Windows Server 2008
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Key facts
- Developer
- Microsoft
- Os family
- Windows Server
- Source model
- Closed-source Source-available (through Shared Source Initiative )
- Released to manufacturing
- February 4, 2008 ; 18 years ago ( 2008-02-04 )
- General availability
- February 27, 2008 ; 18 years ago ( 2008-02-27 )
- Latest release
- Service Pack 2 with January 2026 monthly update rollup (6.0.6003.23717) / January 13, 2026 ; 4 months ago ( 2026-01-13 )
- Marketing target
- Business
- Update method
- Windows Update , Windows Server Update Services , SCCM
- Supported platforms
- IA-32 , x86-64 , Itanium
- Kernel type
- Hybrid ( Windows NT kernel )
- Default user interface
- Windows shell ( Graphical )
- License
- Proprietary commercial software
- Preceded by
- Windows Server 2003 (2003)
- Succeeded by
- Windows Server 2008 R2 (2009)
- Official website
- Windows Server 2008 (archived at Wayback Machine )
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
Windows Server 2008, codenamed "Longhorn Server" is the seventh major version of the Windows NT operating system produced by Microsoft to be released under the Windows Server brand name. It was released to manufacturing on February 4, 2008, and generally to retail on February 27, 2008. Derived from Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 is the successor to Windows Server 2003 R2 and the predecessor to Windows Server 2008 R2. It removed support for computers without ACPI, and is the first version that includes Hyper-V.
It is the last version of Windows Server that supports 32-bit processors (IA-32).