Dubbed the 'cloud OS' the new feature set of Windows Server 2012 is has been described by Satya Nadella, President of Microsoft Server and Tools Business, as representing a renaissance in the new world of continuous cloud services, connected devices and big data. Businesses that have deployed servers and are using cloud based installations ? perhaps using Microsoft's own Windows Azure ? will welcome the extensive support for further virtualisation with the new release. But the Windows Server 2012 feature set goes much further than this, with hundreds of improvements that can be exploited.Dell recently announced that its PowerEdge 12th generation server would optimise the dynamic virtualisation infrastructure that Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V provides to scale and secure workloads, cost-effectively virtualise their data centre, manage infrastructure efficiently, and build cloud environments.