What are the compelling business reasons to use this new server
operating system?
Also, if you have Windows Server 2003 already in house, what could
possibly be the compelling reasons to switch platforms and upgrade to
Windows Server 2008?
We'll go through them one by one.
Virtualization
Windows Server Virtualization is coming. Anyone who has worked
with operations at the enterprise level knows the value of
virtualization and the ROI it provides with server consolidation.
Security
With the introduction of new security tools like Group Policy and
Network Access Protection, Windows Server 2008 has the ability to
reinforce the security infrastructure in your environment.
Ease of Deployment
New deployment tools like Remote Installation Services use
network based installation processes to install copies of Windows
Server 2008 in a purely automated manner. In addition, Volume
Activation 2.0 helps with the management of licensing your multiple
copies of the operating system.
High Availability
With Network Load Balancing (NLB) and changes made in clustering
functionality, Windows Server 2008 has been designed with high
availability in mind. With high availability in mind from the top
down, Windows Server 2008 has been designed to ensure minimal points
of failure in your infrastructure.
Web Application Deployment
With the introduction of IIS 7.0, companies are able to build and
deploy dynamic web applications that can leverage the application
server role in Windows Server 2008. This way they can quickly and
easily utilize dynamic web services in their applications.
