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Windows Server 2012 redefines the server category, delivering hundreds of new features and enhancements spanning virtualization, networking, storage, user experience, cloud computing, automation, and more. Simply put, Windows Server 2012 helps you transform your IT operations to reduce costs and deliver a whole new level of business value.

An ideal server for small businesses, Windows Server 2012 Essentials (the latest version of Windows Small Business Server Essentials) provides a powerful and flexible solution that helps protect your business data while allowing you to access the information you need from virtually anywhere by using almost any device.

Microsoft SQL Server delivers a data management platform that helps organizations store, manage, integrate and unlock the value of data, including Big Data. The range of high value, SQL Server offerings span high-end transaction processing, massively scaling data warehousing, and scalable business intelligence across server, and private or public cloud.

Deploy high performance solutions in days, not months, through the new appliances from Microsoft and key hardware partners HP and Dell. The appliances are optimized for SQL Server and are the fastest way to deploy high performance data warehouse or database private cloud solutions.

Microsoft SQL Server data warehousing enables the largest mission critical deployments through enterprise scale, availability, performance and the ability to harness Big Data. This solution also ensures enterprise-wide adoption by delivering end user experiences within the tools business users already use at the lowest TCO.

Designed as part of the world’s most popular business productivity suite, Microsoft Business Intelligence is designed to empower business users through the familiar tools they already know how to use today.

Windows Azure provides developers with on-demand compute, storage and networking to host, scale, and manage web applications in the public cloud through Microsoft managed datacenters.

Windows Azure SQL Database is a highly available, and scalable cloud database service built on SQL Server technologies.  With Windows Azure SQL Database, developers do not have to install, setup, patch or manage any software.

With a private cloud, you get many of the benefits of public cloud computing—including pooled resources, self-service, elasticity, and a usage based computing model—with the additional control and customization needed for adhering to relevant compliance mandates.

Microsoft SQL Server is a cost-effective database platform for hosting solutions that provides value-add features hosters can use to increase revenue by offering new services and capabilities to their customers.

BizTalk Server is Microsoft’s Integration and connectivity server solution. A mature product on its seventh release, BizTalk Server 2010 provides a solution that allows organizations to more easily connect disparate systems.

Windows Azure AppFabric provides a comprehensive cloud middleware platform for developing, deploying and managing applications on the Windows Azure Platform. It delivers additional developer productivity adding in higher-level Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) capabilities on top of the familiar Windows Azure application model.

SOA enables data, logic, and infrastructure resources to be organized as a service and be accessed by routing messages between network interfaces. SOA helps IT to become an accelerator for business agility and innovation.

Development teams need productive and collaborative tools to keep up with the fast-changing demands of the business. Visual Studio helps teams work together to create compelling applications for web servers, enterprise servers, client devices, and the cloud.

Whether you are creating content for the web, developing apps for the desktop or phone, encoding live or on demand video, Expression provides the capabilities you need to deliver better results for your clients.

.NET is an integral part of many applications running on Windows and provides common functionality for those applications to run. For developers, the .NET Framework provides a comprehensive and consistent programming model.

With Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 you can achieve new levels of reliability and performance with features that simplify your administration, help protect your communications, and delight your users by meeting their demands for greater mobility.

Using SharePoint 2010, your people can set up Web sites to share information with others, manage documents from start to finish, and publish reports to help everyone make better decisions

Microsoft® Lync™ ushers in a new connected user experience transforming every communication into an interaction that is more collaborative, engaging, and accessible from anywhere.

Enterprise search helps you find what you need faster. Search Server 2010 Express is free to download, simple and flexible to configure, and powerful enough to meet your needs.

A unified productivity platform allows business solutions such as content management, enterprise search, and collaboration to work together using a single platform. It’s the most effective way to connect people, processes, and information across your organization.

World-class customer experiences begin with your people. By giving your people the right tools to boost their productivity and amplify their impact, they can drive your organization to achieve your goals and generate maximum return.

Commerce Server 2009 provides organizations with powerful and cutting-edge, out-of-the-box capabilities designed to build enjoyable online shopping experiences.

System Center solutions help IT pros manage the physical and virtual information technology (IT) environments across datacenters, client computers, and devices. Discover what System Center solutions can do for your IT environment.

Microsoft Forefront delivers end-to-end security and access to information through an integrated line of protection, access and identity management products.

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