![]() Volume licensing customers with an existing Software Assurance (SA) contracts were able to download Windows Server 2008 R2 on August 19 via the Volume License Service Center.Microsoft Partner Program (MPP) gold/certified members were able to download Windows Server 2008 R2 through the MPP portal on August 19.Developers with MSDN subscriptions have been able to download and obtain product keys for Windows Server 2008 R2 in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish starting August 14 and all remaining languages starting August 21.IT professionals with TechNet subscriptions were able to download Windows Server 2008 R2 and obtain product keys for English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish variants beginning August 14 and all remaining languages beginning August 21. ![]() Independent software vendor (ISV) and independent hardware vendor (IHV) partners have been able to download Windows Server 2008 R2 from MSDN starting on August 14.The remaining languages were available around August 11. OEMs received Windows Server 2008 R2 in English and all language packs on July 29.Īccording to Windows Server Blog, the following are the dates of the year 2009 when Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 has been made available to various distribution channels: On May 5, 2009, the release candidate was made available to the public via the Microsoft download center. On April 30, 2009, the release candidate was made available to subscribers of TechNet and MSDN. Two days later, the beta was released to the public via the Microsoft Download Center. On January 7, 2009, a beta release of Windows Server 2008 R2 was made available to subscribers of Microsoft's TechNet and MSDN programs, as well as those participating in the Microsoft Connect program for Windows 7. Microsoft introduced Windows Server 2008 R2 at the 2008 Professional Developers Conference as the server variant of Windows 7, based on the Windows NT kernel. A home server variant called Windows Home Server 2011 was also released. Seven editions of Windows Server 2008 R2 were released: Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server and Itanium, as well as Windows Storage Server 2008 R2. Its successor, Windows Server 2012, requires a processor with PAE, SSE2 and NX, in any supported architecture. Windows Server 2008 R2 is the final version of Windows Server that includes Enterprise and Web Server editions, the final that got a service pack from Microsoft and the final version that supports IA-64 and processors without PAE, SSE2 and NX (although a 2018 update dropped support for non-SSE2 processors). It is built on the same kernel used with the client-oriented Windows 7, and is the first server operating system released by Microsoft which dropped for support 32-bit processors, a move which was followed by the consumer-oriented Windows 11 in 2021. It is the successor to Windows Server 2008, which is derived from the Windows Vista codebase, released the previous year, and was succeeded by the Windows 8-based Windows Server 2012.Įnhancements in Windows Server 2008 R2 include new functionality for Active Directory, new virtualization and management features, version 7.5 of the Internet Information Services web server and support for up to 256 logical processors. It was released to manufacturing on July 22, 2009, and became generally available on October 22, 2009, shortly after the completion of Windows 7. Windows Server 2008 R2, codenamed "Windows Server 7", is the fifth version of the Windows Server operating system produced by Microsoft and released as part of the Windows NT family of operating systems. Installing Service Pack 1 is required for users to receive updates and support after April 9, 2013. The program is included with Microsoft Azure purchases, and offers Azure customers an additional year of support, until January 9, 2024. ![]() This program allowed volume license customers to purchase, in yearly installments, security updates for the operating system until January 10, 2023, only for Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter volume licensed editions. Windows Server 2008 R2 is eligible for the paid ESU (Extended Security Updates) program. Mainstream support ended on January 13, 2015. com /en-us /previous-versions /windows /it-pro /windows-server-2008-R /dd349801(v=ws. Windows Update, Windows Server Update Services, SCCMĬommercial software ( Retail, volume licensing, Microsoft Software Assurance)ĭocs. Service Pack 1 with security update rollup (.24499) / March 19, 2019 4 years ago ( )
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