Windows Server® 2012 Unleashed

Detailing Microsoft’s Adoption of Internet Standards

Since the early development of Windows 2000/2003/2003 R2/2008/2008 R2 and continuing with Windows Server 2012, Microsoft has strived to make all its products Internet compatible and friendly. Standards that before had been options or previously incompatible were subsequently woven into the software as primary methods of communication and operability. All applications and operating systems became TCP/IP compliant, and proprietary protocols such as NetBEUI were phased out.

With the introduction of Windows Server 2012, the Internet readiness of the Microsoft environment reaches new levels of functionality, with enhancements such as the ability to join virtual domain controller templates to a forest; ...