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Microsoft Servers (previously called Windows Server System) is a brand that encompasses a line of Microsoft server products. This includes the server editions of Microsoft Windows operating system itself, as well as products targeted at the wider business market. Unlike Microsoft's Dynamics or Office product lines, most of the products sold under this brand are not intended to be line-of-business services in and of themselves.

[edit] Servers

As of December 2006, the lineup of Windows Server System software includes:

BizTalk Server – Business process design and integration tools
Commerce Server – E-Commerce portal
Exchange Server – E-mail and collaboration server
Internet Information Server (IIS) – Web server
Forefront – Comprehensive line of business security products
Host Integration Server – Data and management connector between Windows environments and mainframe systems such as AS/400
Identity Integration Server – Identity management product
ISA Server – Firewall and caching web-proxy, known as Microsoft Proxy Server in its earlier iterations
Speech Server – Speech applications for automated telephone systems, including voice recognition
SQL Server – Relational Database Management and business intelligence server
Virtual Server – Virtualization of operating systems
Windows Compute Cluster Server – High performance computing server
Windows Home Server – Home server operating system
Windows Server – Server operating system
Windows Server Update Services – Software update services for Windows and other applications
Windows Essential Business Server - Server offering for mid-size businesses
Windows Small Business Server – Windows Server and additional technologies
Windows Storage Server – File server-focused edition of Windows Server, with built-in back-up tools

[edit] Microsoft Office server products

Some of the products included in the Windows Server System product branding are designed specifically for interaction with Microsoft Office. These include:

Forms Server – Server-based electronic forms
Groove Server – Collaboration server; works in conjunction with Groove
Communications Server – Instant messaging and presence server, integration with telephone PBX systems. Integrates with Office Communicator
Project Server – Project management and resource allocation services; works as the server component to Microsoft Project
SharePoint Server (MOSS), formerly Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server – Intranet portal server facilitating publishing, searching, and sharing of information.
PerformancePoint Server – Business performance management server
Search Server - Enterprise search server

[edit] Microsoft System Center

Microsoft System Center is a set of server products aimed specifically at helping corporate IT administrators manage a network of Windows Server and client desktop systems. When first introduced, the "System Center" brand included products from the Windows Server System line, but has since evolved to include new products.

As of March 2009, this line of products includes:

System Center Essentials 2007 – Combined features of Operations Manager and Windows Software Update Service (WSUS), aimed at small and medium sized businesses
System Center Capacity Planner 2007 – Provides purchasing and best-practice capacity planning guidance
System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 – Configuration management, hardware/software asset management, patch deployment tools for Windows desktops (previously Systems Management Server)
System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 – Continuous data protection and data recovery
System Center Operations Manager 2007 – Services and application monitoring
Reporting Manager
System Center Service Manager – Ties in with SCOM, SCCM for asset tracking as well as incident, problem, change and configuration management (code name Service Desk)
System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 – Virtual machine management and datacenter virtualization.
System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 – Mobile device management (PDAs, smartphones, etc.)

[edit] Other technologies

Some technologies that Microsoft has shipped separately from the Windows Server line of operating systems have been incorporated into the operating system itself. These include:

[edit] Discontinued server products

Services for UNIX - SFU for Windows XP Pro and Windows Server 2003 only
Microsoft Application Center – Deployment of web applications across multiple servers. Some of its capabilities are now in System Center.
Microsoft BackOffice Server
Content Management Server – Web site content management and publishing. Merged into Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server.
Microsoft SNA Server – replaced by Microsoft Host Integration Server
Microsoft Site Server – replaced by Microsoft Commerce Server
Microsoft Proxy Server – replaced by Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server (ISA Server)

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