Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Unleashed

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Windows Server 2008 R2 Operating System for SharePoint

The most optimal, secure, and performance-tuned operating system for SharePoint is Windows Server 2008 R2, which has built-in security enhancements to Kerberos and also handles client/server communications traffic better than previous versions of Windows, making it ideal to host SharePoint servers. For any new SharePoint farm deployments, you should highly consider the use of Windows Server 2008 R2 for these reasons where possible. An alternative to Windows Server 2008 R2 is Windows Server 2008 SP1.

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