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Windows Server 2012 Essentials SDK Installer is a tool that helps you install the Windows Server 2012 Essentials SDK. It has Visual Studio® 2012 samples and templates that a developer can use to easily create applications for Windows Server 2012 Essentials.

• Windows Server 2012 Essentials SDK Installer is a tool that helps you install the Windows Server 2012 Essentials SDK. It has Microsoft Visual Studio® 2012 samples and templates that a developer can use to easily create applications for Windows Server 2012 Essentials. The SDK also has pointers to online content that includes an API reference and a detailed How-To walkthrough with code snippets for all major extensibility areas that are listed in “Windows Server 2012 Essentials” on the MSDN Library website.

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Status: Deleted This download is no longer available on microsoft.com. The downloads below are archives provided by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine from the Microsoft Download Center prior to August 2020.

File	Size
WSE2012SDKInstaller.msi SHA1: 9e4832a006d3b3587ae858678d78697bb37d6ff7	1.68 MB

• Windows Server 2012 Essentials SDK Installer is designed to install on a client computer that is running Windows® 7 or higher. The computer must also be capable of running Microsoft Visual Studio® 2012 and have access to the Internet to access online content in the MSDN Library.

• Download and save the Windows Server 2012 Essentials SDK Installer to your local hard disk. You must read and accept the Microsoft Software License Terms when you install Windows Server 2012 Essentials SDK Installer.
  
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