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Microsoft
Windows Server 2008
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Windows Server 2008 is the most advanced Windows Server operating system yet, designed
to power the next-generation of networks, applications, and Web services. With Windows
Server 2008 you can develop, deliver, and manage rich user experiences and applications,
provide a highly secure network infrastructure, and increase technological efficiency
and value within your organization.
Windows Server 2008 builds on the success and strengths of its Windows Server predecessors
while delivering valuable new functionality and powerful improvements to the base
operating system. New Web tools, virtualization technologies, security enhancements,
and management utilities help save time, reduce costs, and provide a solid foundation
for your information technology (IT) infrastructure.
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A Solid Foundation for Your Business
Windows Server 2008 provides a solid foundation for all of your server workload
and application requirements while also being easy to deploy and manage. The all
new Server Manager provides a unified management console that simplifies and streamlines
server setup, configuration, and ongoing management. Windows PowerShell, a new command-line
shell, helps enable administrators to automate routine system administration tasks
across multiple servers. Windows Deployment Services provides a simplified, highly
secure means of rapidly deploying the operating system via network-based installations.
And Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering wizards, and full Internet Protocol
version 6 (IPv6) support plus consolidated management of Network Load Balancing,
make high availability easy to implement even by IT generalists.
The new Server Core installation option of Windows Server 2008 allows for installation
of server roles with only the necessary components and subsystems without a graphical
user interface. Fewer roles and features means minimizing disk and service footprints
while reducing attack surfaces. It also enables your IT staff to specialize according
to the server roles they need to support.
Built for the Web
Windows Server 2008 comes with Internet Information Services 7.0 (IIS 7.0), a Web
server and security-enhanced, easy-to-manage platform for developing and reliably
hosting Web applications and services. A major enhancement to the Windows Web platform,
IIS 7.0 includes a componentized architecture for greater flexibility and control.
IIS 7.0 also provides simplified management, powerful diagnostic and troubleshooting
capabilities that save time, and comprehensive extensibility.
Internet Information Server IIS 7.0 together with the .NET Framework 3.0 provides
a comprehensive platform for building applications that connect users and data,
enabling them to visualize, share, and act on information. Additionally, IIS 7.0
plays a central role in unifying Microsoft's Web platform technologies—ASP.NET,
Windows Communication Foundation Web services, and Windows SharePoint Services.
High Security
Windows Server 2008 is the most secure Windows Server yet. The operating system
has been hardened to help protect against failure and several new technologies help
prevent unauthorized connections to your networks, servers, data, and user accounts.
Network Access Protection (NAP) helps ensure that computers that try to connect
to your network comply with your organization's security policy. Technology integration
and several enhancements make Active Directory services a potent unified and integrated
Identity and Access (IDA) solution. And Read-Only Domain Controller (RODC) and BitLocker
Drive Encryption allow you to more securely deploy your AD database at branch office
locations.
High Performance Computing
The benefits and cost savings of Windows Server 2008 extend to Windows HPC Server
2008 for your high performance computing (HPC) environment. Windows HPC Server 2008
is built on Windows Server 2008, x64-bit technology and can efficiently scale to
thousands of processing cores with out-of-the-box functionality to improve the productivity,
and reduce the complexity of your HPC environment. Windows HPC Server 2008 enables
broader adoption by providing a rich and integrated end-user experience that scales
from the desktop application to the clusters, and includes a comprehensive set of
deployment, administration, and monitoring tools that are easy to deploy, manage,
and integrate with your existing infrastructure.
More information
For a full list of features and capabilities, click the link below:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/default.aspx
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