Located in the heart of India's premier educational centre, the city of Pune, Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning (SCDL) is a centre of excellence, offering quality distance education. But the institute’s hosted e-mail service was not user friendly, and took too much time and money to manage. To reduce spending, it decided to replace its aging, in-house student e-mail solution with a hosted solution. SCDL chose Microsoft® Live@edu, a set of free Web-based communication and collaboration services. Students are excited about the new solution’s reliability, as well as the ability to organize their communications in one place. The solution offers online storage with Windows Live™ SkyDrive. Students are using Live@edu to get better organized, and improve communications with their faculty.

Before installation of Windows Server 2008, the City Government of Sławno used two servers: Novell Netware and SUSE Linux. Forty stationery computers functioned in the office, running different versions of Windows XP system. The diversity of software and lack of a unified platform created disadvantages in the IT structure. The IT department planned to replace the Novell Netware server and eliminate the necessity of purchasing an additional server to manage the circulation of documents. This was to be accomplished with the installation of the newest Microsoft server software. It was important to workers to unify the workstation login system with on-site server authentication. The test installation fulfilled all expectations and showed how the IT network could work after installing Microsoft server software.

After many server infrastructure trials, York decided to unify its network structure and adopt the standards of Microsoft Server 2008 software. Introduction of new server software was an important stage in the computerization of the company. Thanks to Windows Server 2008 and IT solution was created which provided full management, problem-free, controlled usage of the network and control over software installed at a workstation.

ZETO, in Lublin, decided to totally refresh its IT infrastructure. On the main server, Windows Server 2008, .NET Framework 3 and a very important operations application, IIS7, were installed. Additionally, 50 client machines were provided with Microsoft Windows Vista and Microsoft Office 2007. The change improved the work environment, which is now more effective and reliable.

Workers of regional branches of Megabajt are connected to a central application with the help of a tested, but expensive access solution. After searching for new solutions, the firm tested Microsoft® Windows Server 2008 RC1 platform in order to check the possibility of changing the previous terminal environment for a new alternative providing a longer-perspective, lower license costs and lower technical support costs. New Microsoft terminal technology accessible on the platform Windows Server 2008 RC1 impressed Megabajt, which has used advanced terminal solutions for many years.

Before the installation of the new server solution the firm had problems with network operating speed and difficulty using network resources. Operation of rendering service on the server was too slow for the company's needs, and waiting time for database application reaction was no longer acceptable. The major goal of installation was to increase network services operating speed and improving network and resource safety. The firm decided to install Microsoft Windows Server 2008, which replaced the previously used Windows Server 2000.

Nowy Styl Group concentrated on computerization of production and logistics. Now Nowy Styl is building a modern infrastructure for communication, and knowledge and information management throughout the entire group. This environment includes a corporate portal for workers and partners based on Microsoft® SharePoint Server 2007 platform and a teamwork system using Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007. Initial installation of the new environment took place on Windows Server 2003 platform, but simultaneously Nowy Styl Group started tests on the newest platform, Microsoft® Windows Server 2008 RC1, which will be shortly be the standard firm platform.

Perfect Line now uses four servers and 40 client stations. By the end of the year, the number of workstations must grow to sixty. When Perfect Line decided to install Windows Server 2008 RC1, the company chose the way of fast technological development and exponential increases in IT service competency. One of the most important purposes of the installation, for the company and its clients, was improvement of IT infrastructure security which resulted from the installation of the new Microsoft server.

The company started recently to plan the installation of a new network structure with a corporate character. It was most important to guarantee, in the new creative system, stable work for two dedicated applications, which are accessed by workers in different companies in the group. The main purpose of installation was to make accessible a concrete application available on the corporate network to remote users. The terminal technology of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 was used and was the basis of the firm's structure, which consists of Terminal Services Web Access, Terminal Services Gateway and Terminal Services Session Broker. The firm evaluated this technology as the most advantageous on the market.

The company offers to clients many IT services, whose fundamental server is controlled by Windows Server 2003 software. This server was also responsible for accepting logins, accessing files and printing. The solution was insufficient. In case of an emergency, users lost access to domain resources and. during the time needed for repairs, operation of the firm was more difficult. The company decided to move the existing environment to a dedicated server controlled by the most modern server program which guarantees increased security. A new product from the family of Microsoft server programs: Windows Server 2008 version RC1.