In addition to PowerShell, Windows Server 2012 also features a data-center-friendly installation method called Server Core, which provides a way to install the OS over the network.

The Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter SKU costs $6,155, plus client-access license fees. (These are prices for the Open NL version, which is the highest priced volume-license version.) ...

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 ...

The ISO of Windows Server 2012 Datacenter downloadable from TechNet is ideal for use in a virtual machine, or can be used to build a bootable DVD or USB installer.

Microsoft plans to release four editions of Windows Server 2012: Datacenter, Standard, Essentials and Foundation. The latter two editions, Essentials and Foundation, ...

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 ...

RDMA NICs offload the server CPU, resulting in more efficient Microsoft virtualized datacenter installs. Windows Server 2012 SMB Direct 3.0 over RDMA provides higher performance by giving direct ...

Windows Server 2012, and its Windows Server 2012 R2 update, ... Essentials was the cheapest at $425, followed by Standard at $882, and then there was the Datacenter SKU at $4.809.

Windows Server 2012 R2 fully updated with Extended Security Updates; To install these micropatches on your Windows Server 2012 systems, register a 0patch account and install its agent.

This month's Windows Server vNext includes a Datacenter: Azure Edition, with the typical ISO and bits available in 18 languages. There are no known issues reported with this final build of the year.