More Operating System Horsepower

Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2 delivers new, powerful functionality that adds real value by simplifying your business operations and improving efficiency. It incorporates the following built-in features that can help dramatically streamline your data center operations:

  • Added power management features that cut hardware and facility costs
  • Live Migration that moves virtual machines without downtime
  • DirectAccess for connecting remote users without needing a virtual private network
  • Hyper-V™ that virtualizes system resources without third-party software to optimize your infrastructure
  • Windows 7 interoperability
  • Enhanced security and control over network access
  • Common tasks now automated to free up IT staff
  • Remote Desktop Services to enable all applications to run on a single server for greater IT flexibility and security
  1. Reduce IT Operating Costs with Windows Server 2008 and Improved Management Tools

    31 Mar 2009

    Microsoft Windows Server 2008 with Dell and Microsoft management products can lower the cost of data center management.

  2. Desktop-to-Data Center OS Integration - Running an Efficient Enterprise with Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 client

    01 Sep 2009

    Windows Server® 2008 R2 has many features that are designed specifically to work with client computers running Windows® 7. You get enhanced virtualization, data protection and remote management capabilities.

  3. Get IT Solutions Faster with Windows Server 2008

    17 Jul 2009

    This Dell-sponsored white paper explores how IT organizations can quickly and efficiently deliver solutions to solve business problems using new technologies such as Windows Server 2008.

  4. Windows Server 2008 Brochure

    17 Jul 2009

    By reducing cost and complexity in your data center, you can devote more resources to making innovation a daily business practice. Central to IT simplification is streamlining maintenance and maximizing availability — and by running Microsoft Windows Server 2008 on Dell, you can do both.

  5. Reducing IT Deployment Time, Labor and Costs With Hyper-V and Dell

    01 Dec 2008

    Learn how Dell provides a fully engineered, end-to-end, holistic virtualization solution that is cost-effective and easy to manage and ensures high availability with enterprise performance and stability.

  6. How Security Features in Windows Server 2008 Can Save You Money

    01 Nov 2008

    Data theft is on the rise, and so are the penalties for exposing personal information. Learn more from the nonprofit Internet Theft Resource Center.

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