Microsoft made the preview bits for System Center 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2012 R2 available on TechNet and MSDN. So for all of you who have a MSDN or TechNet account you can download them and test them in your lab environments.
This release includes:
- System Center 2012 R2 Preview Virtual Machine Manager
- System Center 2012 R2 Preview Service Manager
- System Center 2012 R2 Preview Data Protection Manager
- System Center 2012 R2 Preview App Controller
- System Center 2012 R2 Preview Configuration Manager
- System Center 2012 R2 Preview Orchestrator
- System Center 2012 R2 Preview Operations Manager
- Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 Preview
- Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter Preview
- Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 Debug/Checked Preview
- Windows Server 2012 R2 Language Pack Preview
- Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter Debug/Checked Preview
- Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter Virtual Machine Preview
- Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter Virtual Machine Core Preview
- Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials Debug/Checked Preview
- Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials Preview
Microsoft also released a Community Tech Preview of SQL Server 2014. Make sure you reserve some time for tomorrow when Microsoft makes the Windows 8.1 Preview available for the public.
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