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Great news!\u00a0 We reached another important milestone on the road to the final release of Windows Server 2012 Essentials:\u00a0 the Release Candidate (RC) is available now for download and evaluation<\/a>.
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Great news!\u00a0 We reached another important milestone on the road to the final release of Windows Server 2012 Essentials:\u00a0 the Release Candidate (RC) is available now for download and evaluation. 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