Linked by Bob Stein on Fri 26th Oct 2012 22:59 UTC
ActiveWin.com has just posted their 17-page, 90-screenshot review of Microsoft Windows Server 2012. The review covers many different aspects of the OS including start screen, server manager, VHDX, chkdsk improvements, Hyper-V, private cloud, IIS 8, and more. "On the desktop, Windows 8 remains the most talked about release, but within the datacenter, Windows 8’s counterpart on the server is also creating its own noise amongst Sys Admins and Integrators. One of the themes around Windows 8 is mobility and Touch, Windows Server 2012 itself follows a theme that is part of an industry trend, the Cloud. Windows Server 2012 promises to embrace the concept of private clouds fully while maintaining the traditional concept of on premises administration using its familiar tools."
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by modmans2ndcoming on Sat 27th Oct 2012 13:45 UTC
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by WorknMan on Sun 28th Oct 2012 00:20 UTC
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server 2012 boots to the desktop automatically. but eventually you'll have to run something, and metro is still the new start menu.
If it's anything like Windows 8, there's plenty of Start menu replacements to be had. Or just use a launcher. In all honesty, it's a lot of bitching about nothing.
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by Drumhellar on Sun 28th Oct 2012 02:20 UTC
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and metro is still the new start menu.
Does it really matter?
The Server 2012 Start Screen is nearly blank initially, with and only the snap-ins for the service you add populate it afterwards. It ends up being nicer than the start menu, with large text and icons making things easier to find.
I have yet to see anybody give a plausible situation where you need the rest of the desktop available when the start menu is open The Start Screen displays more icons and is easier to read, compared to the old Start Menu.
Apart from the Start Screen, Metro absent 2012 (Though, I do believe you have the option of going back and installing everything).
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by ze_jerkface on Sat 27th Oct 2012 20:07 UTC
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Does it matter? The desktop itself was already a joke for a server OS.
Maybe in 1999 when the GUI resource argument was actually worth considering.
I definitely wouldn't run X on a server because it is a POS that can't be trusted on production servers.
The Win GUI is plenty stable but Microsoft has definitely ruined it with Metro. The way they integrated it looks like a practical joke.
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Why?
Because a whole slew of consultants are getting huge great wads of cash from compaines all over the place for preaching the mantra 'Cloud is where it's at and if you want to be cool, that is where you will put your data'.
Then they'll be off to the next suckers leaving many of us here to pick up the pieces when it all goes horribly wrong.