Windows Server 2008 New Server OS Technology From Microsoft

Microsoft Windows Server 2008

Microsoft has released the latest operating system catering to Microsoft centric networking environment , Windows Server 2008.

This latest server technology operating system from Microsoft is considered as the major upgrade from its predecessor Windows Server 2003. There a heck lot of new features which are introduced in this new operating system from Microsoft.

The most hyped and perhaps the most wanted feature in a network operating system is the support for virtualization . Virtualization technology allows you to run multiple instances of different operating systems and thus promotes maximum utilization of server resources like network bandwidth, memory, secondary storage and most significantly CPU processing cycles. Windows Server 2008 introduces a new technology called Hyper-V which allows virtualization features to be built in. There is no need for a separate virtualization software like VMware. Hyper-V technology allows to run simultaneously many OS like Linux, different versions of Windows on a single machine.

Moreover, a new feature called remote terminal server allows you to run and access an application remotely instead of installing it on local client machine. There are significant security enhancements in this latest server from the Redmond Giant. Security is of utmost importance in today's connected environment. And for a network operating system this requirement doubles, tripples and even quadruples. A feature called network access protection (NAP) allows only the authorized persons to access the network connections. For this this OS uses the security policy which determines the operating system wide security rules which are applied when anyone tries to access the resources of the hosting system.

The latest version of Microsoft Windows Server uses the IIS 7.0 which is a powerful and fast web server and is used to host web applications developed in Microsoft ASP.NET technology. IIS server 7.0 combined with Microsoft .Net 3.0 provide a fantastic platform for web applications. IIS 7.0 technology can be used to host large websites requiring high security and scalability features. IIS 7.0 integrates well with the new Microsoft technologies like Windows Communication Foundation Web services, and Windows SharePoint Services.

Windows Server 2008 provides an improved Windows Powershell which is technology to automate the routine system administration tasks through simple scripts and even command line. Configuration and management of operating system is a breeze with Microsoft Management Controls (MMC) snap in.

This latest server operating system from Microsoft is available in many editions like Windows Server 2008 Standard which is suitable for small business networking needs. For large enterprises with costly infrastructure there i Windows Server 2008 Enterprise edition. Windows Server 2008 Datacenter caters to the enterprise class virtualization. Windows Web Server 2008 edition enables the easy and fast deployment of web applications. If you need large scale databases with high high scalability Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-Based Systems is the right choice. Windows HPC Server 2008 edition is the High Performance Computing platform for machines utilizing the raw power of 64 bit computing.

The most significant change about this new OS technology is that unlike it predecessors this version is available in a very bare bones form. That is, there is also an option to install just the essential components which has the vital features of this OS for low end machines.

Thus we see latest Server from Microsoft has great potential to emerge as a reliable and scalable network OS technology.