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Learn about the technologies behind Windows Server 2008 R2, and get specifics on how each area can support your organization's needs.

  • Learn about new and improved features of Active Directory, the robust directory service, in Windows Server 2008 R2.

  • Windows Server AppFabric is a set of integrated technologies that make it easier to build, scale and manage web and composite applications that run on IIS.

  • Find out how BranchCache can help increase network responsiveness of centralized applications when accessed from remote offices, giving users in those offices the experience of working on your local area network.

  • Find out how Windows Server 2008 R2 can help you streamline deployment, help ensure highly secure and reliable connectivity, and lower management overhead when working with branch and global offices.

  • Learn how Windows Server maintains and enhances the core infrastructure services required to run your network.

  • DirectAccess is a new feature in the Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 operating systems that gives users the experience of being seamlessly connected to their corporate network any time they have Internet access

  • Failover Clustering

    Failover clustering in Windows Server 2008 R2 can help you build redundancy into your network and eliminate single points of failure. All of which helps reduce downtime, guard against data loss, and reduce your total cost of ownership.

  • File and Print Solutions

    Find out how the management improvements and performance optimizations combine to make the Windows Server 2008 R2 storage subsystem the most advanced to date.

  • File Classification Infrastructure

    Learn how FCI provides insight into your data to help you manage your data more effectively, reduce costs and mitigate risks by providing a built-in solution for file classification allowing administrators to automate manual processes with predefined policies based on the data’s business value

  • Learn how Windows Server 2008 R2 Failover Clustering and Network Load Balancing (NLB) have been improved to offer simplified management and more robust functionality.

  • Find out how High Performance Computing (HPC) increases the processing capabilities of Windows Server by allowing multiple systems to perform in an HPC cluster. 

  • Learn how Microsoft Identity and Access solutions help organizations manage user identities and associated access privileges.

  • Learn how Windows Server 2008 R2, with Internet Information Services 7.5 (IIS 7.5), provides a security-enhanced, easy-to-manage platform for developing and reliably hosting Web applications and services.

  • Network Access Protection (NAP)

    NAP enforces health requirements by monitoring and assessing the health of client computers when they attempt to connect or communicate on a network.

  • Find out how you can use Remote Desktop Services to create virtual sessions in which a single application or a complete desktop offering multiple applications can be run remotely.

  • Learn how Windows Server 2008 R2 can help network administrators to establish and enforce security policies that provide robust protection while being flexible enough to accommodate the connectivity needs of a growing number of internal and external users, device types, system configurations, and network connection types.

  • Find out about new features in Windows Server 2008 R2 that make deploying and managing servers easier.

  • Learn how everything you need to support server virtualization is part of the operating system of Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V.

  • Learn more about how Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2008 builds upon an optimized release of the reliable and flexible file services of Windows Server 2008 for better file serving performance.

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