Server Operating System
The Windows 2000 generation of server products marked a significant milestone in Microsoft's quest for true enterprise-scale products. With the prior NT 4.0 generation, there were still general-purpose business solutions that were beyond the reach of Microsoft's operating systems. The operating system also constrained the performance of SQL Server, preventing it from contending as the most powerful relational database. Nonetheless, SQL Server 7 was able to deliver excellent marks for cost effectiveness and manageability, even if it left a certain low percentage of potential users untouched.
With Windows 2000 and the concurrent growth in hardware to accompany it, Windows can scale to meet virtually any business need. It ...
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