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Windows Server

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Windows Server

9 out of 10
June 04, 2021
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Windows Server is used in our Information Technology department and most of our applications hosted on it. Our databases are also deployed …
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Windows Server Review

9 out of 10
May 20, 2021
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The most basic feature in Windows Server is obviously the Active Directory. This is basically a central place where you create, update, …
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Windows Server Review

9 out of 10
May 19, 2021
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We leverage Windows Server as the primary backbone for most of of the applications that the University runs. This includes deployments in …
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Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Almost all of our production systems run on Windows Server platforms. We tend to separate each server out as one role to host a single application or set of applications. All servers we run are virtualised and we utilise data centre licensing on our hosts. Most off-the-shelf applications require Windows Server, and we prefer centralised management of a single platform so it's really the only choice for us (apart from some virtual appliances).
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We run AD, DHCP, DNS, RD Gateway, and printing services all through Windows Server. It's powerful and relatively simple to manage. It adds simplicity to our workflow using the power of Group Policy and adds security being able to securely encrypt remote RDP connections through the use of the RD Gateway.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It is being used across both at the departmental level and also across the whole organization. At the organization level, it is being used to centrally manage Active Directory, and also centrally manage other software that is deployed to different departments. This includes SCCM, which is installed locally on Windows Server. It addresses the problem of having a good server operating system that is easy to set up, use (as compared to other servers OS's), and doesn't require a whole lot of back-end support to manage.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Windows Server is being used for many applications across the organization. It is used as the operating system for all virtual machines. As we are using Windows Server for all systems, we also use most of the services that Windows Server offers. Including but not limited to; Active Directory, DHCP, DNS, Print Services, and more.
August 19, 2021

Centralized Management

Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We manage Windows Server for a few of our clients who need it for computer lab deployments or data sharing among office staff. In a Windows environment, it's the only way to go to get good control over devices and easily provide access to shared resources like drives and printers over the network.
Michael Craven | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
We are using Windows Server at our business for multiple uses. First, it is being used as a File Server - allowing us to have a large repository of data without upgrading individual workstations. Second, we are using Windows Server 2016 do to it's ability to perform workstation backups - reliably. The backup function supports Bare-Metal Restore (and has been put the test multiple times and works great!) and also supports deduplication - it only stores 1 copy of each duplicate file from All of our workstations (why take space to store Windows 10 files, etc. multiple times).
They have deprecated that function in Windows Server 2019.
Zakarieya Abderoef | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I have been supporting Windows Servers for many years and the product has evolved significantly over the past years. The product is used throughout the enterprise for running the smallest applications to running large business-critical applications. The product is being used as an operating system either on a bare metal server or within a virtual machine running on top of VMware, Hyper-V, or Nutanix. We use the product to authenticate users on our domain via an active directory. It is also used to provide DHCP and DNS services. On one project we used it for configuring virtual desktops using terminal services and we could provision desktop clients in a browser. Previously we also used it for VPN access but then switched to a FortiGate firewall as it is more secure.
June 04, 2021

Windows Server

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
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.
Taha Hussain | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
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.
Irfan Ahmed | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
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.
Umair Ali Khan | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
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.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The most basic feature in Windows Server is obviously the Active Directory. This is basically a central place where you create, update, block, and cancel user accounts. Those accounts enable every worker of the company to log on to any computer (unless you configure it not to) and to each receive everywhere their personal authorization. As this implies you can also configure what each user can do, use, and access.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We leverage Windows Server as the primary backbone for most of of the applications that the University runs. This includes deployments in Azure as well for applications we choose to live in the cloud. The use of Windows Servers give our department level admins a familiar interface to be able to manage their applications.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Windows Server is being used at our organization as our main DNS, DHCP, AD, print and file servers. Everything we do is handled by Windows Servers. It allows us to manage users, security and push out policy as needed. Windows Server has been very stable on the latest versions which means productivity and efficiency for us.
Rob Battaglia | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Windows Server 2019 Standard is being used by our company as a main file server as well as a SQL server for accounting and estimating programs. All of our desktop and laptop computers are connected to it and it also serves as our DNS server. Off-site users can access the data via a VPN connection. Server 2019 solves the problem of giving secure access to data to all of our staff.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Windows Server is the [backend] server platform for all of our of our servers. It is used to run all of our virtual machines. We use it to run all of our critical services such as Active Directory, Domain Name Services, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Sharepoint, Remote Desktop Services, Print Servers, File Servers, etc
April 27, 2021

Windows Server Review

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Windows Server is the primary server operating system at our corporation. It is used for file servers, print servers, mail servers, web servers, and application servers. There are currently various versions deployed with a current movement to standardize on Windows Server 2019 Standard. Over 95% of our current installed server base is virtualized and running on VMware's hypervisor product.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Windows Server for our primary server operating system. It's primary used for our hypervisor as well as VM's. We use various Windows Server roles and functions such as AD, DNS, DHCP, file server, printing, web, and more. This allows us to have an easy to manage operating system that is centrally managed.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
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.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
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.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Windows Server is the backbone of our server infrastructure. It handles our User Identity management via Active Directory, File and Storage management for tens of thousands of users across 100 sites, Print services, Software Assignment via App-V management. Without Windows Server our entire infrastructure would be unable to function as it is run 100% on it.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I have been using and implementing Windows Server since NT 4.0 version and have upgraded and migrated my clients all the way up to the current version of Windows Server 2019. I use Windows Server to manage user security across the whole network. Using Active Directory within Windows Server allows you to manage users and their permissions and control their access to all the areas of the network, from one central place.
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