Microsoft Windows Server 2008 is the most advanced Windows Server operating system yet, designed to power the next generation of networks, applications, and Web services. Enroll today in the Microsoft Partner Program for exclusive system builder resources!

Windows Server 2008 builds on the success and strengths of its Windows Server predecessors while delivering valuable new functionality and powerful improvements to the base operating system, including:

• New Web tools
• Virtualization technologies
• Security enhancements
• Management utilities

These help save time, reduce costs, and provide a solid foundation for your information technology (IT) infrastructure.

• Solid foundation - for all your server workload and application environments while also being easy to deploy and manage.
• Virtualization Built-In - Windows Server Hyper-V, hypervisor-based server virtualization technology, allows you to make the best use of your server hardware investments by:
  • Consolidating multiple server roles as separate virtual machines running on a single physical machine.
  • Efficiently running multiple operating in parallel on a single server.
• Built for the Web - Windows Server 2008 comes with Internet Information Services 7.0, a Web server and security-enhanced, easy-to-manage platform for developing and reliably hosting Web applications and services.
• High security - The operating system has been hardened to help protect against failure and several new technologies help prevent unauthorized connections to your networks, servers, data, and user accounts.
• High performance computing - Windows HPC Server 2008 is built on Windows Server 2008, x64-bit technology and can efficiently scale to thousands of processing cores to improve the productivity, and reduce the complexity of your HPC environment.

To gain access to a wide range of resources targeted specifically to system builders, such as the ones below, you must be enrolled in the Microsoft Partner Program. To view these resources, enroll now.

Learn to Preinstall Windows Server 2008
Explore comprehensive information and guidance on the Windows OEM Preinstallation it (OPK), including OPK benefits and how it works.

New Tools Available in Updated Windows OPK
The Windows OEM Preinstallation Kit (OPK) has been updated to and is designed to help system builders deploy Windows Server 2008 operating systems onto new hardware.

Customer-Ready Windows Server 2008 Marketing Tools
Ready-to-use materials to help you sell Windows Server 2008. Download sales and marketing resources, including the fact sheet, Web banners, e-mail message templates, and demos.

Windows Server 2008 Reviewers Guide
A comprehensive technical overview of the innovative features and functions that make Windows Server 2008 the next-generation Microsoft Windows Server operating system.

• Access to the private OEM Partner Center Web site
• Hands-on demos
• Technical resources
• Sales and technical training
• Licensing
• Marketing materials
• Technical Support