Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Monday, 10 November 2008 07:40
Opinion and Analysis
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So, what are the “key” technologies within Windows Server 2008 R2 that Microsoft is touting?
Top of the list is, unsurprisingly, virtualisation. Microsoft happily advocates Server 2008 R2 as the best virtualisation technology, saying it helps you “reduce costs, increase hardware utilisation, optimise your infrastructure, and improve server availability.”
Next on the list is management. Always a strong point, 2008 R2 promises to reduce “the amount of effort you expend managing your physical and virtual data centers by providing enhanced management consoles and automation for repetitive day-to-day administrative tasks.”
Third is the Web, with 2008 R2 promising “the ability to deliver rich Web-based experiences efficiently and effectively, with improved administration and diagnostics, development and application tools, and lower infrastructure costs.”
Fourth on the list is “Scalability and Reliability”.
Microsoft says that with “enterprise IT departments shouldering ever-heavier burdens, Windows Server 2008 R2 has been designed specifically with heavier workloads for both across server and client computing.
“On the server side, R2 includes architectural enhancements for more compute power and role componentisation as well as specific features enhancing reliability and security.”
Finally, integration with Windows 7 is also a “key feature”, with Microsoft unsurprisingly saying 2008 R2 is “better together with Windows 7”.
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