Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview available for download

Byarvindk

Microsoft is set to release an official update for Windows 8 codenamed Windows Blue on June 26th but ahead of this Microsoft released Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview today. Both update and this release preview are freely available for download at TechNet. Feature for which all users are excited is Stat Button which is coming back to Windows 8.1 tomorrow as well as in this Release Preview of Windows Server 2012.

Windows Server 2012 R2

Including the Start Button we will see few new features in right click context menu of Start Button like Shutdown and Restart. This week will of Microsoft as after this Microsoft BUILD Conference is waiting. Soon lots of new announcements will be there for all of us.

Microsoft on this release:

“Put Microsoft’s Cloud OS vision to work today“

Windows 8.1 is having build compiled on June 15, 2013 12:14 GMT with build number 9431. Products so released are also available for Azure too as total focus of Microsoft is on cloud OS. According to activation type Product keys so provided differ as:

Datacenter Product  Key: JGXYY-7NMTC-MHKY3-QCC9B-VQRG7

Automatic Virtual Machine Activation (AVMA) Key for Datacenter  Server: XVNRV-9HTX4-TH2JD-HVJQD-QRQWG

Products so made available today are:

Windows Server Evaluations

  • Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview for IT Professionals
  • Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview on Windows Azure
  • Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview for Developers
  • Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials Preview

System Center and Windows Intune Evaluations

  • System Center 2012 R2 Preview Datacenter/Private Cloud
  • System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager & Endpoint Protection Preview
  • Windows Intune 30 Day Free Trial

SQL Server Evaluations

  • SQL Server 2014 Community Technology Preview 1
  • SQL Server 2014 Community Technology Preview 1 on Windows Azure

Windows Azure Evaluation

  • Windows Azure Free Trial

Windows Azure Pack  

  • Windows Azure Pack

Download Links: Download Page | Direct ISO of Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview | Direct ISO of Windows Server Essentials Preview