Windows Server 2008 is designed to enhance the capabilities of next-generation networks, applications, and WEB services, and is the most advanced Windows Server operating system ever. With Windows Server 2008, you can develop, deliver, and manage rich user experiences and applications in your enterprise, providing a highly secure network infrastructure that increases and increases technical efficiency and value.
Windows Server 2008 is built on the success and benefits of previous versions of Windows Server, but Windows Server 2008 has improved for the base operating system to provide new and more valuable features and further improvements. New WEB tools, virtualization technologies, security enhancements, and administrative utilities not only help you save time, reduce costs, and provide a solid foundation for your IT infrastructure.
A solid foundation for your business
Windows Server 2008 provides a solid foundation and features that are easy to deploy and manage for all your server workloads and application requirements. The newly designed Server Manager provides an integrated management console that simplifies and streamlines the installation, Setup, and subsequent management of servers; Windows PowerShell is a new command-line interface that enables system administrators to automate routine system administration across multiple servers Windows Deployment Services provides a simplified and highly secure way for you to quickly deploy an operating system over a network installation. In addition, the Windows Server 2008 failover Clustering (Failover Clustering) wizard, along with full support for Internet Protocol version 6th (IPV6), plus Network Load Balancing Balancing) enables the general IT staff to easily achieve high availability with integrated management.
Windows Server 2008 's new Server Core installation option allows you to select only the necessary components and subsystems when you install the server role, without the graphical user interface. Installing fewer roles and features means that disk and service footprint can be minimized, as well as reducing the impact of the attack surface (attack surface) and allowing IT staff to focus more on the server roles that they must support.
Built-in virtualization technology
Windows Server Hyper-V is the next generation of Hypervisor-based server virtualization technology that integrates multiple server roles into different virtual machines that can be executed on a single physical machine, thus making the best use of server hardware investments. Even if you perform multiple operating systems (such as Windows, Linux, and other operating systems) on a single server, you can still have the same efficiency. Now, with Hyper-V technology and simple licensing principles, it's easy to save costs with virtualization.
Using centralized application access technology from Windows Server 2008, you can effectively virtualize your applications. Because Terminal services Gateway and Terminal services RemoteApp do not need to use a complex virtual private network (VPN), you can execute standard Windows programs on the terminal server rather than directly on the client computer. It is then easier to remotely access standard Windows programs from anywhere.
Built for the Web
Windows Server 2008 consolidates the Internet Information Services 7.0 (IIS 7.0). IIS 7.0 is a Web server that is also a secure and easy-to-manage platform for developing and reliably hosting Web applications and services. IIS 7.0 is an enhanced Windows WEB platform with a modular architecture that provides greater flexibility and control, and provides simplified management with powerful time-saving diagnostic and troubleshooting capabilities, as well as complete scalability.
Internet Information Server IIS 7.0 and. NET Framework 3.0 provide a full-fledged platform to build applications that connect users to each other and connect to their resources so that users can virtualize, share, and process information. In addition, IIS 7.0 is the primary role for consolidating Microsoft 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 in history, and this operating system is enhanced to help prevent malfunction and to use new technologies to help protect against unauthorized connections to your network, servers, data, and user accounts. With network Access Protection (NAP), which ensures that computers trying to connect to your network meet the security principles of your business, technology consolidation and some enhancements make active Directory services a strong and effective unified integrated identity and Access (IDA) solution, Read-only domain control station (RODC) and BitLocker Drive Encryption allow you to securely deploy your AD database at branch offices.
High Performance Computing
Windows HPC Server 2008 continues the benefits and cost-saving features of Windows Server 2008, and is suitable for use in high-performance computing (HPC) environments. Windows HPC Server 2008 is built on Windows Server 2008 and x64-bit technology to efficiently scale to thousands of processing cores with immediate functionality to improve productivity and reduce the complexity of the HPC environment, but also provides a rich and integrated User experience. The scope of use is broader, as it covers desktop applications to clusters. It also includes a comprehensive set of deployment, management, and monitoring tools that make it easy to deploy, manage, and consolidate existing infrastructure.
Processor |
A minimum of 1.0GHz x86 or 1.4GHz x64 recommended 2.0GHz or more Gao an releases require ITANIUM2 processors |
Memory |
Minimum 512MB recommended 2GB or higher memory maximum support 32-bit Standard Edition 4GB, Enterprise Edition and Data Center Edition 64gb64 bit Standard Edition 32GB, other versions 2TB |
Hard disk |
At least 10GB, it is recommended that 50GB or more systems with more than 16GB of memory require more space for page, hibernate, and goto storage files |
Note |
Optical Drive DVD |
Display |
Resolution 800*600 or higher |
Introduction to the Windows Server 2008 release
Windows Server Standard Edition
Windows Server in Enterprise Edition
Windows Server Datacenter Edition
Windows Web Server 2008
Windows Server for ltanium-based Systems (Itanium)
Windows Server Standard Edition
For SMBs, supporting Windows Server 2008 features in the environment is the longest deployed version, unlike other versions
A, 32-bit version supports up to 4GB of memory and supports up to 4 CPUs in SMP configuration
B, 64-bit version supports up to 32GB of memory and supports up to 4 CPUs in SMP configuration
C, support Network Load Balancing cluster, but fail-over cluster is not supported
Windows Server in Enterprise Edition
For large enterprises, this version is used on servers running SQL Server Enterprise Edition and Exchang Server 2007 applications
A. Failover cluster
B. AD federated authentication
C, 32-bit version supports up to 64GB of memory and supports up to 8 CPUs in SMP configuration
D, 64-bit version supports up to 2TB of memory and supports up to 8 CPUs in SMP configuration
Windows Server Datacenter Edition
For ultra-large scale enterprises
A, 32-bit version supports up to 64GB of memory and supports up to 32 CPUs in SMP configuration
B, 64-bit version supports up to 2TB of memory and supports up to 64 CPUs in SMP configuration
C, support for failover clustering and ADFS
D, unlimited use of virtual images
Windows Web Server 2008
is designed specifically for Web application servers.
A, 32-bit version supports up to 4GB of memory and supports up to 4 CPUs in SMP configuration
B, 64-bit version supports up to 4GB of memory and supports up to 4 CPUs in SMP configuration
C, support Network Load Balancing cluster
Windows Server Croe (Server Core)
The Server Core is a lite version of Windows Server 2008. No desktop, managed by commands like Linux
Different versions of Windows Server 2008 are detailed