All About Microsoft posted a story that Microsoft's highest end Windows Server SKU is going to get a lot more expensive with the coming Windows Server 2012 R2 release.

Microsoft quietly published new pricing and licensing sheets for its coming Windows Server 2012 R2 product.

The bad news: Those who want the Datacenter version are going to have to shell out 28 percent more for the R2 version than the current Windows Server 2012 Datacenter release. The Windows Server 2012 Datacenter SKU costs $4,809 (plus additional client-access licenses, priced separately). The Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter SKU costs $6,155, plus client-access license fees. (These are prices for the Open NL version, which is the highest priced volume-license version.)

  Microsoft ups price on Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter by 28 percent