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I should also mention that 2012 is more efficient on system resources than 2008.
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I should also mention that 2012 is more efficient on system resources than 2008.

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Will it have problems in a 2008 SBS environment?
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Will it have problems in a 2008 SBS environment?

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Is this just going to be a member server or are you going to be migrating your 2008 SBS to 2012?
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Is this just going to be a member server or are you going to be migrating your 2008 SBS to 2012?

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You shouldn't have any problems. This is not 2012 essentials, correct?
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You shouldn't have any problems. This is not 2012 essentials, correct?

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I am sticking with 2012 R2. &nbsp;Thanks for your input.
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I am sticking with 2012 R2.  Thanks for your input.

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I am at a decision point. I got a new server with 2012 R2 but has the ability to downgrade to 2008 R2. &nbsp;The server it's replacing runs 2008 R2 and the software runs fine with it and that's not the reason it's getting replaced. &nbsp;Should I stay with 2012 or load 2008?
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I am at a decision point. I got a new server with 2012 R2 but has the ability to downgrade to 2008 R2.  The server it's replacing runs 2008 R2 and the software runs fine with it and that's not the reason it's getting replaced.  Should I stay with 2012 or load 2008?

Windows 2008 R2 or 2012 R2?

Windows Server 2012 is the server version of Windows 8 and the successor to Windows Server 2008 R2. Windows Server 2012 is the first version of Windows Server to have no support for Itanium-based computers since Windows NT 4.0. Windows Server 2012, now in its second release (Windows Server 2012 Release 2) includes Foundation, Essentials, Standard and Datacenter, and does not support IA-32 or IA-64 processors.

Windows Server 2012

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.