Windows Server 2008, with built-in Web and virtualization technologies, enables you to increase the reliability and flexibility of your server infrastructure. New virtualization products, Web resources, and security enhancements help you save time, reduce costs, and provide a platform for a dynamic and optimized datacenter. Powerful new products like IIS7, Windows Server Manager, and Windows PowerShell, allow you to have more control over your servers and streamline Web, configuration, and management tasks. Advanced security and reliability enhancements like Network Access Protection and the Read-Only Domain Controller harden the operating system and protect your server environment to ensure you have a solid foundation on which to build your business.

Visual Studio 2008 delivers on Microsoft's vision of enabling developers and development teams to rapidly create connected applications with compelling user experiences for Windows Vista, the 2007 Microsoft Office system, mobile devices and the Web.

Improve Productivity: Visual Studio 2008 enables developers to solve complex business problems while reducing the total cost of development.
Develop on the Latest Platforms: Visual Studio 2008 provides products that speed creation of software and services on the latest platforms, including the Web, Windows Vista, Office 2007, SQL Server 2008, and Windows Server 2008.
Work Collaboratively: Visual Studio 2008 features expanded and improved offerings for software development teams, including products for database professionals and greater collaboration between development organizations and graphic designers.

SQL Server 2008, the next release of Microsoft SQL Server, will provide a comprehensive data platform that is more secure, reliable, manageable and scalable for your mission critical applications, while enabling developers to create new applications that can store and consume any type of data on any device, and enabling all your users to make informed decisions with relevant insights.

Mission Critical: Enable IT groups to be more productive with a more secure, scalable, and manageable platform.
Pervasive Insight: Drive business intelligence throughout the organization with reports and analysis of any size or complexity.
Dynamic Development: Reduce the complexity of development by enabling developers to work with logical data entities that align with business requirements.
Beyond Rational: Consume and manage any type of data from traditional data types to advanced new geospatial data enabling developers to build next-generation database applications.