Analyst Report
Introduction to the Microsoft Enterprise Platform for UNIX Professionals
Published: 4/14/2008
In this document you will learn about the capabilities of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and other server products, as compared to UNIX. The guide addresses many of the common questions or misconceptions that UNIX IT professionals may have.

Summary
Many organizations that have favored UNIX systems for business computing solutions in the past are now interested in evaluating Microsoft's latest server offering. Microsoft has been selling a server operating system product since the early 1990s when it first launched Windows NT. With each subsequent release, the Windows Server operating system has made a quantum leap in capabilities and quality. With Microsoft's latest server offering – Windows Server 2008 – customers have a range of solutions that can provide the foundation for virtually any enterprise IT scenario.
Included in this document
  • Overview of Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008
  • The Microsoft Application Platform
  • Identity, Access and Security Management
  • Interoperability with UNIX
  • Systems and Infrastructure Management
  • Virtualization
  • Reliability