Windows Server 2012 Learn It

The Windows Server 2012 product line-up has been streamlined and simplified, making it easier for customers to choose the right edition for their needs:

Windows Server 2012 Datacenter for highly virtualized private cloud environments.
Windows Server 2012 Standard for non-virtualized or lightly virtualized environments.
Windows Server 2012 Essentials for small businesses with up to 25 users running on servers with up to two processors.
Windows Server 2012 Foundation for small businesses with up to 15 users running on single-processor servers.

Windows Server 2012

Sales and Marketing

Technical

Licensing

Course	Description
Windows Server 2012 Sales Module 1: Understanding the Opportunity Module 1 PowerPoint Presentation .pptx 43.8 MB	Find out the pain points customers face when considering new implementations, then learn new profiling questions and identify the partner opportunities within your customer’s organization.
Windows Server 2012 Sales Module 2: Product Overview Module 2 PowerPoint Presentation .pptx 34.2 MB	See what’s new in Windows Server 2012 and discover how it addresses many customer pain points. Learn more about our latest server platform and the simplified licensing structure for servers.
Windows Server 2012 Sales Module 3: Sales Scenarios and Strategies Module 3 PowerPoint Presentation .pptx 39.9 MB	Learn about key selling scenarios for data center, remote workforce, identity and security, virtualization, and cost reduction.
Windows Server 2012 Sales Module 4: Compete and Objection Handling Module 4 PowerPoint Presentation .pptx 24.7 MB	Explore the competitive advantages of Windows Server 2012, see how to debunk common myths, and get the tools for handling customer objections.

These resources will help you guide your customers in making the best choice of server hardware and software to fit the needs of their businesses.

Training materials

Resource	Description
Windows Server 2012: OEM Licensing and CALs	See OEM channel experts Darby Carlisle and Jim Brisimitzis discuss licensing details for Windows Server 2012, including client access licenses (CALs) for Windows Server 2012 Standard and Windows Server 2012 Datacenter.
Windows Server 2012: Virtualization	Watch OEM channel experts discuss how to deliver virtualization with Windows Server 2012. Addresses the intricacies of licensing in a virtualized environment.
Windows Server 2012: Storage	See OEM channel experts Greg Kelleher and Scott Johnson discuss how Windows Storage Server 2012 delivers a platform for network-attached storage appliances. Includes go-to-market strategies for storage solutions.
Windows Server 2012: Upgrading from Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008	Watch OEM channel experts Colin Smith and Tony Martinez discuss how to communicate the value of upgrading to Windows Server 2012—why upgrading is critical to your customers and why it’s important to partners.
Windows Server 2012: First Server	See OEM channel experts Colin Smith and David Fabritius describe how Windows Server 2012 Essentials delivers the value and ease of a first server to small and midsize businesses.
Windows Server 2012 Product Overview .pptx 4.6 MB	Learn how new and updated features in Windows Server 2012 can help you promote Microsoft server solutions.
Windows Server 2012: Power of Many Servers, Simplicity of One .pptx 4.8 MB	Learn how Windows Server 2012 can help your customers efficiently manage servers and keep storage and applications available.
Windows Server 2012: Modern Work Style Enabled .pptx 4.5 MB	Learn how Windows Server 2012 can help your customers support a modern and flexible work style.
Windows Server 2012: Every App, Any Cloud .pptx 4.4 MB	Learn how Windows Server 2012 can help your customers build—and more quickly deploy and scale—applications and websites both on their premises and in the cloud.
Windows Server 2012: Beyond Virtualization .pptx 6.6 MB	Learn how Windows Server 2012 goes beyond virtualization to provide maximum flexibility for delivering and connecting to cloud services.
Windows Server 2012 Market Trends and Product Overview .pptx 2.91 MB	Learn about information technology trends and see how Windows Server 2012 addresses them by delivering the power of many servers with the simplicity of one; enabling the modern work style; supporting rapid deployment and scaling of applications; and going beyond virtualization. You can also watch a video recording of this presentation.
Windows Server 2012 Product Overview White Paper .pptx 703 KB	Use this white paper to review information technology trends and learn how Windows Server 2012 addresses them.

Demo materials

Resource	Description
Beyond Virtualization - Demos .zip 75.1 MB	Watch this collection of demos that showcase virtualization features, including Hyper-V live storage migration, Hyper-V over SMB, Hyper-V QOS, Hyper-V Replica, Hyper-V shared-nothing live migration, and Hyper-V SMB cluster setup. Includes DemoMate Installers, DemoMate tutorials, and demo scripts.
Power of Many Servers - Demos .zip 47.7 MB	Watch this collection of demos that showcase Server Manager and storage enhancements in Windows Server 2012. Includes DemoMate Installers, DemoMate tutorials, and demo scripts.
Modern Workstyle, Enabled - Demo .zip 36.8 MB	Watch this overview of Dynamic Access Control (DAC), a Windows Server 2012 feature that supports your customers’ modern work style. Includes DemoMate Installer, DemoMate tutorial, and a demo script.
Windows Server 2012: Every App, Any Cloud .zip 35.3 MB	Watch this collection of demos about Windows Server 2012 features, including Datacenter without boundaries and an overview of IIS. Includes DemoMate Installers, DemoMate tutorials, and demo scripts.
Windows Server 2012 Virtualization Overview - Demos .zip 179 MB	Learn about the value of server virtualization and about new features in Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V.
Management and Automation - Demos .zip 91.2 MB	Watch this collection of demos that showcase Server Manager, IPAM, Mini-Shell, and Resource Meter.
Management and Automation - White Paper .pdf 1.06 MB	Learn in this white paper how server manageability and automation can be achieved with Windows Server 2012.
Networking - Demos .zip 49.1 MB	Explore new and improved features in Windows Server 2012 that help customers build highly available, reliable, and high-performance networking solutions. Watch this collection of demos that showcase Branch Cache and DHCP Failover.
Networking - White Paper .pdf 2.2 MB	Learn in this white paper about the new and enhanced features in Windows Server 2012 that help reduce networking complexity while facilitating more efficient and cost-effective networking management.
Identity and Access - Demos .zip 134 MB	Watch this collection of demos that showcase Direct Access End to End, Direct Access Quick Config, Dynamic Access Control, and New DC Deployment.
Identity and Access - White Paper .pdf 956 KB	Learn in this white paper how Windows Server 2012 makes identity and access control easier by offering simple but powerful new and enhanced features to provide intelligent, auditable security; easier deployment and management of Active Directory Domain Services; and secure, always-on connectivity to corporate resources.
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure - Demos .zip 74.5 MB	Watch this collection of demos that showcase Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) desktops and VDI session host.
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure - White Paper .pdf 1.12 MB	Learn in this white paper how Windows Server 2012 can provide IT pros with more convenient, personalized, and secure access to data and applications while helping them take advantage of unified configuration and management, simplified deployment options, and performance enhancements for lower-bandwidth, higher-latency networks.
Web / Application Platform - Demos .zip 67.5 MB	Watch this collection of demos that showcase IIS central SSL store and IIS CPU throttling.
Storage - Demos .zip 24 MB	Explore how Windows Server 2012 helps you build highly available and reliable storage solutions with industry standard hardware. Watch this collection of demos that showcase de-duplication, HA file server, SMB multi-channel, and storage spaces.
Storage - White Paper .pdf 1.49 MB	Learn in this white paper about the new storage features and capabilities in Windows Server 2012, and how they integrate, coexist, and complement one another to extend the capabilities of your customers’ entire storage infrastructure.