1.0Lifehacker Australiahttps://www.lifehacker.com.aujohnsmithushttps://www.lifehacker.com.au/author/johnsmithus005gmail-com/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="fqNZcImptT"><a href="https://www.lifehacker.com.au/2012/09/ninefold-offers-hosted-windows-server-2012-templates-for-easy-virtual-machines/">Ninefold Offers Hosted Windows Server 2012 Templates For Easy Virtual Machines</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.lifehacker.com.au/2012/09/ninefold-offers-hosted-windows-server-2012-templates-for-easy-virtual-machines/embed/#?secret=fqNZcImptT" width="600" height="338" title="“Ninefold Offers Hosted Windows Server 2012 Templates For Easy Virtual Machines” — Lifehacker Australia" data-secret="fqNZcImptT" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> Windows Server: Trying out Windows Server 2012 is free, but that’s not the only option for setting it up. Australian cloud service provider Ninefold recently updated its rapid deployment templates to include Windows Server 2012, allowing customers to quickly create their own hosted virtual machine instances in Ninefold’s Australian data centres.