Windows Server 2008, 8 versions to be launched next year

November 13 news, according to foreign media reports, Microsoft announced on Monday this week that the next generation server operating system Windows Server 2008 will be available in eight editions and is scheduled for release on February 27, 2008.

Windows Server 2008 is the new generation of server operating systems following Windows Server 2003. It will be officially released on February 27, 2008. On Monday, Microsoft disclosed the editions and corresponding prices for Server 2008.

According to the report, Windows Server 2008 will be available in eight editions:

1. Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition ($999)

2. Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition - without Hyper-V ($971)

3. Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition ($3,999)

4. Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition - without Hyper-V ($3,971)

5. Windows Server 2008 Datacenter Edition ($2,999)

6. Windows Server 2008 Datacenter Edition - without Hyper-V ($2,971)

7. Windows Server 2008 Itanium Edition ($2,999)

8. Windows Web Server 2008 ($469)

The initial development code for Windows Server 2008 was "Longhorn." In May this year, Microsoft announced that Longhorn would be renamed to "Windows Server 2008."

"Longhorn" was the development code for Microsoft's next-generation server and desktop operating systems. As early as July 2005, Microsoft had renamed the next-generation desktop operating system Longhorn to "Windows Vista."