Version of the Windows NT operating system | |
Developer | Microsoft |
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OS family | Windows Server |
Source model | |
Released to manufacturing | February 4, 2008[1] |
General availability | February 27, 2008[1] |
Latest release | Service Pack 2 with March 19, 2019 or later update rollup (6.0.6003)[2] / March 19, 2019 |
Marketing target | Business |
Update method | Windows Update, Windows Server Update Services, SCCM |
Platforms | IA-32, x86-64, Itanium |
Kernel type | Hybrid (Windows NT kernel) |
Default user interface | Windows shell (Graphical) |
License | Proprietary commercial software |
Preceded by | Windows Server 2003 (2003) |
Succeeded by | Windows Server 2008 R2 (2009) |
Official website | Windows Server 2008 |
Support status | |
Mainstream support ended on January 13, 2015[3] Extended support ended on January 14, 2020[3] Paid updates; only for Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter volume licensed editions:[4][5] ESU (Extended Security Updates) support ended on January 10, 2023, for non-Azure & January 9, 2024, for Azure.[6][3] Grandfathered[7] Premium Assurance security update support until January 13, 2026.[8][9] See § Paid extended updates for details. |
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Windows Server 2008, codenamed "Longhorn Server", is the seventh release of the Windows Server operating system produced by Microsoft as part of the Windows NT family of the operating systems. It was released to manufacturing on February 4, 2008, and generally to retail on February 27, 2008. Derived from Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 is the successor of Windows Server 2003 and the predecessor to Windows Server 2008 R2.
Windows Server 2008 removed support for processors without ACPI. It is the first version of Windows Server that includes Hyper-V and is also the final version of Windows Server that supports IA-32-based processors (also known as 32-bit processors). Its successor, Windows Server 2008 R2, requires a 64-bit processor in any supported architecture (x86-64 for x86 and Itanium).
As of July 2019, 60% of Windows servers were running Windows Server 2008.[10]
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