Download Windows Server 2012 R2 Evaluation (180-Days)

Windows Server 2012 R2 evaluation is available as a free download for developers and IT professionals. This evaluation provides a 180-days trial of Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter edition.

Overview
Windows Server 2012 R2 provides a wide range of new and enhanced features and capabilities spanning server virtualization, storage, software-defined networking, server management and automation, web and application platform, access and information protection, virtual desktop infrastructure, and more. More information about Windows Server 2012 R2 available in the product details page.

Benefits:
Windows Server 2012 R2 helps customers transform the datacenter, taking advantage of technical advances and new hybrid cloud capabilities to increase resilience, simplify management, reduce cost, and speed delivery of services to the business.

It is a proven, enterprise-class cloud and datacenter platform that can scale to run your largest workloads while enabling robust recovery options to protect against service outages. It helps accelerate time to value by simplifying your underlying infrastructure and allowing you to reduce cost by taking advantage of industry-standard hardware. Windows Server 2012 R2 helps you build, deploy and scale applications and web sites quickly, and gives you the flexibility to move workloads between on-premises environments and the cloud. It enables you to provide flexible, remote access to corporate resources while managing identities across your datacenter and federated into the cloud, and it helps you protect critical business information.

Download Windows Server 2012 R2
The Windows Server 2012 R2 is available in Datacenter editions. The links in this section correspond to files available for this download. Download the files appropriate for you.

Windows Server 2012 R2 for IT Professionals:
Technet Evaluation Center - Download Windows Server 2012 R2 for IT Professionals

Windows Server 2012 R2 for Developers:
MSDN Evaluation Center - Download Windows Server 2012 R2 for Developers

Languages
ISO available in: Chinese (Simplified); English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Russian.
VHD available in: English

Notes:
Registration Required: You must register with Microsoft account (Hotmail, Messenger, SkyDrive, Windows Phone, Xbox LIVE or Outlook.com) to receive this download.

Edition
  • Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter ISO
  • Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter VHD (available on October 23)
  • Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter on Windows Azure

System requirements
  • Processor: 1.4 GHz 64-bit processor (minimum)
  • Memory: 512 MB (minimum)
  • Disk: 32 GB disk space.
  • Computers with more than 16 GB of RAM will require more disk space for paging, hibernation, and dump files.
  • Gigabit (10/100/1000baseT) Ethernet adapter.
  • DVD drive (if you intend to install the operating system from DVD media)
  • Other requirements: Super VGA (1024 x 768) or higher-resolution monitor, Keyboard and mouse (or other compatible pointing device), Internet access (fees may apply)

References:
Windows Server Development
Server and Cloud Platform

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