Windows Server 2008 R2

Builds on the award-winning foundation of Windows Server 2008

“One of the things I’m very proud of is where we’ve gone with power management. Windows Server 2008 R2 gives you the ability to really throttle back. You could be using up to 18% less power than normal, which means cost reductions and a real green impact as well.”

You're gonna love what we've done administration-wise. You control everything from a single screen. We've made admin, I believe, ten times simpler than in the past.

“Speaking to customers who manage disparate environments, in cities across the country, they want to manage bandwidth costs and save time and network resources. BranchCache™ caches data in a way so that users can pick up files from a local cache instead of doing the round trip to a central system. That’s efficiency and cost savings for IT. And the result for your end user? He’s gonna be screaming fast.”

Top Windows Server 2008 R2 features

  • Enhanced power management cuts hardware and facility costs
  • Live Migration moves virtual machines without downtime
  • DirectAccess connects remote users without the need for establishing VPN
  • Hyper-V virtualizes system resources without third-party software
  • Interoperable with Windows 7

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*VMware can cost up to six times more than Microsoft server virtualization. Based on a server virtualization comparison of Microsoft® System Center Server Management Suite Datacenter with VMware’s vSphere Enterprise Plus with VMware vCenter Server. Cost comparisons assumes a five host configuration, 2 processors on each host, 2 years support costs for both products, and no operating system costs included. The Microsoft solution can use either the free Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 hypervisor or an existing Windows Server 2008 R2 hypervisor. Based on Microsoft estimated retail prices and published VMware prices available at https://www.vmware.com/vmwarestore as of 08/04/2009 for purchases in the United States. Actual reseller prices may vary.