{"id":13722,"date":"2012-11-06T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-06T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=13722"},"modified":"2012-11-06T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-11-06T09:00:00","slug":"evaluate-hyper-v-windows-server-2012-and-system-center-2012-for-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=13722","title":{"rendered":"Evaluate Hyper-V, Windows Server 2012, and System Center 2012 For Free"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever wished that you could get access to Microsoft server software without making a financial commitment first? Maybe you want to learn how to install or manage the software for a professional certification. Maybe you want to do a proof-of-concept with a customer. Maybe you want to upgrade your hypervisor.<\/p>\n<p>You can download:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/click\/services\/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200155639\">Windows Server 2012<\/a> (180 days)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/afinn\/Documents\/Marketing\/Newsletters\/&bull;%09http:\/www.microsoft.com\/click\/services\/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200155637\">System Center 2012<\/a> (180 days)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/click\/services\/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200155638\">Hyper-V Server 2012<\/a> (not time limited)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><u>Windows Server 2012<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Get your hands on a 180 days\u2019 time limited trial of Microsoft\u2019s latest server operating system, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/click\/services\/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200155639\">Windows Server 2012<\/a>, that is \u201cbuilt from the cloud up\u201d. See how Hyper-V gives more flexibility and agility than any other hypervisor, test the performance and new architectures of networking, put the de-duplication, scalability and continuous availability of storage to the test, and try out the improved remote connectivity of Direct Access and Remote Desktop Services.<\/p>\n<p>When you\u2019re satisfied (and you will be!) then you can convert the evaluation copy of Windows Server 2012 to a <a href=\"http:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/jj574204.aspx\">volume license<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b><u>System Center 2012<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p>There is quite a lot to see, try, and learn in <a href=\"file:\/\/\/C:UsersafinnDocumentsMarketingNewsletters&bull;%09http:www.microsoft.comclickservicesRedirect2.ashx%3fCR_CC=200155637\">System Center 2012<\/a>. You can deploy and manage the compute cluster and fabrics of a private cloud, monitor SLA health from networks through to client perspective, provide security, backup data, give end users IT controlled self-service application deployment, automate tedious manual tasks, and change how IT service delivery is provided to the business.<\/p>\n<p><b><u>Hyper-V Server 2012<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Microsoft\u2019s machine virtualisation solution, Hyper-V, is free if you license your Windows Server virtual machines correctly. In fact, you probably own Hyper-V if you are using another virtualisation product. But what if you want to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Upgrade Hyper-V to the new feature leading 2012 release without upgrading all of your virtual machines<\/li>\n<li>Try out Hyper-V for free<\/li>\n<li>Deploy a VDI solution<\/li>\n<li>Run one of the many supported Linux distributions in your virtual machines<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Then you can use the free to download <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/click\/services\/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200155638\">Hyper-V Server 2012<\/a>. It has all of the Hyper-V and Failover Clustering the features &amp; scalability of Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V without the Windows Server virtualisation rights for virtual machines. For service providers, this might be a way to enable your customers to become ready for a new DR-as-a-Service business based on Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Replica.<\/p>\n<div id=\"scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:960f9c9a-8969-4be2-b17d-ab780605383c\" class=\"wlWriterEditableSmartContent\" style=\"float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\">Technorati Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Windows+Server+2012\" rel=\"tag\">Windows Server 2012<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Hyper-V\" rel=\"tag\">Hyper-V<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/System+Center\" rel=\"tag\">System Center<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever wished that you could get access to Microsoft server software without making a financial commitment first? Maybe you want to learn how to install or manage the software for a professional certification. Maybe you want to do a proof-of-concept with a customer. Maybe you want to upgrade your hypervisor. You can download: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=13722\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Evaluate Hyper-V, Windows Server 2012, and System Center 2012 For Free&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[181,193,118],"class_list":["post-13722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hyper-v","tag-hyper-v","tag-system-center","tag-windows-server-2012"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13722\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}