Chapter 1. Windows Server 2008 Architecture
Any server operating system version upgrade involves changes to nearly every subsystem, and Windows Server 2008 is no exception. There have been kernel changes to allow for better processor virtualization, driver model changes to make drivers more stable and secure, a completely new TCP/IP protocol stack for better performance, a new graphics engine, and very significant changes to the Windows Class Libraries that give access to the Windows .NET Framework and Network Class Library. To a user learning Windows Server 2008, these changes underpin all of the new procedures that differentiate Windows Server 2008 and Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) from the previous versions of Windows Server 2003 and Windows ...
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