Windows Server: the mature and stable alternative
June 11, 2019
Windows Server: the mature and stable alternative
Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Windows Server
Windows Server underpins our core domain and file server requirements. It is used to supplement our single sign-on technology and two-factor authentication technology. Application database servers are also built on Windows server OS including SQL server. Windows server solves our most critical and transparent business needs.
- Option for minimalistic and low resource install
- Robust and mitigative design
- Mature
- Improvement in Docker Containers to allow both Windows and Linux images to run concurrently.
- During install the ability to offer the choice of configuring the OS and its policies to meet a desired standard template e.g, PCIDSS.
- Make the Windows Firewall more like Azures Security Groups.
- Data center licensing has enabled us to meet budget on our ROI figures.
- Our fileserver and domain uptime values have increased.
- Allows us to quickly utilize Azure functionality such as Azure AD.
Windows Server offers more stability when using solutions that require domain services. It also offers more stability than third-party solutions for file services using SMB. I find third-party alternatives on Linux feature rich, however, very lacking in stability and usually buggy. Windows Server is mature in both areas.