Windows 8 server

The windows 8 server has recently been out on beta and all the initial feedback is that the product is ground-breaking and offers a totally new refreshing server platform.
IT has loads of new and enhanced features. I am not going to list all of them however I would highlight a few of the ones that I will start looking at.
Specific aspects from the link above:
"Server 8 is also set to start breaking down some very important barriers by commoditising traditionally proprietary (and expensive) technologies and integrating them into the core OS. Long overdue features like NIC teaming join game-changers like deduplication, virtual HBAs and a thoroughly tested, enterprise-ready iSCSI target. Storage Spaces offers Drobo-like functionality, and Cluster Shared Volumes have moved beyond "Hyper-V only."

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