The standard edition of Windows Server 2012 R2 (64-bit) from Microsoft helps to deliver an enterprise-class server and cloud platform. It helps you optimize performance for your most important workloads and helps to protect against service outages with its recovery options. It helps reduce complexity and cost with automation plus storage and networking virtualization solutions based on industry-standard hardware. With Windows Server 2012 R2, you will be able to build, run, and scale applications that can move between your datacenter and the cloud. It allows you to provide users with remote access from virtually anywhere while using nearly any device.Windows Server 2012 R2 is streamlined and simple, helping to make it easy for customers to choose the edition that is right for their needs. Standard edition is ideal for those customers who want to have a physical or lightly virtualized environment. This edition enables you to run up to two virtual instances of Windows Server with each license, and provides all the same features as the Datacenter edition. Licensing for the Standard edition will continue to be processor plus CAL, with each license covering up to two physical processors on a single server, just like the Datacenter edition. While this edition does support two processors, it will only support one physical operating environment.