Windows Server 2008
Standard Edition 5 cal P73-03883 and P73-04001
Solid Foundation for Your Business Workloads
Microsoft 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
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.
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.
Virtualization Built-in
Windows Server Hyper-V, the next-generation hypervisor-based server
virtualization technology, allows you to make the best use of your server
hardware investments by consolidating multiple server roles as separate
virtual machines running on a single physical machine. You can also
efficiently run multiple operating systems - Windows, Linux, and others –
in parallel on a single server. With Hyper-V and simple licensing
policies, it's now easier than ever to take advantage of the cost savings
of virtualization.
Applications can also be efficiently virtualized using Windows Server
2008 centralized application access technologies. Terminal Services
Gateway and Terminal Services RemoteApp allow easy remote access to
standard Windows-based programs from anywhere by running them on a
terminal server instead of directly on a client computer - without the
need for a complicated virtual private network (VPN).
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.
System Requirements
Processor
- Minimum: 1 GHz (x86 processor) or 1.4 GHz (x64 processor)
- Recommended: 2 GHz or faster
Note: An Intel Itanium 2 processor is required for Windows Server
2008 for Itanium-Based Systems
Memory
- Minimum: 512 MB RAM; Recommended: 2 GB RAM or greater
- Optimal: 2 GB RAM (Full installation) or 1 GB RAM (Server Core
installation) or more
- Maximum (32-bit systems): 4 GB (Standard) or 64 GB (Enterprise and
Datacenter)
- Maximum (64-bit systems): 32 GB (Standard) or 2 TB (Enterprise,
Datacenter, and Itanium-Based Systems)
Available Disk Space
- Minimum: 10 GB
- Recommended: 40 GB or greater
Note: Computers with more than 16 GB of RAM will require more disk
space for paging, hibernation, and dump files
Drive
Display
- Super VGA (800 × 600) or higher resolution monitor
Other
- Keyboard and Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device
Enhancements to Existing Features:
- The enhancements to Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 include:
- Windows Deployment Services (WDS)
- Enabling ‘Firewall Per Port’ Authentication
- Microsoft Management Console 3.0 (MMC 3.0)
- Wireless Protected Access 2 (WPA2)
- iCACLS tool
- Expanded Windows Server 2003 Datacenter SKUs
- Release of MUI Packs to insure greater compatibility between base
and MUI language
- Performance Improvements for SQL Servers
- Enhanced discoverability options in MSConfig
- Improved IPsec filter management
- Performance Improvements under Windows Virtualization
- Increased default storage for Message Queuing
- Improvements to DCDIAG Domain Name Service tests
- New Events for Cluster Service Accounts
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