Save the Date October 18th! Release for Windows 8.1 and Windows Server R2

Wow Big Announcements all around today.  The first one I saw was that we are announcing on October 18th the release of the “R2 Wave”":

• Windows Server 2012 R2
• System Center 2012 R2
• Windows Intune

The evaluations will be available through the TechNet Evaluation Center.  You can read the full announcement here:

Mark Your Calendars for Oct. 18: The R2 Wave is Coming!

Then I went on and saw a similar announcement for Windows 8.1and it will be released on October 18th.  This will be available for  as a free update for consumers on Windows 8.  You can read the full announcement here:

Mark your calendars for Windows 8.1!

So give all these products a test drive today!  Also if your looking to test drive even more products take a look at the following links:

• Azure Trial: https://aka.ms/getazureiaas
• Microsoft Virtual Academy Live Events: https://aka.ms/academyLive
• Microsoft Virtual Academy: https://aka.ms/academy
• Hyper-V Server 2012: https://aka.ms/hypervserver
• Hyper-V Server 2012 R2(RC):  https://aka.ms/hypervserverR2
• System Center 2012 Download: https://aka.ms/syscntr12
• System Center 2012 RC Preview Download: https://aka.ms/syscntr12R2
• Windows Server 2012 Download: https://aka.ms/getwindowsserver2012
• Windows Server 2012 RC Preview Download: https://aka.ms/getwindowsserver2012R2

I can see the download pipes already being filled with digital goodness!