Windows Server System
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Microsoft Servers is a brand that encompasses a line of Microsoft
server products. This includes the server editions of Microsoft Windows
operating system
itself, as well as products targeted at the wider business market. Unlike Microsoft Dynamics
or Microsoft Office
product lines, most of the products sold under this brand are not intended to be line-of-business services in and of themselves.
. These include:
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
server products. This includes the server editions of Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
operating system
Operating system
An operating system is a set of programs that manage computer hardware resources and provide common services for application software. The operating system is the most important type of system software in a computer system...
itself, as well as products targeted at the wider business market. Unlike Microsoft Dynamics
Microsoft Dynamics
Microsoft Dynamics is a line of enterprise resource planning and customer relationship management software applications developed by Microsoft. Microsoft Dynamics applications are delivered through a network of reselling partners who provide specialized services...
or Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office is a non-free commercial office suite of inter-related desktop applications, servers and services for the Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems, introduced by Microsoft in August 1, 1989. Initially a marketing term for a bundled set of applications, the first version of...
product lines, most of the products sold under this brand are not intended to be line-of-business services in and of themselves.
Servers
The Microsoft Servers line of software and technology includes:- BizTalk ServerMicrosoft BizTalk ServerMicrosoft BizTalk Server, often referred to as simply "BizTalk", is an Enterprise Service Bus. Through the use of "adapters" which are tailored to communicate with different software systems used in an enterprise, it enables companies to automate business processes...
– Business process design and integration tools - Commerce ServerMicrosoft Commerce ServerMicrosoft Commerce Server is a Microsoft product for building e-commerce systems. It uses Microsoft .NET technology.The latest release of the product is Commerce Server 2009...
– E-Commerce portal - Exchange ServerMicrosoft Exchange ServerMicrosoft Exchange Server is the server side of a client–server, collaborative application product developed by Microsoft. It is part of the Microsoft Servers line of server products and is used by enterprises using Microsoft infrastructure products...
– E-mailE-mailElectronic mail, commonly known as email or e-mail, is a method of exchanging digital messages from an author to one or more recipients. Modern email operates across the Internet or other computer networks. Some early email systems required that the author and the recipient both be online at the...
and collaborationCollaborationCollaboration is working together to achieve a goal. It is a recursive process where two or more people or organizations work together to realize shared goals, — for example, an intriguing endeavor that is creative in nature—by sharing...
server - Internet Information Services (IIS) – Web serverWeb serverWeb server can refer to either the hardware or the software that helps to deliver content that can be accessed through the Internet....
, FTP server and basic email server - ForefrontMicrosoft ForeFrontMicrosoft Forefront is a family of line-of-business security software by Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft Forefront products protect computer networks, network servers and individual devices....
– Comprehensive line of business security products- Threat Management Gateway – FirewallFirewall (computing)A firewall is a device or set of devices designed to permit or deny network transmissions based upon a set of rules and is frequently used to protect networks from unauthorized access while permitting legitimate communications to pass....
, routingRoutingRouting is the process of selecting paths in a network along which to send network traffic. Routing is performed for many kinds of networks, including the telephone network , electronic data networks , and transportation networks...
, VPNVirtual private networkA virtual private network is a network that uses primarily public telecommunication infrastructure, such as the Internet, to provide remote offices or traveling users access to a central organizational network....
and web caching sever, formerly known as Microsoft ISA Server or Microsoft Proxy Server in its earlier iterations - Protection for Exchange ServerForefront Protection for Exchange ServerMicrosoft Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server detects viruses, spyware, and spam by integrating multiple scanning engines from security partners in a single solution to protect Exchange messaging environments...
- Protection for SharePoint ServerForefront Protection for SharePoint ServerMicrosoft Forefront Protection 2010 for SharePoint Server is a software application from Microsoft that protects Microsoft SharePoint Server document libraries. It enforces rules that prevent documents containing malware, sensitive information, or out-of-policy content from being uploaded...
- Online Protection for ExchangeMicrosoft Forefront Online Protection for ExchangeMicrosoft Forefront Online Protection for Exchange is a hosted e-mail security service, owned by Microsoft, that removes spam and viruses from e-mail messages. The service does not require client software installation, but is activated by changing each customer's MX record...
