what is the difference between windows server 2012 and 2008?
The difference between Windows Server 2008 and 2012 can be answered in numerous ways. ... Server 2008 version had both 32-bit and 64-bit releases. Server 2008 R2 started with migrating to completely 64-bit OS releases for better scalability and performance, while Server 2012 completely is a 64-bit operating system.