Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard

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Years of experience in providing cloud services and server administration are packed into Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 Standard. The new server operating system Windows Server Standard 2012 R2 offers many improvements over its predecessors and features for system management, networking, storage, virtualisation, web and application platforms. It also offers protection for information access and virtual desktop infrastructures. Take advantage of the many new features of Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard to make your servers more secure and reliable.

Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard for a stable Server environment

In addition to numerous new features, Windows 2012 R2 Standard also offers the new, modern Windows 8 interface, optimised for touch-screen operation. Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard is aimed at small and medium-sized enterprises, which is why better scalability and performance preservation through workload management is possible. In addition, Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard provides numerous stable recovery options that protect against system crashes. With Windows Server Standard 2012 R2, websites and web applications can be developed, thanks to the extended Framework support. Moreover, thanks to their portability and you have Service Providers, applications can be made available on both local Data centres and public Clouds, thus providing great flexibility. You can save storage costs by managing Virtual HDs that can be deduplicated.

Virtualisation for the enterprise

Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard supports the management of two physical processors as well as two virtual machines, which is a great advantage when it comes to virtualisation. In addition, Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard allows the infrastructural redistribution of virtual desktops. Despite the improvements over the previous version, and the numerous new features, the system requirements have not changed. Basically, Windows 2012 R2 Standard offers an optimal virtualisation platform, which saves many costs.

What’s new in Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard offers not only a reliable server system, but also optimised performance, as well as many new features and programmes:

• Modern user interface: New user interface; optimised for touch screens
• Microsoft Windows azure: Backup Server Cloud Azure
• PowerShell 3.0: Improved management of system settings
• Revised Task Manager: Increased performance through optimised processes
• Internet Information Services 8.0: Extended management of validation certificates
• New protocol version 3.0 SMB: Faster and more reliable file sharing

In addition, programmes such as Hyper-V, Direct Access and other features have been improved. In Windows 2012 R2 Standard, the performance of the virtualisation platform has been increased through various optimisations, while the Direct Access client now exploits IPv6 transmission technologies. Compared to the previous version, Windows Server Standard 2012 R2 offers new features for shared space management in VHDX, QoS and archiving with Tiering.

File management and access control

The new ReFS file system, specially designed for server-based data storage, replaces the old NTFS in Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard. Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard takes advantage of Dynamic Access Control with which it constantly verifies compliance with file access rules via metadata. Active Directory prevents unauthorised access and movement of files.

WINDOWS SERVER 2012 R2 STANDARD – SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Platform

Windows

Supported operating systems

Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard

Processor

64-bit processor of at least 1.4 GHz

RAM

At least 512 MB

Hard Disk Drive

At least 32GB