Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter w/SP1 - license - 1 license

Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter is optimized for large-scale virtualization on small to large server systems and for workloads that require high levels of scalability, reliability, and availability to support large, mission-critical applications. With unlimited virtualization use rights and a hypervisor-based virtualization technology, Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter provides the flexibility and cost savings to easily run large numbers of virtualized Windows Server instances. Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter supports the memory and processing needs of large-scale, business-critical workloads such as ERP, databases, server consolidations, and custom and line-of-business applications.
It's a great time to upgrade! Windows Server 2008 R2, with Service Pack 1 (SP1) provides virtualization technology that enables you to deliver more advanced capabilities to your business for increased IT efficiency and agility. Whether you want to consolidate servers, build a private cloud or offer Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, the addition of these powerful virtualization features enables you to take your datacenter and desktop virtualization strategy to a high level.
Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 is Windows Server operating system from Microsoft. Designed to help organizations reduce operating costs and increase efficiencies and agility, Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1 expands the Microsoft virtualization strategy for both server and desktop workloads by adding dynamic memory management for virtualized workloads with dynamic memory and Microsoft RemoteFX for a rich end user experience with a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and session virtualization. Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1 also provides enhanced management control over resources across the enterprise. It is designed to provide better energy efficiency and performance by reducing power consumption and lowering overhead costs.

Key Points

• Support for 2 terabytes of RAM
• Unlimited virtual image use rights
• Hyper-V - based unlimited virtualization
• Support for a 16-node failover cluster
• Hot add/replace memory and processors with supporting hardware
• Fault-tolerant memory synchronization
• Cross-file replication (DFS-R)
• Virtually unlimited Network Access Service connections (RRAS and IAS)
• Virtually unlimited Network Policy Server connections
• Virtually unlimited Remote Services Gateway connections
• Advanced identity management
• AD rights management services
• BranchCache Content Server
• BranchCache Hosted Server
• DirectAccess
• Network Access Protection (NAP)
• Remote desktop services
• Internet information services 7.5
• Server core support
• Server manager
• Windows Powershell 2.0

Product Features

• Large-scale virtualization
  Server virtualization technology lets you optimize system utilization and resources and realize significant infrastructure and management cost savings. Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter provides an ideal platform for enterprise-scale virtualization. Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter features Hyper-V, a flexible high-performance hypervisor-based virtualization technology. In addition, Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter licenses include unlimited virtualization rights, meaning that you have rights to run an unlimited number of Windows Server instances on servers licensed with Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter.
• Increased scalability
  As organizations rapidly grow and change, IT infrastructures must remain flexible and scalable to help support, manage, and secure expanded functionality, an influx of additional users and locations, and increasingly robust applications. Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter easily scales to adapt to the increased needs of data warehousing and transaction processing. This scalability also allows for improved resource planning.
• High availability
  Succeeding in the global marketplace requires that remote employees and international customers and partners have around-the-clock access to information. A disruption in services can result in diminished productivity and lost opportunities. Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter offers features that enhance the availability of your applications and services, including failover clustering, dynamic hardware partitioning, and the Windows Server 2008 R2 high availability program.
• Failover clustering
  Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter provides robust, rapid failover clustering that is easy to manage and automatically takes action in the event of a failed node, maintaining service so that users experience minimal disruption. High availability is also about avoiding downtime before it occurs. The risk of downtime due to driver issues has been decreased in Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter, because nonessential functions have been removed by default. The result is a singularly productive operating system, optimized for running the most demanding data center workloads.
• Dynamic hardware partitioning
  Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter further enhances server availability with dynamic hardware partitioning. Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter works with one or more isolated hardware partitions, each assigned its own processors, memory, and I/O host bridges that are independent from any other hardware partitions. You can hot replace or add additional processors and memory to these partitions without restarting the server. This increases the reliability, availability, and serviceability of your servers; for example, you can replace a processor that shows signs of failing or add spare processors to a partition as demand increases.
• Windows Server 2008 R2 high availability program
  For customers whose business demands high levels of availability, Microsoft offers the Windows Server 2008 R2 high availability program. Microsoft developed this optional program to provide customers with mission-critical server requirements with high quality server hardware configurations, support for Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter, and change-management processes for the most reliable and complete Windows Server solutions. The Windows Server 2008 R2 high availability program provides the support you need to ensure maximum uptime for your applications.
• Advanced identity and access management
  Today, employees are doing more business in more places - and on a wider variety of devices. At the same time, information loss, whether via outright theft or accidental leakage, is a growing concern for many enterprises. To keep people productive while securely managing the flow of data across your organization through multiple devices in a security-enhanced environment, Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter delivers advanced identity and access management features. The authentication architecture in Windows Server 2008 R2 helps you guard against malicious software attacks and helps prevent data and confidential information from being distributed inappropriately.