Windows Server 2008

<p>Windows Server 2008, codenamed "Longhorn Server" (alternatives: "Windows Vista Server" or "Windows Server Vista"), is  the seventh major version of the <a href="/facts/Windows_NT/EtccWvxQ">Windows NT</a> <a href="/facts/Operating_system/8XTuvMh2">operating system</a> produced by <a href="/facts/Microsoft/nGIDDXdx">Microsoft</a> to be released under the <a href="/facts/Windows_Server/5t7XxyUV">Windows Server</a> brand name. It was <a href="/facts/Release_to_manufacturing/z4Q4RElA">released to manufacturing</a> on February 4, 2008, and generally to retail on February 27, 2008. Derived from <a href="/facts/Windows_Vista/IASEUCTB">Windows Vista</a>, Windows Server 2008 is the successor to <a href="/facts/Windows_Server_2003_R2/3vIJam5L">Windows Server 2003 R2</a> and the predecessor to <a href="/facts/Windows_Server_2008_R2/fphr15Tu">Windows Server 2008 R2</a>. It removed support for computers without <a href="/facts/ACPI/GnLLzfyr">ACPI</a>, and is the first version that includes <a href="/facts/Hyper-V/3Qm0yJsv">Hyper-V</a>.
</p><p>It is the last version of Windows Server that supports <a href="/facts/32-bit_computing/TDMVce8s">32-bit processors</a> (<a href="/facts/IA-32/7yTv1aHH">IA-32</a>).
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Windows Server 2008