Download: Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate (RC)

Now you can download and try the next release of Windows Server, Windows Server 2012, will offer businesses and hosting providers a scalable, dynamic, and multitenant-aware, cloud-optimized infrastructure. It securely connects across premises and helps IT Professionals to respond to business needs faster and more efficiently.

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+ Register: Register to access technical product resources—forums, solution accelerators, white papers and webcasts—at the Windows Server 2012 RC Resource Page.

Comments

• Anonymous
  June 21, 2012
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• Anonymous
  June 21, 2012
  Fred, If you try from IE, it will ask you do sign-in with your live/hotmail id; on success, it will take you to the Download manager page. Here it will ask you to install "download manager". If you have trouble downloading the files in Firefox/Chrome, Please update to the latest Java-Version(java.com/.../installed.jsp) and try downloading again. If the Download Manager can not install the ActiveX control or the JavaTM applet in your browser, you may have system restrictions (as mentioned in the download page)....then your options would be (1) Download products using the Web Browser method (2) Contact your organization’s Administrator to download products using the Download Manager method. I tried sometime earlier and it just works for me... Hope this helps :)

• Anonymous
  June 24, 2012
  I also experienced problems with the akamai download manager.   Using Safari circumvents required usage of the download manager.

• Anonymous
  August 03, 2012
  Deva... How do we get to choose the 'Web Browser method' as the page states? Download manager is not a viable option.

• Anonymous
  August 19, 2012
  I just download FireFox so I could use the Java version of the Download Manager.  It worked.  I couldn't get the IE version to work for anything.