Available editions/versions for Windows Server 2008

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Windows Server 2008 will be released with eight editions which include

• Windows Server 2008 Standard

  Windows Server 2008 is the most robust Windows Server operating system to date. With built-in, enhanced Web and virtualization capabilities, it is designed to increase the reliability and flexibility of your server infrastructure while helping save time and reduce costs. Powerful tools give you greater control over your servers, and streamline configuration and management tasks. Plus, enhanced security features work to harden the operating system to help protect your data and

• network, and provide a solid, highly dependable foundation for your business.

• Windows Server 2008 Enterprise

  Windows Server 2008 Enterprise delivers an enterprise-class platform for deploying business-critical applications. It helps improve availability with clustering and hot-add processor capabilities, helps improve security with consolidated identity management features, and reduces infrastructure costs by consolidating applications with virtualization licensing rights. Windows Server 2008 Enterprise provides the foundation for a highly dynamic, scalable IT infrastructure.

• Windows Server 2008 Datacenter

  Windows Server 2008 Datacenter delivers an enterprise-class platform for deploying business-critical applications and large-scale virtualization on small and large servers. It improves availability with clustering and dynamic hardware partitioning capabilities, reduces infrastructure costs by consolidating applications with unlimited virtualization licensing rights, and scales from 2 to 64 processors. Windows Server 2008 Datacenter provides a foundation on which to build enterprise-class virtualization and scale-up solutions.

• Windows Web Server 2008

  Designed to be used specifically as a single-purpose Web server, Windows Web Server 2008 provides a rock-solid foundation of Web infrastructure capabilities in the next-generation Windows Server 2008. Integrated with the newly re-architected IIS 7.0, ASP.NET, and the Microsoft .NET Framework, Windows Web Server 2008 enables any organization to rapidly deploy Web pages, Web sites, Web applications, and Web services.

• Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-Based Systems

  Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-Based Systems is optimized for large databases, line of business, and custom applications providing high availability and scalability with up to 64 processors to meet the needs of demanding and mission-critical solutions.

• Windows Server 2008 Standard without Hyper-V

  Windows Server 2008 Standard is the most robust Windows Server operating system to date. It is designed to increase the reliability and flexibility of your server infrastructure while helping save time and reduce costs. Powerful tools give you greater control over your servers, and streamline configuration and management tasks. Plus, enhanced security features work to harden the operating system to help protect your data and network, and provide a solid, highly dependable foundation for your business. This product does not include Windows Server Hyper-V.

• Windows Server 2008 Enterprise without Hyper-v

  Windows Server 2008 Enterprise delivers an enterprise-class platform for deploying business-critical applications. It improves availability with clustering and hot-add processor capabilities, improves security with consolidated identity management features, and reduces infrastructure costs by consolidating applications with virtualization licensing rights. Windows Server 2008 Enterprise provides the foundation for a highly dynamic, scalable IT infrastructure. This product does not include Windows Server Hyper-V.

• Windows Server 2008 Datacenter without Hyper-v

  Windows Server 2008 Datacenter delivers an enterprise-class platform for deploying business-critical applications and large-scale virtualization on small and large servers. It improves availability with clustering and dynamic hardware partitioning capabilities, reduces infrastructure costs by consolidating applications with unlimited virtualization licensing rights, and scales from 2 to 64 processors. Windows Server 2008 Datacenter provides a foundation on which to build enterprise-class virtualization and scale-up solutions. This product does not include Windows Server Hyper-V.