The Redmond, Wash., software giant announced Tuesday the new version of its computer server software. The product, called Windows Server 2012, is designed both to work independently, and to connect with some 200 online services that Microsoft offers through its Azure cloud computing system. That is in addition to the usual upgrades in things like storage and networking capability.
While expected, this is a pretty big deal, and not just because the servers business is Microsoft’s second largest division in terms of revenue. (It brought in $18.7 billion in the fiscal year that ended last June 30.) It may be the most significant effort to date in Microsoft’s plan to change with the times.
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