity & device security status. These features also enable flexible & powerful audit rules, which help achieve compliance with applicable regulations.


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Remote Desktop Services (formerly known as Terminal Services) provides functionality similar to a terminal-based, centralized host, or mainframe, environment in which multiple terminals connect to a host computer. Each terminal provides a conduit for input & output between a user & the host computer. A user can log on at a terminal, & then run applications on the host computer, accessing files, databases, network resources, & so on. Each terminal session is independent, with the host operating system managing conflicts between multiple users contending for shared resources. The primary difference between Remote Desktop Services & the traditional mainframe environment is that the dumb terminals in a mainframe environment only provide character-based input & output. A Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) client or emulator provides a complete graphical user interface including a Windows operating system desktop & support for a variety of input devices, such as a keyboard & mouse. In the Remote Desktop Services environment, an application runs entirely on the Remote Desktop Session Host (RD Session Host) server (formerly known as a terminal server). The RDC client performs no local processing of application software. The server transmits the graphical user interface to the client. The client transmits the user's input back to the server. ...

Remote Desktop Services (formerly known as Terminal Services) provides functionality similar to a terminal-based, centralized host, or mainframe, environment in which multiple terminals connect to a host computer. Each terminal provides a conduit for input & output between a user & the host computer. A user can log on at a terminal, and then run applications on the host computer, accessing files, databases, network resources, and so on. Each terminal session is independent, with the host operating system managing conflicts between multiple users contending for shared resources. The primary difference between Remote Desktop Services & the traditional mainframe environment is that the dumb terminals in a mainframe environment only provide character-based input & output. A Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) client or emulator provides a complete graphical user interface including a Windows operating system desktop & support for a variety of input devices, such as a keyboard & mouse. In the Remote Desktop Services environment, an application runs entirely on the Remote Desktop Session Host (RD Session Host) server (formerly known as a terminal server). The RDC client performs no local processing of application software. The server transmits the graphical user interface to the client. The client transmits the users input back to the server. ...

Strengthen your security Help prevent malicious attacks & detect suspicious activity where it matters: your operating system & workloads. Rely on security features built into Windows Server 2016 to control privileged access, protect virtual machines, & harden the platform against emerging threats. Software-defined datacenter Bring flexibility & control to your datacenter while lowering costs with software-defined compute, storage, & networking. Run your datacenter with an automated & resilient operating system, & access many of the same cloud-efficient features found in Microsoft Azure datacenters. Cloud-ready application workloads Securely deploy & run your existing applications on Windows Server 2016 to transform them into new cloud-native models. Help developers to innovate & create on-premises & cloud applications using the latest technology—containers, microservices, & Nano Server. ...

Windows Server 2016 Standard: For physical or minimally virtualized environments. Windows Server 2016 is the cloud-ready operating system that supports your current workloads while introducing new technologies that make it easy to transition to cloud computing when you are ready. It delivers powerful new layers of security along with Azure-inspired innovation for the applications & infrastructure that power your business. Core Based Licensing: Windows Server 2016 Standard & Datacenter All physical cores in the server must be licensed. Servers are licensed based on the number of processor cores in the physical server. A minimum of 16 core licenses is required for each server. A minimum of 8 core licenses is required for each physical processor. Core licenses will be sold in packs of two. Eight 2-core packs will be the minimum required to license each physical server. The 2-core pack for each edition is one-eighth the price of a 2-processor license for corresponding Windows Server 2012 R2 editions. Standard Edition provides rights for up to two OSEs or Hyper-V containers when all physical cores in the server are licensed. For every two additional VMs, all the cores in the server have to be licensed again. The price of 16-core licenses of Windows Server 2016 Datacenter & Standard edition will be the same price as the 2-processor license of the corresponding editions of the Windows Server 2012 R2 version. Existing customers' servers under Software Assurance will receive core grants as required, with documentation. ...