Windows Server Reviews

The product is stable. It's reliable. 

Microsoft is a trusted brand and I enjoy working with it.

The graphical user interface could be better. It's a little dated. 

I do not like Microsoft's intrusive policies. 

We've used Windows Server for quite a long time. We've used it since around the 2012 version at least. 

The stability of the product is relative. Certain services are better handled by the Microsoft system. For example, the active directory. Microsoft Hyper-V, we use in many, many cases. However, with Linux systems, we don't have the ability to use some features of these systems. For example, with the authentication server, we use the Windows Server in most cases. If we do that, it's stable.

We have 100 people, more or less, on the solution.

We have technical support. We pay in order to have access to them.

I'm also familiar with Linux, although I prefer Windows.

I wasn't a part of the initial setup. It was already in place when I arrived at the company.

I was not involved in the acquisition of the solution, so I do not have exact details about the pricing.

We do pay for technical support. We have that until December and then we will need to re-subscribe. 

We are a public company, a government company, and, due to legislation, most of the time, we can't simply choose a vendor. If we need to acquire a contract solution, we make a technical study where the features are evaluated and the final specifications are always based on features, not on vendors, or manufacturers.

We are service providers. We are implementers and sometimes we do the plans of the implementation.

We are a customer of Windows Server. Our company has an active contract for technical support as well.

We use the current version and past versions too in a hybrid environment.

The local infrastructure is hybrid in the sense of we maintain a large spectrum of systems. For example, legacy systems are on the same infrastructure as a Windows Server 2019, for example. Basically, legacy systems are on the same network as the most recent system.

I'm note of a Windows guy than a Linux guy. I like this product.

I'd rate the solution at an eight out of ten.

We use this solution for many purposes, such as managing user accounts in Active Directory, storage, hosting applications, and remote server access.

The most valuable features of this solution are its performance, flexibility, and functionality.

I have been using Windows Server for approximately 16 years.

The solution is stable.

There are five people using the solution in my organization.

I am currently still using Windows 10.

The installation is straightforward and it took 45 minutes.

I did the implementation myself and we have one engineer that does the maintenance of the solution.

The price of the solution is expensive, and there are many price options available, such as monthly or perpetual licenses.

I would recommend this solution.

I rate Windows Server a ten out of ten.

We use this solution for business applications.

It's user-friendly.

The security is not good. Windows Server has never been secure. You have put firewalls in place and do other things such as installing anti-virus software to secure Windows, otherwise, it won't work well.

Windows will never be secure, but it should be.

We have been using this solution for several years from 2008 to version 2015. We use it extensively.

Technical support is fair. It's okay.

It is very easy to install.

It doesn't take very much time at all, it's very easy, just click until it's finished.

I completed the installation myself.

It is priced very well and we pay an annual license fee.

It's not very expensive when compared to Linux.

We plan to continue to use this solution and would recommend it to others who are interested in using it.

I would rate Windows Server a seven out of ten.

Windows Server can be used for any kind of application. It is an operating system that supports enterprise applications. There is no application that doesn't go with Windows.

It could be more stable. Windows has certain problems that Unix platforms don't have. It requires more administrative effort as compared to Unix. I don't know why Microsoft has not changed that. It generates a lot of trash data, so slowly and steadily, you find more and more space being utilized. There is some kind of administrative load, which doesn't happen with Unix.

I have been using this solution for many years.

It is stable, but its stability can be better.

We have a maximum of 50 or 60 users. 

We didn't use their support much. 

It was very easy to install. The time period for installation depends on the complexity. If we want to simply install with the default option, it doesn't take much time. If you want to enable all of the service options that Windows provides, such as SNMP, it will take longer. If you have to install IAS and all such things, it will take time.

I would recommend this solution to others. We plan to keep using it.

I would rate Windows Server a seven out of ten.

We started virtualizing servers to reduce the number of physical servers and to optimize the data center. We started with standalone installations of the Hyper-V server and synchronized with our virtual machine. After that, we built a cluster and all of the VMs were hosted in that environment.

The organization spent a lot of money buying a large number of physical machines, which made up the workspace. With a physical machine, it is easy to incur damage with hardware faults, such as the loss of a disk or another component. With a cluster environment, we obtain an HA solution.

We like all of the features connected with sharing resources, typical of a Hyper-V cluster manager. Several of these further stand out, including:

• The ability to Hot Add resources to the VM.
• The ability to work on the physical server without disconnecting services.
  
• Provides workspaces for the entire organization with fewer resources.

One area that needs improvement is the management console. It seems very easy to use but it is not as powerful as those of other vendors, such as VMware. Their solution allows for operation in a more granular and simpler way. For example, there is a wizard to migrate a VM from one node to another, or from one datastore to another.

We hosted servers on the solution. We installed programs and services on it such as Azure, an ERP product.

The solution is easy to use mostly but some features can be hard to understand for customers.

I have been using the solution for some time now and I have done so in the past year.

I would say Microsoft operating systems are more stable now than they were before, they have made some improvements over the years.

We have approximately 2000 users using the solution.

Windows server installation can be easy but it depends on what your needs are. If you built a huge platform, you can have some difficulties. On the other hand, if you use some simple build with, for example, services like IAS, it can be easily installed and you might be fine with the standard edition of Microsoft Server.

Microsoft has done a great job with Windows. Nothing is perfect, there is always going to be some issues with software at some point but when there are problems they are normally fixed easily. 

I would recommend this solution to others.

I rate Windows Server a seven out of ten.

We use Windows Server for sharing files and running applications, for example, Microsoft Exchange for correspondence.

The solution could improve by being more user-friendly.

I have been using Windows Server for approximately three months.

The newer version of this solution is highly stable.

The solution is scalable.

We have approximately 50 users using the solution.

I have not needed to use the support.

We use Ubuntu Linux for some servers.

The solution is straightforward to install and took approximately 30 minutes.

Our IT department did the implementation of the solution. We have a team of engineers and administrators that do the implementation and maintenance.

I recommend this solution to others.

I rate Windows Server an eight out of ten.

We use this solution to run our applications and overall our day-to-day activities.

Windows Server is a good solution.

It is easy to use.

There is a need for improved security.

I have been using Windows Server for four or five years.

Windows Server is a stable solution.

Window Server is a scalable product.

We have approximately 400 users in our organization.

We have not contacted technical support. We are able to resolve issues.

We are also using the Linux Server.

It is easy to install Windows Server.

It took three to four hours to install.

We have a team of three engineers to complete the installation and maintain it.

Our licensing fees are paid on a yearly basis.

I would recommend this solution to others.

I would rate Windows Server an eight out of ten.