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Why Users Will not Flock to WS 2012 Essentials

Paul Thurrott gives us his opinion on WHS 2011 and Windows Server 2012 Essentials and why he thinks average consumers or very small businesses will not flock to Microsoft’s latest solution:

…I don’t think average consumers or very small businesses will flock to this solution any more than they did to WHS. Though inexpensive by Windows Server standards (about $450 per license), it’s a lot more expensive than WHS, which can be had for under $100 these days. Frankly, we’ve reached the point where even a super-simple Server might simply be too much.

You can read Paul’s full article here.

Windows Server 2012 Arrives Tomorrow

Windows Server 2012 arrives tomorrow September 4th as it RTM’s worldwide. And to celebrate be sure to play the "Save the Date" game to win prizes on launch day.

Also tomorrow at 8:00AM PST Microsoft President Satya Nadella presents a keynote on Windows Server 2012 which will certainly be worth a watch.

And a week later on Monday, September 10th at 5:4 5PM (EST) a couple of Microsoft geeks take an inside look at Windows Server 2012. You can register for this free event here.

Free eBook: Introducing Windows Server 2012 RTM Edition

Mitch Tulloch and the Windows Server team have released a new updated version of the FREE e-Book for IT professionals: Introducing Windows Server 2012 RTM Edition.

This 256-page eBook has 5 chapters of detailed technical content:

• Building a foundation for Private Cloud
  Understand the latest improvements that takes Windows Server 2012 and Hyper-V beyond basic virtualization: Increased VM scalability, Hyper-V extensible network switch, Network Virtualization, Improved Live Migration, Enhanced Quality of Service (QoS), Resource Metering and Hyper-V Replica.
• Designing a highly available, easy-to-manage multi-server platform
  Includes Failover Clustering Enhancements, SMB Transparent Failover, Live Storage Migration, NIC Teaming, Chkdsk improvements, DHCP Server Failover, Storage Spaces, Thin Provisioning, Server for NFS datastores, new multi-server Server Manager, PowerShell 3.0 and Active Directory enhancements.
• Deploying web applications on-premise and in the cloud
  Includes improvements to scale, manage and deliver open Web Applications, such as: NUMA-aware scalability, Centralized SSL certificate support, IIS CPU Throttling, Dynamic IP Address Restrictions, FTP Logon Attempt Restrictions, WebSocket and HTML5 Support.
• Enabling modern anywhere, any-device workstyles
  Unified Remote Access, Simplified VDI deployment, User-Device Affinity, Enhanced BranchCache, Branch Office Direct Printing, Remote FX enhancements, Enhanced USB redirection, User Profile Disks, Dynamic Access Control, BitLocker enhancements and DNSSEC support.

You can download your copy directly here.