Windows Vista Update

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.