Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2008 is the most recent release of Microsoft Windows's server line of operating system.
Released on February 27, 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.
It was known as Windows Server Codename "Longhorn" until May 16, 2007, when Microsoft chairman Bill Gates
announced its official title (Windows Server 2008) during his keynote address at WinHEC.
Beta 1 was released on July 27, 2005,
Beta 2 was announced and released on May 23, 2006 at WinHEC 2006 and
Beta 3 was released publicly on April 25, 2007.
Release Candidate 0 was released to the general public on September 24, 2007 and
Release Candidate 1 was released to the general public on December 5, 2007.
Windows Server 2008 was released to manufacturing on February 4, 2008 with the official launch planned for February 27, 2008.
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