

Live migration compression provides dramatic time savings (approximately 50% or greater) by using spare CPU cycles to compress live migration traffic with no special hardware.Cross-version live migration enables virtual machines running on Windows Server 2012 to be migrated to Windows Server 2012 R2 hosts with no downtime.Virtualization and live migration – Provides an integrated and high-performance virtualization platform
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New in-box gateway in Windows Server 2012 R2 extends virtual networks to provide full connectivity to physical networks as well as access to virtual networks over the internet.Network virtualization in Windows Server 2012 R2, along with the management capabilities in System Center 2012 R2 provides the flexibility to place any virtual machine on any node regardless of IP address with isolation.Software defined networking – Provides new levels of agility and flexibility The storage tiering feature of Storage Spaces in Windows Server 2012 R2 automatically tiers data across hard disks and solid state drives based on usage to dramatically increase storage performance and cost efficiency.Storage transformation – Delivers breakthrough performance at a fraction of the cost

Here are some key innovations in Windows Server 2012 R2. That will continue but we thought you would like a short consolidated list for consideration. We have been rolling out detailed information on our Cloud OS vision though Brad Anderson’s What’s New in 2012 R2 blog series.

Windows Server 2012 R2 is in preview right now and ready for your evaluation.
