Stable and Flexible Workhorse Operating System
April 09, 2021
Stable and Flexible Workhorse Operating System
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Windows Server
Windows Server is our organizations primary server operating system. It's used to support needs across the entire organization, from authentication, file and print to database, application and web servers.
- Easy to manage
- Wide Application Compatibility
- Stable operating system environment
- Flexible, suitable for a number of different roles
- Security, always room for improvement there
- UI driven platform makes doing things from the CLI difficult at times.
- Patching process can turn into a nightmare with the way security updates are bundled and documented
- Flexiability
- Ease of use
- Total Cost of Ownership
- Product Support
- Stability
- Allows us to meet SLA requirements
- Returns good ROI
- CentOS Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Debian OS
For our purposes it came down to picking between Windows and Linux and at the end of the day we picked both. We use Windows for 80% of our server needs to run our Web, File, Print, DHCP, Internal DNS, Active Directory, SQL, Web and other windows based servers. We use linux for our Oracle Database Servers and a handful of other tasks since it's better support by Oracle.
Do you think Windows Server delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with Windows Server's feature set?
Yes
Did Windows Server live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of Windows Server go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Windows Server again?
Yes
Evaluating Windows Server and Competitors
- Price
- Product Features
- Product Usability
- Product Reputation
- Prior Experience with the Product
Compatibility. We needed something that could run on any hardware and run every application and that's windows server.
We were happy with how our evaluation and selection process played out and don't see anything we would need to change at this time.
Windows Server Support
Pros | Cons |
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Quick Resolution Good followup Knowledgeable team Problems get solved Kept well informed Support understands my problem Support cares about my success Quick Initial Response | None |
We purchased software assurance (SA) which includes unlimited support and software updates. We mainly purchased it for the software updates but the support is a great benefit as well.
Too many times to list.