An Overview of Windows Server 2008 R2 & Best Features

Microsoft introduced windows server 2008 R2 as a server operating system in September 14, 2009 with seven editions. Windows server 2008 R2 was built on the Windows NT 6.1 kernel which was also used for Windows 7. It was the first server operating system which was introduced for 64-bit operating system. It was launched with new enhanced Active directory, new virtualization and management features, also support for the 256 logical processors. We are going to discuss about features of Microsoft windows server 2008 r2, versions and issues with their solutions.

Windows Server 2012 R2 Editions

Editions of Windows Server 2008 R2

Windows server was launched in seven different versions are given below:

Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard
Windows Server 2008 R2 Web
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise
Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter
Windows Server 2008 R2 Itanium
Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation
Windows Server 2008 R2 HPC

Features of Windows Server 2008 R2

First Server OS Supports 64-Bit

Windows Server 2008 R2 was the first server based operating system which was compatible with 64-bit architecture.

Core Parking to Manage Power

Windows Server 2008 R2 introduced a new functionality of Core Parking which enables improved power management by suspending OS cores which are not in use.

Active Directory Administrative Center

Server 2008 R2 was launched with a new active directory administrative center with a great feature named as new Active directory Recycle Bin. This Active Directory is built on PowerShell so it's all actions are scriptable.

Live Migration with Hyper-V

A new Hyper-V was introduced with Windows Server 2008 R2 with a new feature where VMs are able to address up to 32 cores per VM, and TCP offload and Jumbo Frames provides improved networking performance. Live migration is the most anticipated feature in R2 which improves the VM availability to move between hosts with no downtime.

PowerShell 2.0

PowerShell introduced with some enhanced features such as WMI cmdlets and support for running script on remote system. Server 2008 R2 has a new graphical PowerShell user interface for developing and debugging scripts.

Windows Server 2008 R2 Issues & Solution

Windows Server 2008 R2 users are using different versions of operating system but users are facing some issues with it such as unexpected restarts, Active Directory failed, system hangs for hours and much more. These issues occurs due to security problems and make the system files inaccessible and sometimes may be corrupt or permanently delete. Due to these issues users may lost their important data and can't get back then they should need to recover files from their backup. In case there is no backup then users may try Windows server 2008 R2 File Recovery Software to get back permanently deleted files or repair corrupted and inaccessible files.