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Windows Server products, Microsoft has dramatically simplified the lineup, offering two mainstream versions. Windows Server 2012 Standard and Windows Server 2012 Datacenter, both of which offer exactly the same features but differ only in virtualization rights. Additionally, Microsoft is offering two Server versions aimed at small businesses, Windows Server 2012 Foundation and Windows Server 2012 Essentials.
Automatic update, user accounts, server folders, Server Backup, remote access, email alert notifications, media sharing, and computer connections—to ensure your environment is not just up and running but optimally configured. To configure Direct Access, VPN, IIS, or Remote Desktop Services/Terminal Services on previous Windows Server versions.
The local network or use a nice web-based interface to access files, PCs, the server, or media sharing. I wrote more about this functionality in Windows Server 2012 Essentials: Access The Server Remotely.SBS versions offered simpler than usual but still complex access to on-premise servers like Exchange, SQL Server, and SharePoint.Essentials 2012 is still Windows Server 2012. So you get such features as DirectAccess, NIC teaming, Storage Spaces, and more. Aside from the high-end scalability and virtualization stuff, if it’s in Windows Server 2012, it’s in Essentials 2012 too.
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