Windows Server 2012 captures the experience Microsoft has gained from building and operating public clouds to deliver a highly dynamic, available, and cost-effective server platform for your datacenter and your private cloud. It offers businesses and hosting providers a scalable, dynamic, and multitenant-aware cloud infrastructure that connects more securely across premises and allows IT to respond to business needs faster and more efficiently. Windows Server 2012 is an open, scalable, and elastic web and application platform. For distributed and mobile workforces, it empowers IT to help ensure people's access to their personalized work environment from virtually anywhere.