Windows Server, gold standard
May 13, 2021
Windows Server, gold standard
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Windows Server
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
- Easy to use
- GUI or CLI
- Lots of available roles
- High Up time
- Typically reliable security patches
- Windows 2016 in particular is slow at applying windows updates
- Occasional release of updates that cause things to break
- Sometimes confusing user interface where they have the classic vs modern interfaces
- Security
- Reliability
- Flexibility
- Range of features
- Windows Licensing is very expensive
- Windows licensing seems to be ever changing
- Push to cloud is seeing Windows Server fall behind cloud offerings
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
I have some basic experience using various builds of Linux and have always found myself coming back to Windows. Perhaps after years of working with Microsoft products they all have a similar feel and configuration options. Microsoft products are my typical first choice where available and I typically try to stay away from other products
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