A series of Windows operating systems designed for server use. For questions specific to a particular version of Windows Server, use a more specific tag such as [windows-server-2008-r2] or [windows-server-2016]. Questions about administering Windows Server systems that are specific to a business environment are off topic for Super User; please consider asking on Server Fault instead if your question is on topic there.
Windows Server is a brand name for a group of server operating systems released by Microsoft.
It includes all Windows operating systems that have "Windows Server" in their names, but not any other Microsoft product.
The first Windows server edition to be released with that brand was Windows Server 2003. However, the first server edition of Windows was Windows NT 3.1
Related tags
- windows-nt-4 1996, July 31.
- windows-server-2003 April 2003, a version of Windows released in 2003, designed for server use.
- windows-server-2008 February 2008 based on the Windows Vista codebase.
- windows-server-2008-r2 July 2009 is a fully new Operating System. It is only available in 64-bit versions.
- windows-server-2012 August 2012
- windows-server-2012-r2 October 2013
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