Windows Server pros and cons
January 28, 2026

Windows Server pros and cons

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

Overall Satisfaction with Windows Server

We use Windows Server for pretty much everyting. We use it as active directory domain , dns , dhcp , microsoft SQL and so on.
It helps to manage users, shares , folder permissions , authentication, and to manage users.
It is pretty straightforward and you have good documentation online for pretty much everything you want to acomplish.

Pros

  • User management
  • File shares
  • Ease of use
  • Have a lot of functionality

Cons

  • Updates that break things
  • Price
  • Be more robust
  • Improve setup time on new employees PC
  • High pricing as negative
  • Give control over your files
The rating is given because it have a wide spread of features. Some of them are better and some of them don't work very well so you should use a third party, but for basic usage , it gives you a lot of functionality (RADIUS , VPN, ACL and so on..)
Also you have a ton of resources online , on forums , on Microsoft Technet..
Windows Server is much easier to work with and it's widely adopted. It have a lot of features and a nice gui.
In the other hand linux systems are more robust and often more secure , but the learning curve and technician needed for it are much higher. Depend on the usage you got pros and cons on each one.

Do you think Windows Server delivers good value for the price?

Not sure

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 you have a company with a mid amount of people, and you need to manage the users accounts , share folders having the control to who access what and so on.
I would not reccomend it if you have very few people since it's pretty expensive and you could use local accounts and a NAS for file share , that will be much cheaper.

Windows Server Feature Ratings

Operating System
7.8
Resource Allocation
7
File Management
9
Hardware Device Management
9
Software Application Management
8
System Update Frequency
6
Operating System Security
8

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