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Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Server Class Operating system Releases from Windows

Hi All,
In my previous post you can find Desktop Operating system Releases from windows.
In this I am going to publish server operating system releases

Microsoft has release different Server class operating systems for different purposes.

The Microsoft Servers line of software and technology includes:
  • BizTalk Server – Business process design and integration tools
  • Commerce ServerE-Commerce portal
  • Exchange ServerE-mail and collaboration server
  • Internet Information Services (IIS)Web server, FTP server and basic email server
  • Forefront – Comprehensive line of business security products
    • Threat Management GatewayFirewall, routing, VPN and web caching server, formerly known as Microsoft ISA Server or Microsoft Proxy Server in its earlier iterations
    • Protection for Exchange Server
    • Protection for SharePoint Server
    • Online Protection for Exchange
    • Unified Access Gateway
    • Identity Manager
  • 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 Server – Identity management product
  • Speech Server – Speech applications for automated telephone systems, including voice recognition
  • SQL ServerRelational Database Management and business intelligence server
    • SQL Server 2000
    • SQL Server 2005
    • SQL Server 2008
    • SQL Server 2008 R2
  • Microsoft Hyper-V Server
  • Virtual ServerPlatform virtualization of operating systems   
  • Windows Server – Server operating system
    • Windows 2000 Server
    • Windows Home Server and Windows Home Server 2011Home server operating system
    • Windows Server 2003
    • 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 2008
    • Windows Server 2008 R2
    • Windows MultiPoint Server, a server operating system that allows multiple simultaneous local users on one computer
    • Windows Home Server 2011 - Home server operating system
    • Windows Server 8 (codename for a future version of Windows Server)
    • Active Directory, a directory services technology
    • Active Directory Federation Services
    • Windows Server Update Services – Software update services for Windows and other application

      Microsoft Office server products

      Some of the products included in the Windows Server System product branding are designed specifically for interaction with Microsoft Office. These include:
    • Forms Server – Server-based electronic forms
    • Groove Server – Collaboration server; works in conjunction with Microsoft SharePoint Workspace
    • Lync Server Instant messaging and presence server, integration with telephone PBX systems. Integrates with Microsoft Lync
    • Project Server – Project management and resource allocation services; works as the server component to Microsoft Project
      • Project Portfolio Server
    • SharePoint Server – Produces sites intended for collaboration, file sharing, web databases, social networking and web publishing.
    • PerformancePoint ServerBusiness performance management server
    • Search Server

    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 ManagerContinuous data protection and data recovery
  • System Center Essentials – Combined features of Operations Manager and Windows Software Update Service (WSUS), aimed at small and medium sized businesses
  • System Center Mobile Device Manager – Mobile device management (PDAs, smartphones, 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 Manager 2008 R2 – Virtual machine management and datacenter virtualization


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