With Windows Server 2012, Microsoft delivers a server platform built on our experience of building and operating many of the world's largest cloud-based services and datacenter. Whether you are setting-up a single server for your small business or architecting a major new datacenter environment, Windows Server 2012 will help you cloud-optimize your IT so you can fully meet your organization's unique needs.

SQL Server 2012 is a cloud-ready information platform designed for organizations looking to efficiently protect, unlock and scale the power of their data across the desktop, device, datacenter and private or public cloud, and is setting the new standard for mission critical platforms by helping get customers the uptime and performance they need at a low cost, backed by built-in enterprise security and support for virtually any data. Microsoft offers a trusted platform and business partner, and an ecosystem of experienced vendors.