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This post is about the basic introduction of Windows server .
The Server Core feature is available in the Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter editions.
Have questions?? write Us : here
This post is about the basic introduction of Windows server .
Windows Server is a brand name for a group of server OS released by Microsoft. It includes all Windows operating systems that have "Windows Server" in their names, but not any other Microsoft product
Windows Server 2008 (sometimes abbreviated as "Win2K8" or "W2K8") is one of Microsoft Windows' server line of operating systems. Released to manufacturing on February 4, 2008, and officially released on February 27, 2008, it is the successor to Windows Server 2003, released nearly five years earlier. A second release, named Windows Server 2008 R2, was released to manufacturing on July 22, 2009
Features
Windows Server 2008 is built from the same code base as Windows Vista;
therefore, it shares much of the same architecture and functionality.
Since the code base is common, it automatically comes with most of the technical, security, management and administrative features new to Windows Vista such as the rewritten networking stack (native IPv6, native wireless, speed and security improvements); improved image-based installation, deployment and recovery; improved diagnostics, monitoring, event logging and reporting tools; new security features such as Bit Locker and ASLR (address space layout randomization); improved Windows Firewall with secure default configuration; .NET Framework 3.0 technologies, specifically Windows Communication Foundation, Microsoft Message Queuing and Windows Workflow Foundation; and the core kernel, memory and file system improvements. Processors and memory devices are modeled as Plug and Play devices, to allow hot-plugging of these devices. This allows the system resources to be partitioned dynamically using Dynamic Hardware Partitioning; each partition has its own memory, processor and I/O host bridge devices independent of other partitions
Active Directory
Active Directory roles are expanded with identity, certificate, and rights management
services. Active Directory, until Windows Server 2003, allowed network
administrators to centrally manage connected computers, to set policies
for groups of users, and to centrally deploy new applications to
multiple computers. This role of Active Directory is being renamed as
Active Directory Domain Services (ADDS). A number of other additional services are being introduced, including Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS), Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS), (formerly Active Directory Application Mode, or ADAM), Active Directory Certificate Services (ADCS), and Active Directory Rights Management Services (ADRMS). Identity and certificate services allow administrators to manage user accounts and the digital certificates
that allow them to access certain services and systems. Federation
management services enable enterprises to share credentials with trusted
partners and customers, allowing a consultant to use his company user
name and password to log in on a client's network. Identity Integration Feature Pack is included as Active Directory Meta-directory Services. Each of these services represents a server role
Self-healing NTFS
In Windows versions prior to Windows Vista, if the operating system detected corruption in the file system of an NTFS
volume, it marked the volume "dirty"; to correct errors on the volume,
it had to be taken offline. With self-healing NTFS, an NTFS worker
thread is spawned in the background which performs a localized fix-up of
damaged data structures, with only the corrupted files/folders
remaining unavailable without locking out the entire volume and needing
the server to be taken down. The operating system now features S.M.A.R.T. detection techniques to help determine when a hard disk may fail.
Hyper-V
Hyper-V is hypervisor-based virtualization software, forming a core part of Microsoft's virtualization strategy. It virtualizes servers on an operating system's kernel
layer. It can be thought of as partitioning a single physical server
into multiple small computational partitions. Hyper-V includes the
ability to act as a Xen virtualization hyper-visor host allowing Xen-enabled guest operating systems to run virtualized. A beta version of Hyper-V shipped with certain x86-64
editions of Windows Server 2008, prior to Microsoft's release of the
final version of Hyper-V on 26 June 2008 as a free download. Also, a
standalone version of Hyper-V exists; this version supports only x86-64
architecture. While the IA-32 editions of Windows Server 2008 cannot run or install Hyper-V, they can run the MMC snap-in for managing Hyper-V.
Server Manager
Server Manager is a new roles-based management tool for Windows Server 2008. It is a combination of Manage Your Server and Security Configuration Wizard SCW from Windows Server 2003. Server Manager is an improvement of the Configure my server
dialog that launches by default on Windows Server 2003 machines.
However, rather than serve only as a starting point to configuring new
roles, Server Manager gathers together all of the operations
users would want to conduct on the server, such as, getting a remote
deployment method set up, adding more server roles etc., and provides a
consolidated, portal-like view about the status of each role
Editions
Compared to its predecessor, most editions of Windows Server 2008 are available in x86-64 and IA-32 versions. These editions come in two DVDs: One for installing the IA-32 variant and the other for x64. Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems supports IA-64 processors. Microsoft has optimized the IA-64 version for high-workload scenarios like database servers and Line of Business (LOB) applications. As such, it is not optimized for use as a file server or media server. Microsoft has announced that Windows Server 2008 is the last 32-bit Windows server operating system. Editions of Windows Server 2008 include:- Windows Server 2008 Standard (IA-32 and x86-64)
- Windows Server 2008 Enterprise (IA-32 and x86-64)
- Windows Server 2008 Datacenter (IA-32 and x86-64)
- Windows HPC Server 2008 (Codenamed "Socrates") (replacing Windows Compute Cluster Server)
- Windows Web Server 2008 (IA-32 and x86-64)
- Windows Storage Server 2008 (Codenamed "Magni") (IA-32 and x86-64)
- Windows Small Business Server 2008 (Codenamed "Cougar") (x86-64) for small businesses
- Windows Essential Business Server 2008 (Codenamed "Centro") (x86-64) for medium-sized businesses[30] (Discontinued)[31]
- Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems
- Windows Server 2008 Foundation (Codenamed "Lima") (x86-64) for OEMs only[32]
The Server Core feature is available in the Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter editions.
Have questions?? write Us : here
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