A beta test version of Windows Server 2012 Essentials is available today. One big benefit for small business users of Essentials 2012 is that they will be able to perform "an in-place upgrade" to ...

Microsoft quietly published new pricing and licensing sheets for its coming Windows Server 2012 R2 product. The bad news: Those who want the Datacenter version are going to have to shell out 28 ...

Windows Server 2012 Essentials software can be downloaded, but you won't find it on hardware for a few more months. According to a Microsoft announcement, Windows Server 2012 Essentials was released ...

Before starting the procedure, it’s a must, non-negotiable step to create a backup of your server to prevent data loss. This includes system files, installed roles, configuration files, and user data.

Today, Microsoft officially releases Windows Server 2012, the first of its latest wave of new operating systems. It shares a few things with the upcoming Windows 8 client operating system, including ...

Last week, Microsoft released the latest version of its server operating system, Windows Server 2012, along with a number of related versions and variants. But one member of the new Windows Server ...

About three years ago, Microsoft announced the death of all older versions of Internet Explorer, including 8, 9, and 10. This left IE11 as the only supported version of the browser, which wasn't a big ...

Russell Smith is a technology consultant and trainer specializing in management and security of Microsoft server and client technologies. He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer with more than 15 ...

Microsoft has released out-of-band (OOB) security updates to patch a critical-severity Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) ...

Microsoft on Monday released Windows Server 2012 Essentials release candidate (RC), which is now available for download and testing. The announcement comes as a bit of a surprise because Microsoft ...