This started out as provisioning a vm until I saw all the different versions of Windows Server 2012 and ended up writing enough to make this it's own post so here it is.
So I have 1 vm of window 10 running, and I figured I'd do a write-up of making my next vm. Windows Server 2012 R2 evaluation which can be downloaded here. Upon going here you get a ton of options and realize that there are more than just Windows Server Standard and Enterprise edition. There are now in 2012:
- Windows Server 2012 Datacenter
- Windows Server 2012 Standard
- Windows Server 2012 Essentials
- Windows Server 2012 Foundation
The Windows_Server_2012_R2_Licensing_Datasheet.pdf can be found at this location to give you a more robust idea of the differences between the editions. Microsoft's quick take on this is the following.
