Windows Server 2008
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Windows Server 2008
Family
Windows Server 2008 Web Edition
Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition
Windows Server 2008 Datacenter Edition
Windows Server 2008 for Itanium based systems
Windows HPC Server 2008
Min. Requirements
CPU: 1GHz (x86) or 1.4GHz (x64)
Memory: 512MB
Disk Space: 10GB
Optical Drive: DVD-ROM
Display: 800x600 (SVGA)
Other: Keyboard and Mouse
Compatible Software
Abyss Web Server
Aras Innovator 8
ActivePerl 5.10
Adam 4.2.0
Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1
Adobe Flash Player
Adobe Keyserver
Advance Flow 4.5
Alachisoft NCache 3.2.1
ALVAO Helpdesk 2.6
Apache Tomcat 6
ASDIS Agent 5.2.1
BIS 2, BIS.AX 2, BIS.Center 2
BlueDragon for .NET 7.0.1
CA Arcserve 12
CA Storage Resource Manager
Centrify DirectControl Suite 4
Certify Guardian XM 2.3.21
Chroniker 4.6.7
Commerce Server 2007 6
DigiPede Network 2
DiskKeeper 2008 Server 12
EdiEnterprise 1.3
Enki Server 1.0
Enterprise Informics Eb 14.5.1
EOS eDocLib 2.1.0
Erp-Link iNet Document Management (for SAP)
Exact Synergy Enterprise 220
Exchange 2007 SP1
FalconStor Message Recovery
Forefront Security Server 1.0
Forefront Server Security 10.1
GraphWorX64 10
Guardian 2.3.21
InterScan Web Security Suite Win3.1.3
Kangyo-Bugyo V ERP 1.2.1
Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Windows Server Enterprise Edition 6
ILog Rule Execution Server for .NET
ISAPI Rewrite 3.1
Liquid Scenarios Server 2008
LiveLink ECM Enterprise Library Services 10
LongView Trading System 6.7
LS Server 2008 EFS Edition
Lotus Notes 7.0.3
ManageSoft Compliance Manager 7.9
McAfee Viruscan 8.5 with patch 5
Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 5.0
Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007
Mozilla Firefox 2
MTS - Meter Tracking System Service 1.0
MTS 2.3.2
.netProtect 1.5
Nintex Workflow 2007
nCipher Support Software 11.02
Office 2003 Professional
Ohkura Daijin 2008 LANPACK 1
OpusCapita 4
Oracle 10gR2 (except the Hyper-V versions)
.print Application Server Engine 7.6
Perfect Disk 2008
PI Server 3.4
PowerTerm WebConnect 5.6
Roxio Easy Media Creator Suite 10
Share-a-space 6
Shockwave Player
Sliq Harmony 2
SpikeSource Gallery
SQL Server 2005 SP2
SQL Server 2005 Express with SP2
SQL Server 2008
SuperOffice Caeser webCRM
Symantec Backup Exec 12
Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery 8
System Center Operations Manager 2007
System Center Data Protection Manager 2007
Visual KPI 3
VMWare Server 1.0.4
WampServer 2
Zend Core PHP 5
Works but has some issues
Sun Java 1.4.2 - Installs ok, may or may not work. Need more testing.
Sun Java 1.5.0 - Ok, but must install using 'Run as administrator'.
Sun Java 1.6.0u4 - Installs ok but applets do not load. Fixed itself when I installed Java 1.4.2!
Incompatible Software
Adobe Acrobat Reader 7 - Brings up incompatible with Vista dialog.
Cute FTP Server - Fails to install the FTP service.
Exchange 2003 - Brings up incompatible with Vista dialog. NNTP is not available!
NB: It is possible to manually installed the files to add the extra tabs to ADUC console.
ISA Server 2004 and 2006 - Not supported by Microsoft on 2008
Lotus Notes 6.5.6 - Not working at all
SQL Server 2000 - Does not work
System Center Reporting Manager - Not supported by Microsoft on 2008
Systems Management Server 2003 - Not supported by Microsoft on 2008
Software updates due to be released
Symantec Endpoint Protection 11 MR1 or later.
Drivers
Realtek AC'97 - Vista sound drivers will work on Windows 2008.
Realtek RTL8139 - Network drivers work ok.
SiS 650 - Some PCI/HD drivers work but will use generic SVGA graphics driver.
