2. Introduction to Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2008,
Microsoft helps you to improve service levels at a lower cost,
enables you to build and operate a flexible platform to meet
changing business demands, and provides you with capabilities to
secure the IT platform on which your organization relies 3. Web
Windows Server 2008 gives you the ability to deliver rich web-based
experiences efficiently and effectively, with improved
administration and diagnostics, development and application tools,
and lower infrastructure costs. 4. Virtualization With its server
virtualization technology, Windows Server 2008 enables you to
reduce costs, increase hardware utilization, optimize your
infrastructure, and improve server availability. 5. Security
Windows Server 2008 is the most secure Windows Server to date. Its
hardened operating system and security innovations, including
Network Access Protection, Federated Rights Management, and
Read-Only Domain Controller, provide unprecedented levels of
protection for your network, your data, and your business. 6. Solid
Foundation for Business Workloads Windows Server 2008 is the most
flexible and robust Windows Server operating system to date. With
new technologies and features such as Server Core, PowerShell,
Windows Deployment Services, and enhanced networking and clustering
technologies, Windows Server 2008 provides you the most versatile
and reliable Windows platform for all of your workload and
application requirements. 7. Windows Server 2008 Editions Windows
Server 2008 Standard is the most robust Windows Server operating
system to date. Built with 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 8. Windows Server 2008
Editions Windows Server 2008 Enterprise delivers an
enterprise-class platform for deploying business- critical
applications. Improve availability with failover clustering.
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. 9. Windows Server 2008 Editions Windows Server 2008
Datacenter delivers an enterprise-class platform for deploying
business- 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. 10. Windows
Server 2008 Editions 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. 11.
Windows Server 2008 Editions 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. 12. Windows Server 2008 Editions - Features 13.
Edition Comparison by Server Role 14. Edition Comparison by Server
Role 15. Hyper-V Hyper-V is a hypervisor-based technology that is a
feature of Windows Server 2008. Windows hypervisor is a thin layer
of software running directly on the hardware, which works in
conjunction with an optimized instance of Windows Server 2008 that
allows multiple operating system instances to run on a physical
server simultaneously. It leverages the powerful enhancements of
processors and provides customers with a scalable, reliable,
security- enhanced and highly available virtualization platform.
16. Hyper-V requires specific hardware An x64-based processor.
Hyper-V will be available only in the x64-based versions of Windows
Server 2008specifically, the x64- based versions of Windows Server
2008 Standard, Windows Server 2008 Enterprise, and Windows Server
2008 Datacenter. Hardware-assisted virtualization. This is
available in processors that include a virtualization option;
specifically Intel VT or AMD-V. Hardware Data Execution Protection
(DEP) must be available and be enabled. Specifically, you must
enable Intel XD bit (execute disable bit) or AMD NX bit (no execute
bit). 17. Difference between windows 2003 and windows 2008 Windows
2008 gives you two installation types, Full installation and Server
Core installation Windows server 2008 Installation is faster
because its 32 bit where as 2003 it is 16 bit as well as 32 bit
Windows deployment services (WDS) instead of RIS in 2003 server
Services are known as role in windows server 2008, like Active
Directory has been renamed to Active Directory Domain Services (AD
DS) Virtualization (Hyper-V) is the main difference between windows
2003 and windows 2008 PowerShell been fully supported, you can
manage easily using PowerShell script and PowerShell commands 18.
Difference between windows 2003 and windows 2008 Difference between
Group Policy 2003 and 2008 New power-saving features been
introduced in windows server 2008. It includes updated support for
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) processor power
management (PPM) features, including support for processor
performance states (P-states) and processor idle sleep states on
multiprocessor systems. These features can be managed through Group
Policies. Security has been Improved, features like Bitlocker IIS
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