- Unified Access GatewayMicrosoft Forefront Unified Access GatewayMicrosoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway , is a reverse proxy and VPN solution that provides secure remote access to corporate networks for remote employees and business partners. It is part of the Microsoft Forefront offering. It incorporates various remote access technologies such as reverse...
- Identity Manager
- Threat Management Gateway – Firewall
- Host Integration Server – Data and management connector between Windows environments and mainframe systems such as AS/400, formerly known as Microsoft SNA Server
- Identity Integration ServerMicrosoft Identity Integration ServerMicrosoft Identity Integration Server is an identity management product offered by Microsoft. It is a service that aggregates identity-related information from multiple data-sources...
– Identity management product - Speech ServerMicrosoft Speech ServerThe Microsoft Speech Server is a product from Microsoft designed to allow the authoring and deployment of IVR applications incorporating Speech Recognition, Speech Synthesis and DTMF....
– Speech applications for automated telephone systems, including voice recognition - SQL ServerMicrosoft SQL ServerMicrosoft SQL Server is a relational database server, developed by Microsoft: It is a software product whose primary function is to store and retrieve data as requested by other software applications, be it those on the same computer or those running on another computer across a network...
– Relational Database ManagementRelational databaseA relational database is a database that conforms to relational model theory. The software used in a relational database is called a relational database management system . Colloquial use of the term "relational database" may refer to the RDBMS software, or the relational database itself...
and business intelligenceBusiness intelligenceBusiness intelligence mainly refers to computer-based techniques used in identifying, extracting, and analyzing business data, such as sales revenue by products and/or departments, or by associated costs and incomes....
server- SQL Server 2000
- SQL Server 2005
- SQL Server 2008
- SQL Server 2008 R2
- Microsoft Hyper-V ServerHyper-VMicrosoft Hyper-V, codenamed Viridian and formerly known as Windows Server Virtualization, is a hypervisor-based virtualization system for x86-64 systems. A beta version of Hyper-V was shipped with certain x86-64 editions of Windows Server 2008, and the finalized version was released on June 26,...
- Virtual ServerMicrosoft Virtual ServerMicrosoft Virtual Server is a virtualization solution that facilitates the creation of virtual machines on the Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2003 operating systems. Originally developed by Connectix, it was acquired by Microsoft prior to release...
– Platform virtualization of operating systems - Windows ServerWindows ServerWindows Server is a brand name for a group of server operating systems released by Microsoft Corporation. All are part of Microsoft Servers.- Members :This brand includes the following software:* Windows 2000 Server* Windows Server 2003...
– Server operating system- Windows 2000 Server
- Windows Home ServerWindows Home ServerWindows Home Server, code-named Quattro, is a home server operating system from Microsoft. Announced on 7 January 2007, at the Consumer Electronics Show by Bill Gates, Windows Home Server is intended to be a solution for homes with multiple connected PCs to offer file sharing, automated backups,...
and Windows Home Server 2011 – Home serverHome serverA home server is a server located in a private residence providing services to other devices inside and/or outside the household through a home network and/or the Internet. Such services may include file and/or printer serving, media center serving, web serving, web caching, account authentication...
operating system - Windows Server 2003Windows Server 2003Windows Server 2003 is a server operating system produced by Microsoft, introduced on 24 April 2003. An updated version, Windows Server 2003 R2, was released to manufacturing on 6 December 2005...
- Windows Storage Server – File server-focused edition of Windows Server, with built-in back-up tools
- Windows Compute Cluster Server – High performance computing server
- Windows Server 2003 R2
- Windows Small Business Server – Windows Server and additional technologies
- Windows Server 2008
- Windows Essential Business Server 2008 - Server offering for mid-size businesses
- Windows HPC Server 2008Windows HPC Server 2008Windows HPC Server 2008, released by Microsoft on 22 September 2008, is the successor product to Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003. Like WCCS, Windows HPC Server 2008 is designed for high-end applications that require high performance computing clusters . This version of the server software is...
- Windows Server 2008 R2Windows Server 2008 R2Windows Server 2008 R2 is a server operating system produced by Microsoft. It was released to manufacturing on July 22, 2009 and launched on October 22, 2009. According to the Windows Server Team blog, the retail availability was September 14, 2009. It is built on Windows NT 6.1, the same core...
