With the release of Windows Server 2008 on Feb. 27, we wanted to know what the system's new features mean for users. Here are some of the key changes that data center managers should know about, and we explored the new Microsoft release from the vantage point of neccessary additional hardware requirements, how Windows Server 2008 stacks up against Linux, and the vendor-support roadblocks for Microsoft's virtualization offering Hyper-V. While Windows Server 2008 may have earned rights to hype with features like PowerShell and Server Core, some roadblocks to adoption and acceptance seem persistent.
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