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Windows Server 2008 R2 - Top ten reasons to upgrade

Ten key reasons to upgrade to Windows Server 2008 R2

1. Powerful Hardware and Scaling Features

R2 is Windows first Server operating system that has moved entirely to a 64-bit architecture. There are also many CPU-specific enhancements:

  • Expands CPU support that allows customers to run with up to 256 logical processors.
  • Supports SLAT (Second Level Translation), thus enabling R2 servers to run with vastly improved memory management.
  • Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 R2 now accesses up to 32 logical CPUs on host computers—twice the Hyper-V’s initial number of supported CPUs.

2. Reduction Power Consumption

Windows Server 2008 R2 enhances the Server 2008’s power saving feature through the addition of Core Parking and expansion on its power-oriented Group Policy settings. Power management control on client PCs is enhanced in Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 and provides precision control in more deployment scenarios for even more potential savings.

3. Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 R2

Windows Server 2008 R2 enhances the Server 2008’s power saving feature through the addition of Core Parking and expansion on its power-oriented Group Policy settings. Power management control on client PCs is enhanced in Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 and provides precision control in more deployment scenarios for even more potential savings.

4. Reduce Desktop Costs with VDI

Windows Server 2008 R2 includes improved Virtual Desktop Integration (VDI) technology, extending the ability of Terminal Services to deliver specific business programs to their employees’ desktops, remotely.

5. Easier and More Efficient Server Management 

Management oriented controls now include the following features: 

  • Greater data center power consumption and management
  • Better remote administration, with a remotely-installable Server Manager included
  • Enhanced identity management features
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 also has improved its popular PowerShell feature, including over 240 new pre-built cmdlets. It’s new GUI also offers colored syntaxing, new production script debugging capabilities, and better testing tools.

6. Managing Data AND Storage

IT Administrators now have the tools to manage data as well as storage with the Windows Server 2008 R2 new File Classification Infrastructure (FCI).  This builds an extensible and automated classification mechanism on top of existing shared file architectures.

7. Continuous Remote Access

DirectAccess is a new type of connectivity for Windows Server 2008 R2 which provides remote users with a powerful way to seamlessly access corporate resources without the need for a traditional VPN connection and client software. DirectAccess considers every user to be remote all of the time.  It lets IT professionals retain precise access control and full perimeter security, thus easing both desktop security and management headaches on both sides of the connection.

8. Branch Office Performance and Management Improvement 

A new feature called BranchCache can be found on Windows Server 2008 R2 which reduces WAN utilization and improves the network applications responsiveness. Clients that request access to data that is held on the organizations network can be sent directions to the file on the local (branch office) network if the file has ever been requested there before with BranchCache.  If the file is stored locally, then those clients will benefit from instant high-speed access.

9. Easier Management for SMBs

SMB and mid-market customers will find a rich landscape of Microsoft product offerings with R2, from Small Business Server up to Windows Essential Business Server and now Windows Server 2008 Standard. All SKUs are outfitted with new management tools that make SMB IT pro life easier. The new Active Directory Administration Center is one example— hosting all of those disparate management GUIs in one single interface based on PowerShell.  In addition there are Best Practice Analyzers, and the Windows Server Backup utility, now upgraded.

10. The Strongest Web and Application Server to Date

Many new updates make Windows Server 2008 R2 the best Windows Server application platform yet, and one of the most important of these is the new Internet Information Services 7.5 (IIS 7.5).

Windows 2008 R2 – Your Next Step

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