Understanding Windows Server Editions
Info
- Level: Beginner
- Presenter: Eli the Computer Guy
- Date Created: April 8, 2010
- Length of Class: 30 Minutes
Tracks
Prerequisites
Purpose of Class
- This class explains the arcane world of Windows Server Editions. Picking the right server Windows Operating System is not as easy as it used to be.
Topics Covered
- Web Edition
- Foundation Edition
- Small Business Server
- Standard Edition
- Server Software
- Real World Considerations for Deciding on the Correct Server Operating System
Class Notes
- Basics
- The Server Operating System is an Operating System that has been optimized to deal with client computer interactions.
- Functionality such as Email, SQL, VPN End Point, Active Directory are all components that are in addition to the core Operating System
- Windows Server Web Edition
- Only for Web Services no Active Directory
- Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation
- Active Directory
- Only 15 users
- Small Business Server
- Bill Gates gift to Small Businesses
- Includes Exchange and a number of high level services normally only accessible by large corporations
- Server Standard Edition
- Most common
- Gives standard functionality – Active Directory, File/ Print Sharing, IIS, VPN
- Other Editions
- If you don’t know what they are you probably don’t need them – Enterprise, Data Center, HPC
- Server Software
- Some server software you have to buy in addition to the Server Operating System
- Some server software requires additional access licenses just like Server CAL’s
- Exchange – Email Server
- MSSQL – SQL/ Database Server
- Sharepoint – Document Management
- Final Thoughts…
- Get the edition you need!
- Total cost of licensing can make the purchase of a piece of software go from affordable to impossible. (Example of $3000 work order system that required Windows Server, MSSQL and Exchange to function)
Resources
- Windows Server Price List
- Windows Server Licensing Overview
- Windows Server Role Comparison
- For Questions: My Account Rep at CDW is Lauren Booth at 877-741-4552 . She’ll treat you well. Just tell her Eli the Computer Guy sent you.
5 Responses to Understanding Windows Server Editions
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Thank you very very much for every thing. All your videos are very explanatory very easy to understandable and very detailed. Thank you again for posting these videos for free to every one.
Regards,
Vishwa
Silly question: Can you use Active Directory without having to create a domain? My customer have many computers using home versions of Windows 7 and they cannot join to a domain without upgrading to the pro version but that is costly. We bought Windows Server 2008R2 standard edition overlooking that requirement. Any suggestion?
The only work around is that you can have them connect to the server using Windows VPN, under Routing and Remote Access. This will give them access to the server and file permissikns should work. Im guessing you’ll still run into the 5 connection limit if you have not ourchased additional CALs for the server.
Mmhh, what can you say about Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services Role (AD LDS)? Do you think it can be used for this kind of small networks? As you can notice, I’m trying to find a way to circumvent the need of creating a domain so I can work in a kind of workgroup with some of the advantages of a full Active Directory-Domain Controller schema in terms of authentication, user groups and so. I read that it can be used without the need of creating a domain – AC
Also, what is an LDAP application? Maybe you can give an example.
By the way, I think Windows Server for Small Businesses is no longer in the arena.
Warm Regards,
Victor D.
Supposedly you can use linux SAMBA to create an old fashioned PDC for a Windows domain. Frankly I’ve never done it, but I’ve seen a lot of talk about it.