Windows Server 8 (Windows Server 2012 Standard) is already being widely rejected because MS has forced the Metro UI on the server as well. For any IT administrator, the vast majority of work done on Windows Servers is done via RDP or other remote connection. Managing a 2012 Server is a NIGHTMARE. Whats more, is that Server Essentials 2012 only supports 25 CALS which forces anyone who wants to have more than that into Windows 2012 Server Standard. And NONE of the Server flavors allow disabling of the Metro UI.
Ballmer is wrecking Microsoft and I predict that he will be gone by the end of 2013. After Ballmer fired Sinofsky, the problems remain. There is so much wrong with Server 2012 . Driver signature enforcement by default, crappy backwards compatibility. OMG:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj134246.aspx
You cant even easily install Remote Desktop on Server 2012 if the Domain Controller role is installed:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com...S/thread/bbf47aa2-8ae5-4f22-9827-afee5a11417a
The issues I ran into while evaluating Server 2012 Standard were too numerous to list completely. But my thoughts seem to be echoed by other IT Administrators worldwide. I do like some of the new features like data deduplication and the fact that the Server Manager is able to be installed remotely on a different machine, and the cost is cheaper to implement. But the interface on the server is just too clunky.
I don't think anybody here cares about this, but I had to vent!
Ballmer is wrecking Microsoft and I predict that he will be gone by the end of 2013. After Ballmer fired Sinofsky, the problems remain. There is so much wrong with Server 2012 . Driver signature enforcement by default, crappy backwards compatibility. OMG:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj134246.aspx
You cant even easily install Remote Desktop on Server 2012 if the Domain Controller role is installed:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com...S/thread/bbf47aa2-8ae5-4f22-9827-afee5a11417a
The issues I ran into while evaluating Server 2012 Standard were too numerous to list completely. But my thoughts seem to be echoed by other IT Administrators worldwide. I do like some of the new features like data deduplication and the fact that the Server Manager is able to be installed remotely on a different machine, and the cost is cheaper to implement. But the interface on the server is just too clunky.
I don't think anybody here cares about this, but I had to vent!