HP ROK Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard

Do more with less? The HP and Microsoft partnership extends Windows Server 2012 features with the release of Windows Server 2012 R2. Combining the HP ProLiant Gen8 features with the advanced virtualization and scalability features of Windows Server 2012 R2 empowers IT users and provides flexible access to corporate resources while protecting corporate information. Editions: - Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter: for highly virtualized private cloud environments - Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard: for physical or minimally virtualized environments - Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials: a unique cloud-enabled offering for up to 25 users - Windows Server 2012 R2 Foundation: a Windows Server experience for as many as 15 users This new release enhances server virtualization, storage, networking management, and application platform support.

Installable on HP Hardware only.

Licenced covers a physical HP Server of up to 2 CPU's, with rights to run 2 Virtual Machines using Microsoft Hyper-V technology.

Additional Licence 701596-A21 can be purchased which grants the use of an additional 2 CPU's in the server and also grants you 2 additional Virtual Machines. You may stack additional licences to increase Virtual Machine rights by 2 each licence. Please consider Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter if you plan to run 10 or more virtual machines.

HP ROK is the most price efficient way to licence your new HP Server. With Drivers on the disc, 90 days free 24x7 technical support and covered by your HP Server Warranty, why spend more?

Product Features

• Server virtualisation
  Take advantage of the cost savings of virtualisation, and maximise server hardware investments by consolidating your servers as virtual machines on a single physical host. Hyper-V runs multiple operating systems including Windows, Linux, and others, in parallel, on a single server. Windows Server 2012 R2 extends Hyper-V's capabilities with additional features and industry-leading scalability for host processors and memory.
• Go Beyond Virtualization
  Windows Server 2012 R2 is a complete virtualization platform that delivers a fully isolated, multi-tenant environment. It includes tools to help guarantee service-level agreements (SLAs), enables chargebacks through use-based billing, and supports self-service delivery. Increase scalability and performance through a high-density, scalable environment that can perform optimally as it adapts to your changing needs. Get connectivity to cloud services using a common identity and management framework for reliable security-enhanced, cross-premises connectivity.
• Enjoy the Power of Many Servers With the Simplicity of One Platform
  Flexible storage. Improve performance, availability, and resource efficiency with the storage of your choice. Continuous availability. Provide cost-effective, highly available services with protection against a wide range of failure scenarios - for a single server or an entire data center. Management efficiency. Automate a broad set of management tasks and simplify the deployment of server roles as you move toward full, lights-out automation.
• Storage
  Whatever your storage platform, the data it holds is the bedrock of your business. Windows Server 2012 R2 helps you optimise your existing storage investments, such as SANs. It also lets you build scalable, high-performance, highly available storage solutions using industry-standard hardware and Windows Server 2012 R2. Windows Server 2012 R2 helps ensure your storage remains continuously available, so your services can be, continuously available too.
• Networking
  You can manage an entire network as a single server, so you get the reliability and scalability of multiple servers at a lower cost. Automatic rerouting around storage, server, and network failures keeps file services online with minimal noticeable downtime. Together with System Center 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012 R2 can provide an end-to-end software defined networking solution across public, private, and hybrid cloud implementations.
• Server management and automation
  Following a standards-based management approach, the Windows Management Framework provides a common platform for automation and integration to help you automate your routine tasks with tools like Windows PowerShell. Other improvements help simplify deployment, ensure that the components of your datacentres have the correct configuration, and enable you to take action to manage across multiple servers through a single relevant dashboard in Server Manager.
• Web and application platform
  Windows Server 2012 R2 builds on the tradition of the Windows Server family as a proven application platform, with thousands of applications already built and deployed and a community of millions of knowledgeable and skilled developers already in place. You can build and deploy applications either on premises or in the cloud--or both at once, with hybrid solutions that work in both environments.
• Benefit From a Platform With Apps Already Built and Deployed
  Windows Server 2012 R2 enables you to build hybrid and symmetrical applications across the data center and the cloud. Provides frameworks, services, and tools to increase scalability and elasticity for applications and websites that are multi-tenant aware. Build mission-critical applications and take advantage of open frameworks, open source applications, and various development languages.
• Flexible User Access to Data and Applications
  Access from virtually anywhere, from any device. Seamless, on-demand access to a virtualized work environment from virtually anywhere, including branch locations and public connectivity services. Full Windows experience anywhere. A rich, personalized user experience on popular devices, while adapting to different network conditions quickly and responsively. Enhanced data security and compliance. Central audit and access policies enable granular access to data and corporate resources based on strong identity, data classification, and simplified administration for remote access.
• Access and information protection
  With Microsoft's Access and Information Protection solutions, you can manage a single identity for each user, across both on-premises and cloud-based (SaaS) applications. You define a user's level of access to information and applications each user has to information and applications based on who they are, what they are accessing, and from which device--, even applying multi-factor authentication. You can provide secure remote access to your mobile workers using the Windows Server Remote Access (RRAS) capabilities of DirectAccess and VPN (including automatic VPN connections) and enable your users to sync their work files from a corporate server to their devices. Also, you can manage mobile devices to remove corporate data and applications when a device is lost, stolen, or retired from use.
• **Virtual desktop infrastru