One of the core components of IT
May 20, 2021
One of the core components of IT
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Windows Server
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.
- Simple to setup
- Not all services are required you can enable selected services
- Any service can be enabled with a few clicks
- Support for high availability with clustering
- Wide user base
- Highly scalable
- Some services require restart which is difficult in production environment
- Some windows updates breaks previously working services
- Licensing cost
- Security bugs
- Virtualization
- Active directory services
- NTP service
- Web services
- Exchange
- Reduced cost with virtualization
- Improved availability with clustering
- Centralized directory services with AD
- Time synchronization with NTP
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