Windows Server 2012 Requirements

Windows Server 2012 Requirements

As you may all know, Windows Server 2012 is the first server OS from Microsoft that is cloud centric and virtualization focused. Microsoft went far as redesigning Active Directory Domain Services to allow for rapid deployment to the cloud. There are other cool new features such as Windows Server Manager Dashboard.  To get to the point, here are the software and hardware requirements for Windows Server 2012.

Minimal hardware requirements:

• Processor: 1.4 GHZ x64 processor
• RAM: 512MB
• Diskspace: 33GB
• Physical or virtual DVD Drive
• VGA resolution adapter
• Internet access for license activation

Note:-  That if you plan to run Hyper-V, you need compatible processor with Virtualization technology. Also, Only x64 guest OS is supported with SR-IOV and this requires hardware support.

Upgrade Requirements

Below are supported in-place upgrade paths:

• Windows Server 2008 Standard => Windows Server 2012 Standard
• Windows Server 2008 Enterprise => Windows Server 2012 Enterprise
• Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard => Windows Server 2012 Standard
• Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise => Windows Server 2012 Enterprise