Windows Server 2008 R2 Operating System

Web Edition	$10 /cpu /mo
Standard Edition	$30 /cpu /mo
Enterprise Edition	$75 /cpu /mo
Datacenter Edition	$85 /cpu /mo

We only look relaxed here at ServerBeach, kicking back on our beach chairs gazing into the horizon as we peacefully watch the waves of data roll through. What we’re really here for is to build the serious server power that our customers need to be on the next big wave of innovation. That’s why we offer Windows Server 2008 R2, the most advanced Windows Server operating system yet, designed to power the next-generation of networks, applications, and web services.

Features

• Allows easy development, delivery, and management of rich user experiences and applications on a highly secure, efficient network infrastructure
• The operating system builds on the success and strengths of its Windows Server predecessors while delivering valuable new functionality and powerful improvements to the base operating system
• The Server Manager provides a unified management console that simplifies and streamlines server setup, configuration, and ongoing management
• Windows PowerShell helps enable administrators to automate routine system administration tasks across multiple servers, creating fewer roles and features to minimize disk and service footprints, reduce attack surfaces and enabling IT staff to specialize according to the server roles they need to support
• Comes with Internet Information Services 7.5 (IIS 7.5), an updated Web server role that provides greater support for .NET on Server Core    
• Features improved ability to administer and support web-based applications, support and troubleshooting and file-transfer services
• IIS 7.5 together with the .NET Framework provides a comprehensive platform for building applications that connect users and data, enabling them to visualize, share, and act on information
• IIS 7.5 plays a central role in unifying Microsoft's Web platform technologies -- ASP.NET, Windows Communication Foundation Web services, and Windows SharePoint Services
• Windows Server 2008 R2 is capable of unprecedented workload size, dynamic scalability, and across-the-board availability and reliability
• A host of new and updated features include leveraging sophisticated CPU architectures, increased operating system componentization, and improved performance and scalability for applications and services
• Windows Server 2008 R2 now supports up to 256 logical processor cores for a single operating system instance
• Hyper-V virtual machines are able to address up to 64 logical processors in the host processor pool
• Windows Server 2008 R2 server roles provides additional support for more roles and a broadening of current role support, like the addition of ASP.NET within IIS 7.5
• Provides higher performance for Windows Server 2008 R2 running on the same system resources as previous versions of Windows Server
• The operating system has been hardened to help protect against failure and several new technologies help prevent unauthorized connections to your networks, servers, data, and user accounts
• Network Access Protection (NAP) helps ensure that computers that try to connect to your network comply with your organization's security policy
• Technology integration and several enhancements make Active Directory services a potent unified and integrated Identity and Access (IDA) solution
• Read-Only Domain Controller (RODC) and BitLocker Drive Encryption allow you to more securely deploy your AD database at branch office locations

Available Add-Ons:

• SQL Server 2005 Standard 64bit
• SQL Server 2008 Enterprise
• SQL Server 2008 Web Edition
• SQL Server 2008 Workgroup Edition
• SQL Server 2008 Standard Edition

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Edition Comparison by Server Role

Upgrading From Windows Server 2003