WINDOWS SERVER 2008 ENTERPRISE

Product Information "Windows Server 2008 Enterprise"

Windows Server 2008 Enterprise is aimed primarily at companies that use one or more servers. Numerous new features and optimizations in Windows Server Enterprise 2008 offer optimal support for your company. Functions like Hyper-V, Network Access Protection, Active Directory or PowerShell let you optimize your workflow. Technical system improvements such as support for multiple memories or increased data transmission speed are other advantages of Windows Server Enterprise 2008.

What Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise offers

The Windows Server 2008 Enterprise operating system is designed for companies and offers many features and programs for optimal, successful and trouble-free server operation. For this purpose, the licenses for virtual instances, compared to the standard version, have quadrupled. Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise allows the granting of the necessary licenses thanks to the "Virtual Image Use Rights". Thanks to the included Hyper-V virtualization platform, you are able to virtualize complete server systems. With Hyper-V, Win Server 2008 Enterprise not only virtualizes the system but also manages physical resources.

As for computer management, Windows Server Enterprise 2008 has several modes. You can use a centrally managed Server Manager with integrated WMI functions - an interface to add management scripts, or alternatively the cmd.exe program, various existing scripts to use PowerShell. With the basic installation of the so-called core it is possible to have the user-friendly interface of Windows Server 2008 Enterprise and manage operations, for example by means of scripts. This has the advantage of saving resources. The Core installation offers you a minimum version of Windows Server Enterprise 2008 with the main features and programs.

The new features of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise

The number of programs and new features in Windows Server 2008 Enterprise slightly increases the demand for memory space and processing power. In Win Server 2008 Enterprise, many engineering optimisations can be found that allow the speeding up of the system, despite the increase in the number of available functions. In this way, with Server 2008 it was possible to extend the number of possible activities:

• Core installation: Server operating system without graphical interface
• Active Directory: tool for managing user accounts and resources
• Hot Add Memory: To add memory banks even during system operation
• IIS 7.0: new version of Internet information services with support for SSL, PHP and HTML
• Enhanced Terminal Services with new features
• BitLocker: Data encryption service

Further improvements in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise relate, for example, to the increase in data transmission speed, which is far superior to the older Server operating system versions.

Windows Server 2008 Enterprise and its security features

The stability and security of the operating system play a fundamental role. Some new features of Win Server 2008 Enterprise have been introduced in terms of security, such as a Domain Controller that requires reading only for critical security areas or other security features such as an integrated Network Access Protection and an improved Firewall. for optimal server protection.

WINDOWS SERVER 2008 ENTERPRISE - SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Platform

Windows

Supporting operating systems

Windows Server 2008 Enterprise

Processor

Processor of at least 1 GHz for 32 bits of at least 1.4GHz for 64 bits

Recommended processor 2 GHz or higher

RAM

At least 512 MB

Recommended: 2 GB RAM or more

At most:

for 32-bit systems 4 GB (Standard Edition) 64 GB (Enterprise or Datacenter editions)

At most:

for 64-Bit 32 GB (Standard Edition) or 2 TB (Enterprise Edition, Datacenter) systems

Edition and Itanium based systems)

Hard disk

At least 10 GB

Recommended: 40 GB (full installation) or 10 GB (Server Core installation)

Graphic card

Super VGA (800 x 600) or Monitor with higher resolution

Audio card

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