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Microsoft Servers

{{Short description|Brand that encompasses Microsoft's server products}}

{{Distinguish|Windows Server}}

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Microsoft Servers (previously called Windows Server System) is a discontinued brand that encompasses Microsoft software products for server computers. This includes the Windows Server editions of the Microsoft Windows operating system, as well as products targeted at the wider business market. Microsoft has since replaced this brand with Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365 and Windows 365.

Servers

= Operating system =

{{Main|Windows Server}}

The Windows Server family of operating systems consists of Windows operating systems developed and licensed for use on server computers. This family started with Windows Server 2003, for which Microsoft released a major upgrade every four years and a minor upgrade every two years following a major release.

This family has branded members too, such as Windows Home Server, Windows HPC Server and Windows MultiPoint Server.

= Windows components =

The following products are shipped as Windows component, as opposed to standalone products.

=Productivity=

Some of the products included in the Windows Server System product branding are designed specifically for interaction with Microsoft Office. These include:{{cn|date=October 2015}}

  • BizTalk Server: Business process design and integration tools
  • Exchange Server: E-mail and collaboration server
  • Host Integration Server: Data and management connector between Windows environments and mainframe and midrange platforms such as IBM i. Formerly known as Microsoft SNA Server{{cite web|title=Overview of Microsoft SNA Server|url=https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc978124.aspx|work=Microsoft TechNet|date=4 March 2010 |publisher=Microsoft Corporation|access-date=13 September 2011}}{{cite web|title=What Is SNA Server?|url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa266957%28v=VS.60%29.aspx|work=MSDN|publisher=Microsoft Corporation|access-date=13 September 2011}}
  • Project Server: Project management and resource allocation services; works as the server component to Microsoft Project
  • SharePoint Server: Produces sites intended for collaboration, file sharing, web databases, social networking and web publishing.
  • SQL Server: Relational Database Management and business intelligence server

= Security =

Microsoft System Center

{{pic|Microsoft System Center logo.svg|caption=Logo of Microsoft System Center}}

Microsoft System Center, a set of server products, aims specifically at helping corporate system administrators manage a network of Windows Server and client desktop systems.

Compare:

{{cite book

|last1= Morimoto

|first1= Rand

|editor1-last= Yardeni

|editor1-first= Guy

|title= Microsoft System Center 2012 Unleashed

|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=lzjjMGbqTwEC

|series= Unleashed Series

|publisher= Sams Publishing

|date= 2012

|page= 5

|isbn= 9780672336126

|access-date= 2015-02-11

|quote= System Center [...] is a series of tools that help administrators manage their servers, client systems, and applications (whether on-premises or in the cloud) [...].

}}

{{cite book

|last1= Rachui

|first1= Steve

|last2= Agerlund

|first2= Kent

|last3= Martinez

|first3= Santos

|last4= Daalmans

|first4= Peter

|title= Mastering System Center 2012 Configuration Manager

|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=QrfX63Tzv6kC

|series= ITPro collection

|publisher= John Wiley & Sons

|date= 2012

|page= 356

|isbn= 9781118238400

|access-date= 2015-02-11

|quote= New in Configuration Manager 2012 is the Software Center, which is part of the Configuration Manager 2012 client. With the Software Center users can install or request software [...]

}}

|url= http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/en/us/opalis.aspx

|title= System Center Opalis website

|website= Microsoft

}}

Discontinued server products

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