Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard with SP1. Offering a secure and reliable platform to develop and deliver user-focused applications is Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2. IT professionals everywhere have praised this innovative software and its strong foundation for bringing flexibility and stability to their server infrastructure. I need an ISO, a Dell ISO for Windows Server 2008 Standard OEM 1-4 CPU. I have a COA available already with product number P73-04001. Any help would be appreciated.
I am considering ordering a new Windows server and was offered Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Foundation Edition, x64 as an available operating system. I have always purchased the full Standard Edition, but since the Foundation Edition is $500 cheaper, I am seriously considering ordering it instead. Does anyone have advice for or against Foundation Edition? It will be running a fairly small, single application in a workgroup, so it should not need most of the 'server' capabilities of the operating system. See for more information. You can download a comparison chart from a link at the bottom of the page.
Also, from 'Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation is available through original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) only on select single processor servers. You can purchase Windows server 2008 R2 Foundation from the listed OEMs below.' You may be able to get by with a single processor server but if its usage grows it is not going to be very useful. Even though you say 'a fairly small, single application' I'd be leery of the performance.
If you really don't need most of the server capabilities why buy a server os? How many people will be accessing the application?
Server 2008R2 Foundation is easily obtained on Ebay. Does anyone know if it checks the maker of the box before it will install.
In other words, can you install an HP edition on a non HP box that meets the requirements? Also, is the experience the same as one finds in Server 2008R2 Standard (except for the inherant limitations)? Can I install the Foundation edition with Active Directory and other roles and features and use what I learn to install and support standard server installations?I would be leery of buying it on Ebay as it says at: 'How To Buy Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation is available through original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) only on select single processor servers.
You can purchase Windows server 2008 R2 Foundation from the listed OEMs below.' At: 'Obtaining Windows Server 2008 Foundation Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation is only available preinstalled on server computers.
You cannot obtain installation media for Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation at retail locations.' Since it is supposed to be available only through OEMs it may be tied to a the BIOS of a specific machine. I can find nothing that says definitively either way. I bought Server 2008 after calling Microsoft Licensing. Since you can only get a 'branded' oem version I was curious if that could be used on a 'white box' server. Ther person at Microsoft said that it would be OK to install so I ordered it up.
(this was in 2010.) As it turns out I received IBM branded CD. The IBM Version failed to install on other hardware. I can confirm that Lenovo is BIOS specific as well. All was not lost however. I researched the issue and found out how to get around the problem. It required me to remove the BIOS compliance program. I was able to get it installed on non-proprietary systems.
It takes a while to figure it out but it works.
Windows licensing is confusing. The different generations of Windows Server, like 2003, 2008, 2012, are called 'Versions' by Microsoft. The different flavors of one version, like 2012 R2 Standard, Datacenter, Essentials, or Foundation, are called 'Editions' by Microsoft.
Not necessarily related to the version or edition, there are several license types. The four most common license types for Microsoft software are OEM, Retail, Volume, and Subscription. OEM licenses are only available included with the purchase of hardware. When you buy a computer or server and you get Windows or Windows Server pre-installed, you are getting an OEM license. You can also get Office or other Microsoft software with OEM licenses if you buy them bundled with a computer or server. Until Windows 8, OEM licenses included a sticker that was affixed to the computer that has a hologram and the activation key printed on it.
Windows 8 computers have the OEM activation built into the BIOS. Windows Server 2012 R2 OEM licenses still use a sticker. Retail licenses are pretty straightforward. This is the kind of license you get when you buy a box in a store. It is also more common these days to be able to buy a license online and download the software from Microsoft, and those downloadable products can be licensed retail.
You can also buy a retail box that only includes a download URL and an activation key. Retail boxed products also have stickers inside the box with activation keys. Volume licenses are intended for businesses purchasing five or more licenses. They are often bought through resellers, don't involve stickers, and these days do not usually include shipment of media. Most volume licenses are delivered via e-mail, with an agreement number that is entered into the Volume Licensing Service Center (VLSC) for activation.
Volume license customers can log on to the VLSC and download ISOs and get activation keys for products they have licenses for. Usually one volume license key can be used more than once to activate as many licenses of the products as has been purchased. Subscription licenses (mainly Office at this time) do not have activation keys. They are activated by entering account information into the software that is connected with a licensed account online. The primary use of subscription licenses for Microsoft products for businesses today is through Office 365.
To make matters even worse, there are two primary installation types (MSI and click-to-run), and a few different key 'silos'. A key or license 'silo' (my word for it) is a grouping of activation key and media/installer types that can be used interchangably. For instance, if you have an Office 2013 Pro Plus subscription license as part of an Office 365 E3 subscription, you can use that either for a click-to-run installer or an MSI installer from retail media.
In my experience, Volume licenses are in their own 'silo' and OEM licenses are in their own 'silo'. That means Volume keys must be used with Volume media, and you often need to use Volume media or installers downloaded from the VLSC to upgrade an in-place Volume product. In addition to having their own 'silo', OEM licenses are also permanently attached to the hardware that was purchased with the OEM license. So if you buy a server and you purchase Windows Server 2008 R2 with it, you will get a DVD, which is OEM media (sometimes vendor-specific, e.g. A Dell DVD won't work on HP), and a sticker with an OEM activation key. You won't be able to activate any other 'silo' of media (Retail or Volume) with the OEM key, and you won't be able to use a Volume or Retail key to activate the OEM media.
And it's also a license violation to install that license on any computer other than the one it shipped with. The 'sticker cannot be moved'.
If you want that hardware to run a different operating system in the future, you can replace the OEM license and software with a Volume or Retail license, but you can't use the OEM license on any other computer even if you're no longer using it on the computer you bought it with.