Greg Welch 4 Posted October 9, 2012 RTM today on Technet 10-9-2012 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tinkererguy 22 Posted October 9, 2012 Thank you for the heads-up Greg! I put together the MSDN links as well, over here (seems MSDN members can claim up to 10 licenses): http://tinkertry.com/ws2012e Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jmwills 284 Posted October 9, 2012 Downloading now! Thanks for the heads up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jason 65 Posted October 9, 2012 Can anyone recall whether WS2012E supports the Hyper-V role after all? I know early on it wasn't an option. I'd like to run WS2012E RTM as my primary OS but also have a single W8PRO hyper-VM to migrate. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greg Welch 4 Posted October 9, 2012 Sorry no hyper- role in essentials, Run it on top of standard and you would have the benefit of running another server (2max) ie 2012 hyper-v server or whs v1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jason 65 Posted October 9, 2012 Greg - excellent point. I realize it's not a best practice to install applications on a server OS, but now I'm contemplating whether I can: 1.) install WS2012E RTM as the primary OS (instead of my current WS2012 Standard OS) 2.) eliminate my WHS 2011 hyper-v guest OS since now WS2012E would be performing client backups 3.) migrate my sabnzbd and sickbeard processes from my win8pro hyper-v guest OS directly to WS2012E (eliminating the need for Win8pro hyper-v guest os altogether) "Essentially" this would phase out the Hyper-V role altogether. Though it was nice to have the Hyper-V role for experimenting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drashna Jaelre 156 Posted October 9, 2012 If you "upgrade" to Standard, you *can* instally the HyperV role, ontop of the Essentials code, basically. Completely not supported.... but hey... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dave 347 Posted October 10, 2012 Shouldn't they have waited two more days? 10 - 11 - 12 Downloading now.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jason 65 Posted October 10, 2012 If you "upgrade" to Standard, you *can* instally the HyperV role, ontop of the Essentials code, basically. Completely not supported.... but hey... Drashna, wow - that's possible!? So does that mean that WSUS are also enabled? How long until MS disables this? Afterall, it's like paying the $400 WS2012E price tag and getting WS2012 Standard? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drashna Jaelre 156 Posted October 10, 2012 Well, officially, you'd need both licenses, and 25 User CALs to do it... Like I said, unsupported. As for WSUS... I think i saw mention of WSUS working on essentials, but that could just be wishful thinking. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites