Come get Windows 8 Release Preview and Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate
Ned here. Go there:
- Download Windows 8 Release Preview ISO images
- Download Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate Datacenter (ISO and VHD images)
- Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) for Windows 8 Release Preview (includes USMT 5.0)
- Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 8 Release Preview
- Windows Management Framework 3.0 – RC (Windows PowerShell 3.0, Windows Server 2012 Server Manager remote support for Win2008/R2, WMI updates, etc.)
While you wait for the downloads, check out Delivering the Windows 8 Release Preview on the B8 blog to learn a few more things about Windows 8 from a non-enterprise standpoint. More Windows 8 here. More Windows Server 2012 here.
IT Pro content will trickle out; keep your eyes peeled on the Windows Server blog and elsewhere. And know this: we have everything documented to the nth degree and you will learn everything you need, at least after RTM, even if it harelips the governor.
See you then.
Ned “Slim Pickens” Pyle
Comments
Anonymous
May 31, 2012
Thanks Slim Pickens! Now, where's that start button so I can shut this machine down.Anonymous
May 31, 2012
That was a solid zinger. :-DAnonymous
May 31, 2012
That's funny, the Server 2012 RC virtual machine was spinning up on my Hyper-V host when I came to check this blog and saw this post. I for one really like the aesthetic. The flat, sharp, minimalist GUI is a style that has always appealed to me. And something I'm really looking forward to is being able to switch the GUI on and off. I really like the Core installation.Anonymous
June 01, 2012
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June 01, 2012
Windows Server 2012.Anonymous
June 01, 2012
Also, the VHD download for server is currently broken (at least for me and colleagues). Looking into it.Anonymous
June 01, 2012
Yeah its broke for me too!Anonymous
June 01, 2012
VHD should be working now.Anonymous
June 01, 2012
Awesome news, thanks for the notification! Now anyone have a way to get about 8 more hours in a day, so I can spend more time digging in and learning even more about DAC and all of the other goodness? :)Anonymous
June 01, 2012
RIP to the FISHY?Anonymous
June 01, 2012
Yup, now it's flower power.Anonymous
July 12, 2012
Microsoft Press Announcement: Tekzilla shows off some of the updates and explain why you should upgrade to Release Preview from Consumer preview if you're running Windows 8! [HD] Link: revision3.com/.../e3-2012-microsoft-press-announcement