- Windows MultiPoint Server, a server operating system that allows multiple simultaneous local users on one computer
- Windows Home Server 2011 - Home server operating system
- Active DirectoryActive DirectoryActive Directory is a directory service created by Microsoft for Windows domain networks. It is included in most Windows Server operating systems. Server computers on which Active Directory is running are called domain controllers....
, a directory services technology - Active Directory Federation ServicesActive Directory Federation ServicesActive Directory Federation Services is a software component developed by Microsoft that can be installed on Windows Server operating systems to provide users with Single Sign-On access to systems and applications located across organizational boundaries...
- Windows Server Update ServicesWindows Server Update Services- External links :* * * – contains many detailed documents on WSUS operation, known issues, and troubleshooting* - German WSUS-Community * - Control installation of WSUS updates from command line...
– Software update services for Windows and other applications
Microsoft Office server products
Some of the products included in the Windows Server System product branding are designed specifically for interaction with Microsoft OfficeMicrosoft Office
Microsoft Office is a non-free commercial office suite of inter-related desktop applications, servers and services for the Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems, introduced by Microsoft in August 1, 1989. Initially a marketing term for a bundled set of applications, the first version of...
. These include:
- Forms ServerMicrosoft Office Forms ServerMicrosoft Office Forms Server 2007 converts InfoPath client forms into html/ajax forms that can be accessed and filled out using any browser, including mobile phone browsers. Forms Server 2007 also supports using a database or other data source as the back-end for the form. Additionally, it allows...
– Server-based electronic forms - Groove ServerMicrosoft Office Groove ServerMicrosoft Office Groove Server 2007 is for centrally managing all deployments of Microsoft Office Groove 2007 in the enterprise. It enables using Active Directory for Groove user accounts, and create Groove Domains, with individual policy settings....
– Collaboration server; works in conjunction with Microsoft SharePoint Workspace - Lync Server – Instant messagingInstant messagingInstant Messaging is a form of real-time direct text-based chatting communication in push mode between two or more people using personal computers or other devices, along with shared clients. The user's text is conveyed over a network, such as the Internet...
and presence server, integration with telephone PBX systems. Integrates with Microsoft Lync - Project ServerMicrosoft Office Project ServerMicrosoft Office Project Server is a project management server solution made by Microsoft. It uses Microsoft SharePoint as its foundation, and supports both a web interface and Microsoft Project as the client application.- Versions for Windows :...
– Project management and resource allocation services; works as the server component to Microsoft ProjectMicrosoft ProjectMicrosoft Project is a project management software program, developed and sold by Microsoft, which is designed to assist a project manager in developing a plan, assigning resources to tasks, tracking progress, managing the budget, and analyzing workloads.The application creates critical path...
- Project Portfolio ServerMicrosoft Office Project Portfolio ServerMicrosoft Office Project Portfolio Server is a project portfolio management application from Microsoft. It is part of their Enterprise Project Management suite which includes Microsoft Office Project Server.- Versions for Windows :...
- Project Portfolio Server
- SharePoint Server – Produces sites intended for collaboration, file sharing, web databases, social networking and web publishing.
- PerformancePoint ServerMicrosoft Office PerformancePoint ServerMicrosoft Office PerformancePoint Server was a software product from Microsoft for the business intelligence sector. Development on PerformancePoint was discontinued in April 2009...
– Business performance managementBusiness performance managementBusiness performance management is a set of management and analytic processes that enable the management of an organization's performance to achieve one or more pre-selected goals...
server - Search ServerMicrosoft Search ServerMicrosoft Search Server is an enterprise search platform from Microsoft, based on the search capabilities of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server. MSS shares its architectural underpinnings with the Windows Search platform for both the querying engine as well as the indexer...
Microsoft System Center
Microsoft System Center is a set of server products aimed specifically at helping corporate IT administrators manage a network of Windows Server and client desktop systems.- System Center Configuration Manager – Configuration management, hardware/software asset management, patch deployment tools for Windows desktops (previously Systems Management Server)
- System Center Data Protection ManagerSystem Center Data Protection ManagerSystem Center Data Protection Manager is a software product from Microsoft, designed to help IT professionals manage the Windows environment. It is part of the Microsoft System Center family of products and integrates disk-to-disk and near-continuous data protection for reliable recovery of...
