Windows Server 2012

Microsoft Technet has been talking more about Windows Server 2012 recently and last  night,  I downloaded the .vhd version of Windows Server 2012 hoping that I can get it to work on “boot to VHD” using my spare Dell Poweredge 2850 server which has 8GB of memory and lots of drive space. [PE2850 cannot run Hyper-V].  After a few hours of trying, I’ve learned that the .vhd download version works only with hyper-v.  My main objective is to run w2012 without installing Hyper-V.  My Hyper-V server memory of 8GB is running at the top limit.  It is currently running Exchange 2010/Domain and a Sharepoint 2010/SQL Server 2008.

I have not explored the OS yet nor have I started reading any documentations.  But for those of you who are interested of how the new OS look, here’s some screenshots.

Hyper-V Setup, 1024MB of memory

Windows Server 2012 Documentation [Technet]