A quick heads-up on today’s release of the much-anticipated Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate (Datacenter). The RC build number is 8400 (beta was 8250).

You can download the x64 ISO or VHD through here.

The Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate is available in Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish. The VHD is available in English.

Some documentation to get you started:

• What’s New in Windows Server 2012
• Install, Deploy, and Migrate to Windows Server 2012 RC Datacenter

More documentation related to Windows Server 2012 RC here.

Other related releases:

• Windows 8 Release Preview
• Windows Management Framework 3.0 RC (e.g. PowerShell)
• Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 8 Release Preview

Note: Like with all pre-release bits: it’s not recommended to use this in your production environment, so use them in a lab or testing environment only.