Windows Server Manufacturing Reviews & Insights

Windows Server is used in our Information Technology department and most of our applications hosted on it. Our databases are also deployed on the windows server platform. We have deployed our applications and databases as well as our virtualization of physical servers using windows server technology. We have virtualized our servers.

Easy to configure and install, even an internee can use it and understand it, whenever you are stuck in anything you just have to read the Microsoft articles and will get the solution for any condition.

Windows Server is the backbone for our organization which runs web and desktop applications to support end users in managing their daily tasks and assignments. One of the best features is that it is a part of Microsoft Eco System so if you are using other Microsoft Services i.e. Active Directory, SQL Server and Power BI so they can easily be integrated.

Overall experience was good bundle of managing features that could make monitoring a lot easier whole in one package to support and integrate with other applications of Microsoft i.e. Software Center, Active Directory, SQL Server, IIS and many more. UI can be made much simpler and with upcoming advancement in threats there is always a space for enhancement.

Windows Server is being used by my organization for managing All AD (Active Directory), users in the domain, and all related servers and services Company wide. All servers are Microsoft windows based i.e Microsoft Exchange server for managing users' corporate email to worldwide, and azure and other servers are providing service to cloud users globally.

Windows Server addresses the following business problems:
Management of all users in a single domain.
Due to this solution, we can implement Policies as per requirements or whenever we need them.

Windows server is well suited in:

• Large scale organizations where the number of users is high and management of policies must be required to handle users.
• Critical data environment.
• Minimum downtime areas with low cost with smooth services.

Windows server is less appropriate in:

• Small offices.
• No need for domain work, it can be managed in workgroups.
• No need to deploy policies on users.

Windows Server has been in the industry for many years and it has been available in different flavors with multiple use cases over the years. it has been one of the favorites of [the] system and network administrators in terms of ease of use. In our organization, it is being mainly used for active directory services and it is also our domain controller and NTP server.

Windows Server has a lot of features built-in and it has been getting new features and feature updates with every new release. it can be used as [a] domain controller, NTP server, web server, radius server, NAC server, etc. it also supports virtualization and has its own hypervisor, therefore a full blown virtual infrastructure can be made on Windows Server.

We are currently using Windows Server on multiple machines to manage our active directory and other services as well as for hosting some virtual machines for specific tasks to aid in the performance and reporting for our customer service team to improve the experience that our customers receive upon each phone call.

If you want a reliable system with a Windows interface, then Windows Server is your best choice. If you want a server system that can run on very minimal hardware, then Linux would be the better choice. However, Windows Server is far superior to Linux in the vast amount of software that can be installed and ran as well as is supported natively.

Windows Sever is used across the whole organisation on all the in-house servers: the Exchange server and file servers use Windows Server OS.

For VMs it's easy install and use. Administrator tools are available to manage all resources on the server.