– Continuous data protectionContinuous data protectionContinuous data protection , also called continuous backup or real-time backup, refers to backup of computer data by automatically saving a copy of every change made to that data, essentially capturing every version of the data that the user saves...
and data recoveryData recoveryData recovery is the process of salvaging data from damaged, failed, corrupted, or inaccessible secondary storage media when it cannot be accessed normally. Often the data are being salvaged from storage media such as internal or external hard disk drives, solid-state drives , USB flash drive,... - System Center EssentialsSystem Center EssentialsSystem Center Essentials , is a system management product from Microsoft targeting Windows systems for small and medium size businesses....
– Combined features of Operations Manager and Windows Software Update Service (WSUS), aimed at small and medium sized businesses - System Center Mobile Device ManagerSystem Center Mobile Device ManagerSystem Center Mobile Device Manager is a Mobile device management solution providing over-the-air management of Windows Mobile Smartphone security, applications and settings...
– Mobile device management (PDAsPersonal digital assistantA personal digital assistant , also known as a palmtop computer, or personal data assistant, is a mobile device that functions as a personal information manager. Current PDAs often have the ability to connect to the Internet...
, smartphoneSmartphoneA smartphone is a high-end mobile phone built on a mobile computing platform, with more advanced computing ability and connectivity than a contemporary feature phone. The first smartphones were devices that mainly combined the functions of a personal digital assistant and a mobile phone or camera...
s, etc.) - System Center Opalis - Opalis is an automation platform for orchestrating and integrating IT tools to decrease the cost of datacenter operations while improving the reliability of IT processes. It enables IT organizations to automate best practices, such as those found in Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF) and Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL). Opalis operates through workflow processes that coordinate System Center and other management tools to automate incident response, change and compliance, and service-lifecycle management processes.
- System Center Operations Manager – Services and application monitoring
- System Center Reporting Manager
- System Center Service Manager – Ties in with SCOM, SCCM for asset tracking as well as incident, problem, change and configuration management (code name: Service Desk)
- System Center Virtual Machine ManagerSystem Center Virtual Machine ManagerSystem Center Virtual Machine Manager forms part of Microsoft's System Center line of management and reporting tools, alongside previously established tools such as Microsoft Operations Manager and Microsoft Systems Management Server...
2008 R2 – Virtual machine management and datacenter virtualization
Discontinued server products
- Services for UNIX - SFU for Windows XP Pro and Windows Server 2003 only
- Microsoft Application Center – Deployment of web applications across multiple servers. Some of its capabilities are now in System Center.
- Microsoft BackOffice ServerMicrosoft BackOffice ServerMicrosoft BackOffice Server was a computer software package featuring Windows NT Server and other Microsoft server products that ran on NT server. It was marketed during the 1990s and early 2000s for use in branch operations and for small businesses to run their back office operations.The small...
- Content Management Server – Web site content managementContent managementContent management, or CM, is the set of processes and technologies that support the collection, managing, and publishing of information in any form or medium. In recent times this information is typically referred to as content or, to be precise, digital content...
and publishing. Merged into Microsoft SharePoint Server. - Microsoft SNA Server – replaced by Microsoft Host Integration Server
- Microsoft Site ServerMicrosoft Site ServerMicrosoft Site Server, first released in 1996, was Microsoft's solution to the growing difficulty of managing complex websites which included multiple technologies, such as user management and authentication/authorization, content management, analysis, and indexing and search...
– replaced by Microsoft Commerce ServerMicrosoft Commerce ServerMicrosoft Commerce Server is a Microsoft product for building e-commerce systems. It uses Microsoft .NET technology.The latest release of the product is Commerce Server 2009... - Microsoft Merchant ServerMicrosoft Merchant ServerMicrosoft Merchant Server, released in October 1996, was Microsoft's solution for the growing Business-to-Consumer sales business taking place on the Internet...
- replaced by Microsoft Site Server - Microsoft Proxy Server – replaced by Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (also known as ISA Server)
- System Center Capacity Planner – Provides purchasing and best-practice capacity planning guidance