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Server 2012 have great new features which we are going to use like Data DeDuplication, Live Migration & Hyper V replica in Hyper V. March 24, 2013
Recently have started testing Server 2012 here in the office and it works great. Takes a little getting used to but definately an upgrade from 2008. February 13, 2013
While unsettling at first (in the same vein as 8) Server 2012 is a powerful system that I can only hope to someday use to its full potential. I currently have it running as a web/file/print server on one system, and it is pending an Exchange migration that will hopefully take place in the next week or so. 2012 is very light on resources, and the centralized management console makes it possible to manage multiple systems quickly and easily. Definitely a step in the right direction. February 12, 2013
Seriously a waste of time. I set up a few VMs with it and am ready to wipe them and put 2008R2 on them. WHY, WHY, WHY would you take away the start menu in favor of the made for tablet interface. Seriously, I can't find anything and have spent way to much time trying to learn and get used to something that is supposed to work for me. I pay for a reliable product, not something I have to learn because you want to change it to match your other OS. Its one thing to introduce the new interface that is improved for a reason, its another to just change it for the sake of cosmetics. January 31, 2013
Running Datacenter edition since 8/19. The whole start menu issue is rendered moot by the open source Classic Shell (sf.net). The expanded feature set on SO many components is very impressive, yet backwards compatibility has been maintained. I retired an NT4 server after bringing up my first few VM's, transferring files straight across the wire (from a trusting domain!).Asynchronous replication to a Hyper-V 3.0 Server is flat out money in the bank, what a tremendous increase in disaster recovery depth for small businesses. Hyper-V functionality overall is very improved beyond just performance improvement.Powershell 3.0, NIC Teaming, Storage Spaces, SERVICES across the network management instead of "server" management, wow, just a ton of great stuff. Geeze, just having more information about what it going on at a glance through Task Manager makes the very good 2008 R2 seem like sensory deprivation.The new licensing model is great, a real money saver for virtualized environments whether or not you use Hyper-V.The two downsides so far are Metro on RDS (losing) and no Exchange 2010 allowed (yet).I've run every version of NT in production since 3.1 in 1993, and as much as I liked NT4 and Server 2003, I think 2012 is going to be my new favorite.Regards,Brian in CA January 31, 2013
So far so good. We are still in testing and learning mode with Server 2012. Like others have said it takes a little adjustment but overall it appears to be a solid server OS. January 31, 2013
I am using Windows Server 2012 Base in a hosted virtual environment. This is a test platform to assess it's usefulness for my clients and future projects. So far I have been pleased with the capabilities that I see. It has been very responsive with a reasonable footprint. January 28, 2013
Evaluating in a test environment and so far I am impressed. Instead of getting larger, Windows Server 2012 can actually give you a smaller footprint with the -GUI installations which will help out on our production SAN. We are looking at HyperV 2012 going forward instead of Vmware / Vcenter and it looks like we might be able to save money going forward. January 24, 2013
