Designed for maximum data availability and integrity. Important Security Warning: End of Life (EOL)
For developers and IT professionals with active Visual Studio Subscriptions, legacy ISOs for Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 remain available in the "Downloads" section. Version Comparison at a Glance Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2012 R2 Release Date September 2012 October 2013 Kernel Version 6.2 (Windows 8) 6.3 (Windows 8.1) Max RAM End of Support Oct 10, 2023 Oct 10, 2023 Key Improvement Introduced ReFS, Storage Spaces Tiered Storage, WAP, PowerShell 4.0 Critical Security Warning: End of Life (EOL)
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