Microsoft Windows Server 2012, Release of the Year

Microsoft today gave the name to new server software, Windows Server 2012, which will be released this year. The new name was announced to coincide with the keynote Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) 2012 held in Las Vegas until next Friday. This name does not make the shock of many, which has become a habit to call Microsoft software according to the year / release date, for example, just the previous generation known as the Windows Server 2008.

It is expected that the Windows Server 2012 will be released along with Windows 8 for laptops and Intel-based PC. Due to the previous generation, WS2008 R2 is also sold with Windows 7. For now, Windows Server 2012 is already present in the beta phase, which has been present since March 1 coincide 1 day after Windows 8 Consumer Preview released.

But if you follow the previous schedule, Windows Server 2012 will be available in late July

In addition to announcing the name of the Windows Server 2012, Microsoft also provides the name Windows 8 for Intel-based OS, Windows RT for the successor to Windows on ARM, and WOA is used as a label for the issue of the tablet which is expected to compete with Android and iOS.