Windows Server 2012 Launched
A cornerstone of Microsoft's 'Cloud OS'
Microsoft launched Windows Server 2012 on September 4, making the final, released-to-manufacturing versions of the product available to customers for test and purchase. As part of the launch, Microsoft officials are webcasting demonstrations of some of the estimated 300 new features that are part of the product. But the overarching message of launch day is that Windows Server 2012 isn't about all the new bells and whistles in Windows Server 2012. Instead, it's about Windows Server 2012 being a key component of Microsoft's 'Cloud OS' vision and strategy - one where the very idea of what consititues an operating system is morphing.
Since earlier this summer - starting around the time of the Worldwide Partner Conference - Microsoft tweaked its messaging again. The latest word is that public (Windows Azure), private (Windows Server) and hosted (partner-hosted Windows Server) are the three pieces of Microsoft's "Cloud OS" pie. Microsoft began to bring more symmetry to the naming of its Server and Azure components earlier this summer, rolling out an implementation of Active Directory for Azure that was meant to mirror Active Directory in Server. In June, Microsoft went a step further, bringing some of its Azure-specific technologies, like hosted virtual machines, to Windows Server, providing more commonality across the three Cloud OS elements.
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