Just as with consumer-oriented versions of Windows, Windows Server comes in several different varieties to accommodate features useful to different types of users. Large businesses are willing to pay dearly for operating systems that support dozens of processors and thousands of users, but a small business would be loathe to pay the same price when all they want is to run a small volume web server. By creating multiple versions with different feature sets, Microsoft is able to maximize their profits by gaining both types of customers.
Yes, LDAP exists in both versions.
Windows 7, Windows server 2008 SP2 AKA R2.
Functional levels
Yes. All editions of Windows Vista have a 64-bit version available. There are also 64-bit versions of Windows Server 2003. Windows Server 2008, and Windows XP Professional.
Because server 2008 is more updated than server 2003.
The main difference between 2003 and 2008 is management and Virtualization.
because its time to change
In windows 7 First you go to control panel and then programs and features and select Microsoft MSSQL Server and select uninstall. It is the same in previous windows versions.
An unreleased Windows OS was codenamed Longhorn. When versions were released they were called Vista and Windows Server 2008.
IIS (Internet Information Services) is included with most newer versions of NT-based Windows, including Windows 2000, XP Professional, Windows Server 2003, Vista Business, and Windows Server 2008. It is not included in the home versions of XP or Vista, but can be installed manually.
Windows Server 2008 is the most recent release of Microsoft Windows' server line of operating systems. Released to manufacturing on 4 February 2008 and officially released on 27 February 2008, it is the successor to Windows Server 2003, released nearly five years earlier. Like Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 is built on the Windows NT 6.0 kernel. A second release, named Windows Server 2008 R2, is currently under development.
Just as with consumer-oriented versions of Windows, Windows Server comes in several different varieties to accommodate features useful to different types of users. Large businesses are willing to pay dearly for operating systems that support dozens of processors and thousands of users, but a small business would be loathe to pay the same price when all they want is to run a small volume web server. By creating multiple versions with different feature sets, Microsoft is able to maximize their profits by gaining both types of customers.