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Windows Server 2008 Product Summaries – Without Hyper-V
Edition
Summary
Windows Server 2008 Standard 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 Windows Server Hyper-V.
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise delivers an enterprise-class platform for deploying
business-critical applications. Improve availability with clustering and hot-add processor
capabilities. Improve security with consolidated identity management features. Reduce
infrastructure costs by consolidating applications with virtualization licensing rights.
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise provides the foundation for a highly dynamic, scalable
IT infrastructure. This product does not include Windows Server Hyper-V.
Windows Server 2008 Datacenter delivers an enterprise-class platform for deploying busi-
ness-critical applications and large-scale virtualization on small and large servers.
Improve availability with clustering and dynamic hardware partitioning capabilities.
Reduce infrastructure costs by consolidating applications with unlimited virtualization
licensing rights. Scale from 2 to 64 processors. Windows Server 2008 Datacenter provides
a foundation on which to build enterprise-class virtualization and scale-up solutions.
This product does not include Windows Server Hyper-V.
Standard without Hyper-V
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Enterprise without Hyper-V
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Datacenter without Hyper-V
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Windows Server 2008 Product Overview Summaries
Edition
Summary
Windows Server 2008 Standard is the most robust Windows Server operating system to
date. With built-in, enhanced Web and virtualization 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.
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise delivers an enterprise-class platform for deploying business-
critical applications. Help improve availability with clustering and hot-add
processor capabilities. Help improve security with consolidated identity management
features. Reduce infrastructure costs by consolidating applications with virtualization
licensing rights. Windows Server 2008 Enterprise provides the foundation for a highly
dynamic, scalable IT infrastructure.
Windows Server 2008 Datacenter delivers an enterprise-class platform for deploying busi-
ness-critical applications and large-scale virtualization on small and large servers.
Improve availability with clustering and dynamic hardware partitioning capabilities.
Reduce infrastructure costs by consolidating applications with unlimited virtualization
licensing rights. Scale from 2 to 64 processors. Windows Server 2008 Datacenter provides
a foundation on which to build enterprise-class virtualization and scale-up solutions.
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
organization to rapidly deploy Web pages, Web sites, Web applications, and Web services.
Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-Based Systems is optimized 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
Enterprise
Datacenter
for Itanium-Based Systems