Microsoft Servers
brand that encompasses Microsoft's server products
Microsoft Servers (previously called Windows Server System) is a discontinued brand that encompasses Microsoft software products for server computers. This includes the Windows Server editions of the Microsoft Windows operating system, as well as products targeted at the wider business market. Microsoft has since replaced this brand with Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365 and Windows 365.
Servers
Operating system
The Windows Server family of operating systems consists of Windows operating systems developed and licensed for use on server computers. This family started with Windows Server 2003, for which Microsoft released a major upgrade every four years and a minor upgrade every two years following a major release.
This family has branded members too, such as Windows Home Server, Windows HPC Server and Windows MultiPoint Server.
Windows components
The following products are shipped as Windows component, as opposed to standalone products.
Internet Information Services (IIS): Web server, FTP server and basic email server
Hyper-V: Bare-metal hypervisor
Windows Services for UNIX
Windows Server Update Services
Productivity
Some of the products included in the Windows Server System product branding are designed specifically for interaction with Microsoft Office. These include:
BizTalk Server: Business process design and integration tools
Exchange Server: E-mail and collaboration server
Host Integration Server: Data and management connector between Windows environments and mainframe and midrange platforms such as IBM i. Formerly known as Microsoft SNA Server
Project Server: Project management and resource allocation services; works as the server component to Microsoft Project
SharePoint Server: Produces sites intended for collaboration, file sharing, web databases, social networking and web publishing.
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