Windows Server Review
May 19, 2021

Windows Server Review

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Windows Server

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.
  • Ease of use GUI
  • Driver compatibility
  • Update Frequency
  • Logging could be a bit easier to navigate
  • Remote Application deployments are difficult to manage
  • Additional Cert functionality / .pem
  • Ease of use / GUI
  • Active Directory
  • ADFS
  • Reduction of training time of server users
  • Support has been a bit difficult to work with
  • Volume licensing has been good for us overall
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
For our more experienced users and for simple web apps we will go the RHEL route but with Windows Server such an industry standard the the ease of use of the GUI it just makes more sense for most applications that use it. It also generally has a lot more interoperability between apps that we use for monitoring and logging of users.

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?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Windows Server go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Windows Server again?

Yes

If they are looking for a product that will be easy for them to configure and use then I don't really believe there is a better option available. If this was an app that they are looking to configure once then never touch it again I could see possibly pushing them toward a Linux solution but unlikely.