 Windows® Server® 2008 R2 is the latest release of the Windows operating system for Server workloads. Windows Server 2008 R2 builds upon the exceptional legacy of Windows Server 2008. R2 is an incremental release to Windows Server 2008 – and only the second time that Windows Client and Server releases are shipped simultaneously (Windows 2000 Server was first). While Windows 7 is available in both 32- and 64-bit versions, R2 is the first 64-bit only Server release. Microsoft focused on the following key technology investment areas with Windows Server 2008 R2. • Platform Scalability • Virtualization • Power Management • Web Workloads • Enterprise Workloads • Powerful Platform Management
“Not your average R2!”
Explore this significant Windows Server release via a self-paced training course of videos and hands-on-labs with a focus on performance, web, management, and other server solution scenarios. Learn about developing applications for “many-core” scale, enable efficient “trigger-started” services, explore new Windows PowerShell features, create integrated solutions with the File Classification Infrastructure, build Web Platform extensions, and automate your dev-test environment with VHD and Hyper-V API’s. See the links below to obtain an evaluation copy. Try a few of the hands-on projects published here on Code Gallery. Watch the "10 Minute Concept" demo series on MSDN Channel9.
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