is designed to provide your academic organization with a highly secure, reliable, and cost-effective platform for powering applications, networks, and Web services. From the workgroup to the data center, Windows Server 2008 delivers valuable new and enhanced functionality that can help your agency get more done—both in and out of the office.
New virtualization and Web technologies, along with the latest security enhancements, help save time, reduce costs, and simplify management.
Powerful new tools, such as Internet Information Services version 7.5, Server Manager, and Windows PowerShell, simplify configuration, administration, and management tasks while increasing control of your servers and helping ensure your network is in accordance with established best practices.
Advanced security and reliability enhancements, including Network Access Protection, DirectAccess, Server Core, and Read-Only Domain Controller, help protect the server environment and can lower the total cost of ownership for remote worker connectivity, helping create a solid and flexible foundation on which to build your agency.
Windows Server 2008 R2 delivers benefits in four key areas.
Web: Windows Server 2008 offers powerful new tools, such as Internet Information Services version 7.5, that help deliver rich Web-based experiences. In addition, improved administration and diagnostics, along with development and application tools, can streamline management and help lower infrastructure costs.
Virtualization: Windows Server 2008 provides new virtualization technology, such as Live Migration, Web resources, and management enhancements, that helps you increase the reliability and efficiency of your infrastructure. You can also reduce costs through server consolidation and lower energy consumption while getting more out of your existing investments.
Security: Windows Server 2008 delivers the most secure Windows Server to date, helping protect your agency against external threats and helping with recovery in the event of a system failure. With a hardened operating system and advanced security innovations, such as Network Access Protection, Server Core, Federated Rights Management, and Read-Only Domain Controller, Windows Server 2008 delivers unprecedented levels of protection for your network, servers, data, personal computers, and business.
Solid foundation for business workloads: With Windows Server 2008 you get a flexible solution that helps reduce IT complexity while keeping your systems active and available. New technologies and features, such as Server Core, Windows PowerShell, Windows Deployment Services, and enhanced networking and clustering technologies, give you the versatility and reliability you need to handle a vast array of workload and application requirements.
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