Windows Server Reviews

The solution integrates well with other platforms.

The solution could improve by making it more secure.

I have been using Windows Server for approximately 30 years.

The stability has been good.

We have approximately 100,000 customers.

The installation of the solution is becoming easier every year after new releases. The first installation can take an hour but you can use templates to make the installation very quick.

We have six to eight engineers that do the implementation and maintenance of the solution.

We are with Microsoft's Cloud Solution Provider Program and we pay for a monthly license for this use of this solution and we support our customer subscriptions. The overall price of the solution is good.

I would recommend this solution to others.

I rate Windows Server a seven out of ten.

I'm an ICT system engineer and we are customers of Microsoft. 

The most valuable part about nowadays Windows is PowerShell. They got serious and implemented a real console which was always lacking in Windows. 

Compared to Linux, Windows requires a lot of restarts. If you get a CU update every month, you have to restart. Linux is better in that regard. Sometimes the PowerShell has an overly complicated syntax. 

I'd like to see some more features in the Windows administration kit - the WAC. It's this new product you got on the server and if you have a website you can manage your entire machine. It's a pretty good product, but it's still lacking some features like reporting because it's always a problem to have a dashboard for all your Windows machines, because Microsoft wants you to buy SCCM and all their monitoring services. The WAC is pretty nice but it still lacks some features. It would be great if they would develop it further.

I've been using this solution for 20 years. 

It's pretty stable compared to the old Windows version, except sometimes there are problems with the CU updates. Maybe they should consider not employing so many updates and instead focus on the quality of the updates. 

From the numbers of CPU you can pop into your machine, it's really scalable, but you need to be aware that Windows still has problems with a lot of CPUs. Managing CPUs would likely be better in Windows compared to Linux. 

The initial setup is really straightforward, especially nowadays if you're using a WSUS server together with Microsoft deployment, you'll get it just perfect. It's faster than setting up the Linux box. 

I would recommend this solution but it depends on the software you are going to use it on.  When it's about a high performance web server, I would prefer Linux because you would choose to stick to engines as a web server and this product does not run very well on Windows, so you'd end up with Linux anyway.

I would rate this solution an eight out of 10. 

We use this solution for the deployment of virtual machines on Hyper-V.

We moved from having more than twelve physical servers to only five, reducing costs and improving the infrastructure during the process.

The most valuable feature of this solution is Hyper-V Live Migration for Critical applications.

It would be great to have support for direct USB recognition for the virtual machines. This will allow us to easily move files from a USB drive connected to our host to one of our VM's without having to mount and share a drive trough the network to move the files.

We use Windows Server for sharing files and running applications, for example, Microsoft Exchange for correspondence.

The solution could improve by being more user-friendly.

I have been using Windows Server for approximately three months.

The newer version of this solution is highly stable.

The solution is scalable.

We have approximately 50 users using the solution.

I have not needed to use the support.

We use Ubuntu Linux for some servers.

The solution is straightforward to install and took approximately 30 minutes.

Our IT department did the implementation of the solution. We have a team of engineers and administrators that do the implementation and maintenance.

I recommend this solution to others.

I rate Windows Server an eight out of ten.

The product is primarily used for applications, data storage, and communications. We also use it for the directory.

The solution is very user-friendly. 

The scalability is very good.

You can deploy the solution either on the cloud or on-premises. 

The solution needs more integration capabilities. 

I've been using the solution for 15 years at this point. It's been well over a decade. I've used it for a long time. 

The scalability of the solution is good. It's not a problem to expand it. 

Likely the entire company is using the solution, however, I cannot speak to exact numbers that are on the solution right now. 

I've never been in touch with technical support in the past. I cannot speak to how helpful or responsive they are. 

We did not previously use a different operating system.

I wasn't a part of the installation process. I can't speak to how straightforward or complex it was.

We have 12 to 15 team members that can handle deployment and maintenance tasks. There are a manager, an admin, and engineers.

I don't handle the licensing costs. I don't have any visibility as to how much the company pays for licenses. 

We use multiple deployment models, including on-premises and cloud. 

I'm not sure which version of the solution we're using. 

I'd recommend using the solution to other companies.

I'd rate the solution at an eight out of ten. 

We use this solution as our server application. Several applications are based on this operating system.

Windows server is easy to use.

Windows Server needs to introduce more dashboards.

A common user is not able to implement this solution. It could be simplified.

I have been using Windows Server for a couple of years.

We are using version 2019.

Windows Server is stable. I have no issues with the stability of the Windows Server.

We have 45 servers in our organization.

Technical support is good. We have no issues with the support of Microsoft.

We did not use any other solution.

It is quick and easy to install. 

The installation can take up to 45 minutes.

All technical people in our organization need to install Windows Server. Any IT engineer can deploy this solution. However, it cannot be set up by a regular user.

I completed the installation myself.

There is a licensing fee that is paid yearly. 

It is an expensive solution. 

I would recommend this solution to others who are interested in using it.

It is very popular, I would rate Windows Server a ten out of ten.

We use the solution for managing data base applications for client monitoring.

The solution could be more secure.

My company has been using Windows Server for ten years.

I feel the solution to be stable. 

The scalability is commensurate with what we are willing to pay for. 

We have not had experience with technical support. As we are in Indonesia, the fact that our application must follow the operating system can be problematic. 

We have an IT team which handles installation. I take care of the business aspects when it comes to customer relations. 

I do not recall how long installation took. 

We feel Windows Server to be very powerful and are not aware of solutions which can act as its replacement. 

We are an IT company and make both internal and external use of the solution, which we do as an integrator. 

We have a remote client boarder and they claim that replication is difficult. 

There are 1,500 users making use of the solution in my company. 

I would rate Windows Server as a six or six-point-five out of ten. 

It's easy to set up and deploy. 

It could be more secure. We don't like it because if you compare it to Linux, Linux is better. 

We have been using Windows Server for over 20 years.

Scalability depends on the project. We have more than 1,000 users in our organization.

The initial setup is straightforward. 

I don't install Windows Server by myself anymore. We have a full Department for that.

We pay for the license every month.

I would recommend this solution to potential users.

On a scale from one to ten, I would give Windows Server an eight.