Windows Server 2008 Standard

Brief Description

Windows Server 2008 helps IT professionals to increase the flexibility and reliability of their server infrastructure while offering developers a more robust web and applications platform for building connected applications and services.

Overview

This software is for evaluation and testing purposes. Evaluating Windows Server® 2008 software does not require product activation or entering a product key. Any edition of Windows Server 2008 may be installed without activation and evaluated for an initial 60 days.

If you need more time to evaluate Windows Server 2008, the 60 day evaluation period may be reset (or re-armed) three times, extending the original 60 day evaluation period by up to 180 days for a total possible evaluation time of 240 days. After this time, you will need to uninstall the software or upgrade to a fully-licensed version of Windows Server 2008.

If you wish to extend the initial evaluation and testing period, please go here and follow the instructions.

Register for a Guided Evaluation Experience

IT Professionals Register on TechNet Evaluation Center to receive Windows Server 2008 resources specifically selected for IT Professionals.

Developers

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System Requirements

Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2008

Please refer to the Windows Server® 2008: System Requirements and Installation Documentation. We suggest that you print this document before downloading the software.

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Instructions

Please refer to the Windows Server® 2008: System Requirements and Installation Documentation referenced above.

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Additional Information

Note that the files below are language-specific, where “EN” is English, “DE” is German, "FR" is French, and "ES" is Spanish. Files are also platform-specific, where “x86FRE” is intended for 32-bit platforms and “amd64FRE” is intended for 64-bit platforms.

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