Similar to the SharePoint Server 2013 Free Resources Series, the first part of the “Free Windows Server 2012 Learning Material & Resources” post had a lot of success.  Therefore, I am happy to continue (as promised) to search and present you all the new free resources on Internet every month.

I am happy to present you Part 2 of the “Free Windows Server 2012 Learning Material & Resources” series  that gives you all the resources for the month of November.

Why is the MCSA Server 2012 Certification important? Look at the following image:

Certifications

A Visual Guide to Windows Server Training and Certification (opens in a new tab)

Windows Server 2012 Upgrade Jump Start – YouTube (opens in a new tab)

Special offer: Get Exam 417 for free along with free training and free second chances to pass the exams.

70-417 – Resources for Preparation (opens in a new tab)

Downloads

Download: Core Network Companion Guide: Deploying Password-based 802.1X Authenticated Wireless Access

Download Windows and Windows Server Compatibility Cookbook from Official Microsoft Download Center (opens in a new tab)

Free ebook: Introducing Windows Server 2012 (RTM Edition) (opens in a new tab)

Plan for and deploy Windows Server 2012 (opens in a new tab)

FREE eBook Chapter: Migrating and Upgrading Physical and Virtual Servers to Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012 (opens in a new tab)

Test Lab Guides

Download: Test Lab Guide: Windows Server 2012 Base Configuration (opens in a new tab)

FREE Hands-on Training: Build Virtual Machines in the Cloud with Windows Azure – Dec 18th (opens in a new tab)

Windows Server 2012 home lab preparation (opens in a new tab)

Windows Server 2012 IT Camp – Lab #1 (opens in a new tab)

Windows Server 2012 IT Camp – Lab #2 (opens in a new tab)

Keith Meyer’s Blog

Windows Server 2012 “Early Experts” Challenge – Virtualizer

Windows Server 2012 “Early Experts” Challenge – Networker

Windows Server 2012 Jump Start

Windows Server 2012 Jump Start (01): Core Hyper-V (opens in a new tab)
Windows Server 2012 Jump Start (02a): Virtualization Infrastructure, Part 1 (opens in a new tab)
Windows Server 2012 Jump Start (02b): Virtualization Infrastructure, Part 2 (opens in a new tab)
Windows Server 2012 Jump Start (03a): Storage Architecture, Part 1 (opens in a new tab)
Windows Server 2012 Jump Start (03b): Storage Architecture, Part 2 (opens in a new tab)
Windows Server 2012 Jump Start (04): Continuous Availability (opens in a new tab)
Windows Server 2012 Jump Start (05a): Multi-Server Management, Part 1 (opens in a new tab)
Windows Server 2012 Jump Start (05b): Multi-Server Management, Part 2 (opens in a new tab)
Windows Server 2012 Jump Start (06a): Security and Access, Part 1 (opens in a new tab)
Windows Server 2012 Jump Start (06b): Security and Access, Part 2 (opens in a new tab)
Windows Server 2012 Jump Start (07): Remote Connectivity and Networking (opens in a new tab)
Windows Server 2012 Jump Start (08): IIS, DHCP and IPAM (opens in a new tab)

Other Very Good Posts to read for Server 2012 Resources

The following links are posts and full blogs by people who are also sharing a lot of material on Windows Server 2012, and some of the material I share over here is done by them. They are great and knowledgeable people and I highly recommend you also look at their blogs because you will be surprised about the amount of information they share

Free “MCSA: Windows Server 2012” preparation materials by Florian Klaffenbach (opens in a new tab)

Listing of learning opportunities by Pierre Roman  (Scroll Down for WS2012 links ) (opens in a new tab)

Canadian IT Pro Connection done by Pierre Roman, Chris Di Lullo and Mitch Garvis.  Mitch and Pierre (opens in a new tab) actually did the WS 2012 IT Camps in Canada, and they are sharing a lot of great content on it (opens in a new tab)

 Early Experts Challenge, and also new material and cool contests every week. Blog done by  Keith Mayer (opens in a new tab)

Another good resources is of course:
Free Windows Server 2012 Learning Material & Resources! Part 1

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