Microsoft quietly published new pricing and licensing sheets for its coming Windows Server 2012 R2 product. The bad news: Those who want the Datacenter version are going to have to shell out 28 ...

RDMA networking has enabled high-performance computing for years, but Windows Server 2012 R2 with SMB Direct is bringing it to the mainstream. File-based storage has grown tremendously over the last ...

Wayne Rash is a longtime technology journalist who has directed product testing centers. He is President of Wayne Rash & Associates, an analysis and editorial services firm located near Washington, ...

As a student I have access to Microsoft Dreamspark through my school and this allows me to download Windows Server 2012 Datacenter to play around with. I wanted to try a needlessly complicated setup ...

A report released last month by Directions on Microsoft offers a few suggestions on how to buy Microsoft's newest server, when it becomes available. Prices will not be changing for the Standard ...

When released, Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter edition will cost 28 percent more than the comparable edition on Windows Server 2012. It will cost $6,155 for Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter edition ...

UPDATE NOV. 11, 2023: A couple of months ago, Microsoft announced that it would cut support for Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 on October 10, 2023. However, the company recently ...

Microsoft has reminded customers that the extended support for all editions of Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 will end on October 10. Although Windows Server 2012 reached its ...

With a new preview release of Windows 8 now available, it's no surprise that the new look of the desktop is getting a lot of attention. But the Windows desktop is only part of the story: it's part of ...