Microsoft had to delay Server 2008’s appearance by years because of the change in the network security environment...a change for the worse. But once delivered, Server 2008 offered some very nice upgrades, and its “surprise” little sibling, Server 2008 R2, brought even more.
Hmmm, I wonder what Microsoft’s goals were in creating 2008 and R2. C’mon, this is an easy one. Microsoft basically has two goals in creating new versions of Server: to sell more Server licenses and to keep Windows Server a moving target so that Sun, Apple, Linux distros, and the other various Unix variants can’t catch up. Fortunately, however, in order to accomplish those goals, Microsoft has to offer us some new tools, and really, Microsoft needs to offer us some new tools that will solve the most annoying problems that the version of Server we currently use can’t solve. Server 2008 and R2’s new features basically fall into six categories:
Active Directory
New setup technologies
Changes to the underlying operating system
Networking changes
File and print services
Web-based services
And if you’re wondering why I haven’t included a bullet point with a name like “Changes to security,” that’s because better security was a major design goal in 2008 and, to a lesser extent, 2008 and 2008 R2 2008 R2; therefore, you’ll see that new and better security is “baked into” a large portion of these technologies, in addition to AD, the underlying OS, networking, file and print, and web-based features. AD Changes As you may know, Active Directory (AD) is in many ways the keystone piece of Windows networking, in other words, the central database of user and machine authentication data. Server 2008 and 2008 R2’s ADs include several useful new capabilities. Collectively, the new features simplify AD security and disaster recovery, offer new admin tools, and let us run our ADs more flexibly. Read-Only Domain Controllers As you may know ,domain controllers (DCs) are the set of distributed servers that hold the information needed for users to authenticate to services, and as such they are pretty valuable things. If a bad guy can get close enough to steal a DC, then he could—with time, tools, and luck—retrieve usernames and passwords, enabling him to then attack your network with ease.
Installing Windows Server 2008 r2
To Download the ISO of Server Click Here
Create a Virtual Machine or Insert Server Disk
!. Make sure to select your language and click next
2. Click install now
3. Click your disk and Click next
it will continue install itself. After Restarting , Now It will ask you to create new password
Create new password and login
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