Item: Windows Server
Rating: 8
Author: Umair Ali Khan

Overall Satisfaction with Windows Server

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

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.

Pros and Cons

Pros

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

Cons

Some services require restart which is difficult in production environment
Some windows updates breaks previously working services
Licensing cost
Security bugs

Most Important Features

Virtualization
Active directory services
NTP service
Web services
Exchange

Return on Investment

Reduced cost with virtualization
Improved availability with clustering
Centralized directory services with AD
Time synchronization with NTP

Key Insights

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

Likelihood to Recommend

Windows Server has a lot of features built-in and it has been getting new features and feature updates with every new release. it can be used as [a] domain controller, NTP server, web server, radius server, NAC server, etc. it also supports virtualization and has its own hypervisor, therefore a full blown virtual infrastructure can be made on Windows Server.

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