HP Microsoft Windows Server 2012 manual Features

with Microsoft. Please follow activation instructions upon installation of the operating system. For more information on activation or grace period extension, see Microsoft® knowledge base or Windows FAQ document at: http://www.hp.com/go/windowsfaq.

•Capable of out-of-the-box management of the server with the installation of the HP Management Agents for Servers – The HP Management Agents monitor server performance and configuration, as well as the performance of the operating system. The HP Management Agents help prevent problems before users are affected by issuing alerts when faults occur.

•Preconfigured with NTFS – Many new features in Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2008 R2 wSP1 Standard, Microsoft® Windows Server®™ 2012 Standard and Microsoft® Windows Server®™ 2012 R2 Standard require NTFS, including the ability to promote the server to a domain controller to use Microsoft® Active Directory, and NTFS offers greater security. Review the Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2008 R2 wSP1 Standard or Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2012 Standard or Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2012 R2 Standard software documentation to properly configure the server and to understand how to use NTFS with Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2008 R2 wSP1 Standard or Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2012 Standard or Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2012 R2 Standard, while concurrently using previous versions of Microsoft® Windows NT® in a network infrastructure.

For additional information about Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2008 R2 wSP1 Standard and Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2012 Standard and Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2012 R2 Standard, see the HP website (http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/servers/software/ factory-installed.html) or the Microsoft website (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ bb625087.aspx).

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