- License allows to run in a physical environment (as Hyper-V host) and in virtual environment at the same time
- End-to-end integrated setup installs and configures many of the roles and features of Windows Server 2012 R2 according to best practices configuration for small business environments
- Incorporates Storage Spaces feature; leverages all the improvements introduced with the Windows Server 2012 R2 storage stack
- Health monitoring - monitors its own health status and the status of clients running Windows 7, Windows 8 and 8.1 as well as Mac OS X version 10.5 and above
- Remote Web Access - access applications and data from virtually anywhere
- Microsoft Online Backup - cloud-based storage service that is managed by Microsoft
Windows Server 2012 är byggd med utgångspunkt i molnet och kommer kunna utnyttja fördelarna med de olika leveransformerna, publika moln, outsourcing/hosting och egen drift för respektive system.