Microsoft leaks details of Windows 8 Server

The next major release in the Microsoft Server OS line is Windows 8 Server, due for release in 2012. Up until now, Microsoft have been tight-lipped on what we can expect to see in the upcoming release. However, at the Worldwide Partner Conference 2011, the first few details emerged.

Windows 8 Server will feature: -

• More than 100 new features compared to Server 2008 R2.
• New Hyper-V Hypervisor with support for more than 16 virtual processors.
• New Unlimited Hyper-V VM replication feature.
• No tax on vRAM, vCores or VM replication

We do not yet have details on the Windows 8 Server packages, but they are likely to follow the predecessor, in which case the packages should look something like this: -

• Microsoft Windows 8 Server Foundation
• Microsoft Windows 8 Server Standard
• Microsoft Windows 8 Server Enterprise
• Microsoft Windows 8 Server Datacenter
• Microsoft Windows 8 Web Server

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