Windows Server 2012 offers expanded virtualization capabilities and works with Windows Azure, the software company's cloud platform. It can deliver more than 200 public, private and hybrid cloud services. The goal seems to be to deliver any application on any cloud. Rand Morimoto, president of Microsoft partner Convergent Computing, sees a number of major selling points for Windows Server 2012. For instance, its deduplication features can save a company 40 to 50 percent in storage space. Its automated IT management capabilities enable it to manage a large number of virtual machines. It can eve...