Windows Server 2008 has launched!

Windows Server 2008 is the most advanced Windows Server operating system yet, designed to power the next generation of networks, applications and web services.

Windows Server 2008, built with web and virtualisation technologies, is the most robust, secure, and reliable foundation on which to develop, deliver, and manage rich user experiences and applications.

Windows Server 2008 is 45 times faster than 2003 

2008, it is the successor to Windows Server 2003, released nearly five years earlier and like Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 is built on the Windows NT 6.0 kernel.

With windows Server 2008 you can develop, deliver and manage rich user experiences and increase technological efficiency and value to your organisation. 

IT infrastructure is a strategic asset and the critical foundation upon which software can deliver services and user applications that a business needs in order to operate effectively and succeed.

Windows Server 2008 enables greater business success by providing a platform that supports mission critical solutions and applications, making them available to your organisation when it needs them.

Solid Foundation for Business Workloads

Windows Server 2008 is the most flexible and robust Windows Server operating system to date. With new technologies and features such as Server Core, PowerShell, Windows Deployment Services, and enhanced networking and clustering technologies, Windows Server 2008 provides you the most versatile and reliable Windows platform for all your workload and application requirements.

Web

Windows Server 2008 gives you the ability to deliver rich web-based experiences efficiently and effectively. 2008 delivers improved administration and diagnostics, development and application tools and lower infrastructure costs. 

Virtualisation

With its server virtualisation technology, Windows Server 2008 enables you to reduce costs, increase hardware utilisation, optimise your infrastructure and improve server availability.

Security

Windows Server 2008 is the most secure Windows Server to date. Its hardened operating system and security innovations, including Network Access Protection, Rights Management and Read-Only Domain Controller, provide unprecedented levels of protection for your network, your data and your business.     

Windows Server 2008 Editions 

Because different kinds of customers need different features in their operating system, Microsoft offers multiple editions of Windows Server 2008, each oriented to your specific needs.  

STANDARD

Windows Server® 2008 Standard is the most robust Windows Server operating system to date. Built with enhanced Web and virtualisation capabilities, it is designed to increase the reliability and flexibility of your server infrastructure while helping save time and reduce costs.  

Powerful tools give you greater control over your servers and streamline configuration and management tasks. Plus, enhanced security features work to harden the operating system to help protect your data and network and provide a solid, highly dependable foundation for your business.  

ENTERPRISE

Windows Server® 2008 Enterprise delivers an enterprise-class platform for deploying business-critical applications. Improve availability with failover clustering. Improve security with consolidated identity management features.

Reduce infrastructure costs by consolidating applications with virtualisation licensing rights. Windows Server 2008 Enterprise provides the foundation for a highly dynamic, scalable IT infrastructure.  

DATACENTER

Windows Server® 2008 Datacenter delivers an enterprise-class platform for deploying business-critical applications and large-scale virtualisation on small and large servers.

Improve availability with clustering and dynamic hardware partitioning capabilities. Reduce infrastructure costs by consolidating applications with unlimited virtualisation licensing rights. Scale from 2 to 64 processors. Windows Server 2008 Datacenter provides a foundation on which to build enterprise-class virtualisation and scale-up solutions.  

WINDOWS WEB SERVER 2008

Designed to be used specifically as a single-purpose Web server, Windows® Web  Server 2008 delivers on a rock solid foundation of Web infrastructure capabilities in the next generation Windows Server 2008. Integrated with the newly re-architected IIS 7.0, ASP.NET, and the Microsoft .NET Framework, Windows Web Server 2008 enables any organisation to rapidly deploy Web pages, Web sites, Web applications, and Web services.  

FOR ITANIUM-BASED SYSTEMS

Windows Server® 2008 for Itanium-based Systems is optimised for large databases, line of business and custom applications providing high availability and scalability up to 64 processors to meet the needs of demanding and mission critical solutions.    

STANDARD WITHOUT HYPER-V

Windows Server® 2008 Standard without Hyper-V™ is the most robust Windows Server operating system to date. It is designed to increase the reliability and flexibility of your server infrastructure while helping save time and reduce costs. Powerful tools give you greater control over your servers and streamline configuration and management tasks. Plus, enhanced security features work to harden the operating system to help protect your data and network and provide a solid, highly-dependable foundation for your business. This product does not include the Hyper-V™ server role. 

ENTERPRISE WITHOUT HYPER-V

Windows Server® 2008 Enterprise without Hyper-V™ delivers an enterprise-class platform for deploying business-critical applications. Improve availability with failover clustering. Improve security with consolidated identity management features. Reduce infrastructure costs by consolidating applications with virtualisation licensing rights. Windows Server 2008 Enterprise without Hyper-V provides the foundation for a highly dynamic, scalable IT infrastructure.  This product does not include the Hyper-V™ server role.  

DATACENTER WITHOUT HYPER-V

Windows Server® 2008 Datacenter without Hyper-V™ delivers an enterprise-class platform for deploying business-critical applications and large-scale virtualisation on small and large servers. Improve availability with clustering and dynamic hardware partitioning capabilities. Reduce infrastructure costs by consolidating applications with unlimited virtualisation licensing rights.

Scale from 2 to 64 processors. Windows Server 2008 Datacenter without Hyper-V provides a foundation on which to build enterprise-class virtualization and scale-up solutions. This product does not include Hyper-V™ server role.