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Windows Server Partner Products

With 25 years expertise in software licensing and product knowledge, Grey Matter can help you understand what third party products you can utilise to improve your Server Environment.

Microsoft works closely with a number of specialist publishers that have the expertise to extend the functionality of the Microsoft developer tools and server products. These third party publishers typically provide components that can be dropped into your applications to reduce development time and minimise risk. Some also provide products that are tightly integrated with the Microsoft platform to provide additional functionality and performance benefits.

The Windows Server Backup feature provides a basic backup and recovery solution for computers running the Windows Server 2008 operating system. Windows Server Backup introduces new backup and recovery technology and replaces the previous Windows Backup (Ntbackup.exe) feature that was available with earlier versions of the Windows operating system.

However if you’re looking for a comprehensive backup solution try the featured products below that are certified by Microsoft as “works with", “designed for" or “created for" Windows Server 2008

Symantec Backup Exec for Windows Servers 12
Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery
CA ARCServe BackUp 12.0

Extend the efficency of your company by improving communication and collaboration:

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007

Providing high availability to mission-critical applications, services, and data is a primary objective of successful IT departments. To help in this task we have compiled a list of products that work with Windows Server 2008:

GFI MailEssentials for Exchange/SMTP
Microsoft BizTalk 2006
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007
Filemaker
Microsoft Commerce Server 2007
Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Sybase Advantage Database Server

Protecting the network is one of the toughest challenges in IT today. Network administrators must establish and enforce security policies that provide robust protection while being flexible enough to accommodate the connectivity needs of a growing number of internal and external users, device types, system configurations, and network connection type. Windows Server 2008 includes several additional security and policy enhancements. Here is a list of third party products which can help you make your network more secure.

Sophos Enteprise Security and Control
Symantec Multi-Tier Protection
Mcafee Total Protection for Enteprise
Trend Micro ScanMail for Microsoft Exchange
Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2006
Internet Security Systems RealSecure Server Sensor

Windows Server 2008 offers several new features to help deploy and manage servers easier, such as the new integrated Microsoft Management Control and Windows Power Shell. Grey Matter appreciate the need for tools to make life easier in the server room and in the office so we have compiled a list of our favourite tools:

Diskeeper 2008
Raxco Software Inc - PerfectDisk 2008
Double-Take Software – GeoCluster
EMC – Replistor
Quest Reporter
EMC - EmailXtender
Packeteer - IntelligenceCenter

Windows Server 2008, with Internet Information Services 7.0 (IIS 7.0), provides a security-enhanced, easy-to-manage platform for developing and reliably hosting Web applications and services. Detailed below are our list of third party products that integrate with Windows Server 2008 to deliver an advanced web experience.

New Atlanta Communications - BlueDragon for the Microsoft .NET Framework 7.0.1
Helicon Tech ISAPI/Rewrite 3
Ericom PowerTerm WebConnect HostView

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