But unless you plan on just using remote powershell to manage that server, you'll need the Remote Server Admin Tools package that supports Server 2012 --and it'

But unless you plan on just using remote powershell to manage that server, you'll need the Remote Server Admin Tools package that supports Server 2012 --and it's only available for Windows 8+. The 2012 Server Manager gui is very nice. When I have to work on 'legacy' servers running 2008 R2 I miss it.