Test Drive Windows Server 2008
There are a number of significant workloads including server management and reliability, web, virtualization, and security that Windows Server 2008 delivers. You now have an opportunity to test drive and experience the product here on functionalities as highlighted below.
· Application Anywhere presents a combined solution with Application Virtualization (i.e. terminal services solution) and IIS 7.0. The TS Gateway, and TS RemoteApp in Windows Server 2008 offers a seamless integration experience for remote users accessing remote desktop and hosted applications.
· The process to set up failover clustering for high availability in Windows Server 2008 is much improved and straightforward. Both novice and experienced system administrator will appreciate from the streamlined operations and friendly UI.
· PowerShell is the next generation command prompt providing the ability to script with object-oriented functionality. System administrator can now operate on object instances directly from a PowerShell command prompt.
· Network Access Protection (NAP) is a main delivery in Windows server 2008 security. The ability to restrict remote access based on specified policy makes the state of a client connecting to a managed network predictable. The predictability is
· Not all virtualization solutions are created equal and there are four types of virtualization in Microsoft’s view. Server Virtualization (or Server Consolidation) is to rum multiple virtual machines within a single OS instance. Presentation Virtualization is a terminal service solution by presenting a remotely run application as a local one. The above mentioned two are included in Windows Server 2008. Application Virtualization and Desktop Virtualization employ additional component including SoftGrid and Virtual PC/Server, respectively.
