So, now that Windows Server 2008 is released, what editions are available?
Here they are,
1) Windows Server 2008 Web
2) Windows Server 2008 Standard
3) Windows Server 2008 Enterprise
4) Windows Server 2008 Datacenter
And there is also an version for Itanium based systems.
Below is a comparison chart,
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I installed Windows Server 2008 in my Virtual PC hosted in my Vista Ultimate. Here is an walkthrough of the installation options and steps. One thing to note is that I did not enter Product Key and thus was taken to the screen of selecting which edition I want to install.
Another change I noticed from the Beta releases (I haven’t tried RC) is that the Administrator account was not given a password and we had to manually set it, but now, after installation, the first thing you are supposed to do is to set your Administrator account password
