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:

• 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 systems 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.

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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.

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 Marketing Materials
Download sales and marketing resources, including the fact sheet, Web banners, e-mail message templates, and demos.

Windows Server 2008 Product Support Training
If you provide support services, these training modules will help you assist your customers with Windows Server 2008 product installation, setup and configuration, backup and restore, networking, and more.

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• A single, integrated partnering framework that recognizes your expertise
• Rewards you for the total impact that you have in the technology marketplace
• Delivers value to help your business succeed

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