Windows Server 2016
Understanding Windows Server
Information technology is developing
more rapidly over time, information technology is widely applied in several
fields such as health, education, industry, business, and others. One product
from this development is Windows Server. Well, in this article, I will explain
the understanding, functions, advantages and disadvantages of Windows Server.
To build IT infrastructure or IT system
development, Windows Server is needed that acts as a server or data center to
provide services in a computer network such as storage, server virtualization,
networking, access & information protection, and others.
For more information about understanding
Windows Server, let's refer to the explanation below.
Understanding
Windows Server
Understanding Windows Server is Windows
Server is a brand (brand) server operating system developed by Microsoft
Corporation that supports enterprise-level management, data storage,
applications, and communication. This Windows server acts as a server or data
center that plays a role in managing server networks.
The first Windows Server was released on
April 24, 2003 with an edition of Windows Server 2003. Actually, before the
brand "Windows Server" was introduced, there were other server
editions of Windows, namely Windows NT 3.1 Advanced Server, Windows NT 3.5
Server, Windows NT 4.0 Server, and Windows 2000 Server.
Here below are a few editions of Windows
Server software from the beginning to the present.
Windows Server 2003 (April 2003)
Windows Server 2003 R2 (December 2005)
Windows Server 2008 (February 2008)
Windows Server 2008 R2 (July 2009)
Windows Server 2012 (August 2012)
Windows Server 2012 R2 (October 2013)
Windows Server 2016 (September 2016)
Windows Server 2019 (October 2018)
Windows
Server function
Windows server is a server operating system that is
used to manage and manage server configurations of devices connected to the
server computer in a computer network. Windows server is able to support the
performance / performance of a server computer that has been connected to a
network so that the system runs well.
In general, Windows Server provides server-oriented
services (server-focused), such as website hosting, resource management of all
users and applications, user management, messaging, security &
authorization and other server-related services. Server operating systems can
be used for web servers, database servers, application servers, game servers,
and others.
Here below
are some of the main functions of Windows Server.
Helps operate most server service processes from
operating system commands based on the server's architecture.
Gives the user the right to access and manage the
server either through the GUI (Graphical User Interface) or CLI (Command Line
Interface).
Help with advanced server configuration in terms of
hardware, software and network service configurations.
Helps manage and also monitor client computers
connected to the network system and also the operating system to run the
network system.
Provides a centralized interface that can help users
(security implementers or admins) to run various processes, one of which is an
administrative process.
