#WINDOWS SERVER 2008 R2 ISO DATACENTER SOFTWARE#
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Microsoft has announced that Server 2008 R2 will be the last version ofР’В WindowsР’В supporting theР’В ItaniumР’В architecture, with its extended support ending earlier than for the regular non-Itanium edition or 'until July 10, 2018.'Р”Р„ reviewer guide published by the company describes several areas of improvement in R2.

#WINDOWS SERVER 2008 R2 ISO DATACENTER DOWNLOAD#

Volume licensing customers without an SA were able to purchase Windows Server 2008 R2 through volume licensing by September 1.Р”Р„dditionally, qualifying students have been able to download Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard edition in 15 languages from theР’В Microsoft Imagineprogram (known as DreamSpark at the time).

#WINDOWS SERVER 2008 R2 ISO DATACENTER SOFTWARE#

Volume licensingР’В customers with an existing Software Assurance (SA) contracts were able to download Windows Server 2008 R2 on August 19 via the Volume License Service Center.

Microsoft Partner Program (MPP) gold/certified members were able to download Windows Server 2008 R2 through the MPP portal on August 19.

Developers with MSDN subscriptions have been able to download and obtain product keys for Windows Server 2008 R2 in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish starting August 14 and all remaining languages starting August 21.

IT professionals with TechNet subscriptions were able to download Windows Server 2008 R2 and obtain product keys for English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish variants beginning August 14 and all remaining languages beginning August 21.

Independent software vendorР’В (ISV) andР’В independent hardware vendorР’В (IHV) partners have been able to download Windows Server 2008 R2 from MSDN starting on August 14.

The remaining languages were available around August 11.

OEMsР’В received Windows Server 2008 R2 in English and all language packs on July 29.

Р”Р„ccording to Windows Server Blog,Р’В the following are the dates of the year 2009 when Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 has been made available to various distribution channels: On May 5, 2009, the release candidate was made available to the general public via the Microsoft download center. On April 30, 2009, theР’В release candidateР’В was made available to subscribers of TechNet and MSDN.

Two days later, the beta was released to the public via the Microsoft Download Center. On January 7, 2009, aР’В beta releaseР’В of Windows Server 2008 R2 was made available to subscribers of Microsoft'sР’В TechNetР’В andР’В MSDNР’В programs, as well as those participating in the Microsoft Connect program for Windows 7. Microsoft introduced Windows Server 2008 R2 at the 2008Р’В Professional Developers ConferenceР’В as the server variant of Windows 7.

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