- #Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Das Handbuch update#
- #Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Das Handbuch software#
īefore Windows Server 2012 was finalized, two test builds were made public.
#Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Das Handbuch update#
On February 16, 2012, Microsoft released an update for developer preview build that extended its expiry date from Apto January 15, 2013. It included a graphical user interface (GUI) based on Metro design language and a new Server Manager, a graphical application used for server management. However, unlike Windows 8, the developer preview of Windows Server 2012 was only made available to MSDN subscribers. Microsoft introduced Windows Server 2012 and its developer preview in the BUILD 2011 conference on September 9, 2011. It was not until Apthat the company announced that the final product name would be "Windows Server 2012". Windows Server 2012, codenamed "Windows Server 8", is the fifth release of Windows Server family of operating systems developed concurrently with Windows 8. Windows Server 2012 received generally good reviews in spite of having included the same controversial Metro-based user interface seen in Windows 8, which includes the Charms Bar for quick access to settings in the desktop environment. Various features were added or improved over Windows Server 2008 R2 (with many placing an emphasis on cloud computing), such as an updated version of Hyper-V, an IP address management role, a new version of Windows Task Manager, and ReFS, a new file system. Unlike its predecessor, Windows Server 2012 has no support for Itanium-based computers, and has four editions. Microsoft ended mainstream support for Windows Server 2012 on October 9, 2018, and extended support will end on October 10, 2023. A successor was released on October 18, 2013, entitled Windows Server 2012 R2.
#Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Das Handbuch software#
The software was generally available to customers starting on September 4, 2012, by Microsoft.
Two pre-release versions, a developer preview and a beta version, were released during development. It is the server version of Windows based on Windows 8 and succeeds Windows Server 2008 R2, which is derived from the Windows 7 codebase, released nearly three years earlier. Windows Server 2012 is the sixth version of the Windows Server operating system by Microsoft, as part of the Windows NT family of operating systems.