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Windows server products history
The public caught the first glimpse of a new type of Microsoft Windows® operating system in August 1991, when Windows Advanced Server for LAN Manager was demonstrated at a developers conference. By the time it launched two years later, the product had been renamed Microsoft Windows NT® and marked the first appearance of the Windows Server operating system. It quickly became known for its support of high-performance servers, advanced workstations, and client/server computing.
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Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1 was designed as a dedicated server operating system for client/server environments |
Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1 was launched in
July 1993 as a dedicated server for a client/server
environment. It provided the power, scalability,
enhanced fault tolerance, and standards-based
interoperability required for enterprise computing.
Microsoft promoted Windows NT Advanced Server as
an application server for Novell NetWare, Banyan
VINES, and Microsoft networks, capable of providing a
platform for sophisticated business solutions such as financial, accounting, and vertical applications. As an application server, Windows NT Advanced Server was also a powerful platform for database servers such as Microsoft SQL Server™, communications servers such as Microsoft SNA Server, and mail servers such as Microsoft Mail.
For network management, Windows NT Advanced Server provided customers with centralized security and server management, along with graphical tools to manage multiple systems as well as a single logon for enterprise users. In addition, it could run all the applications created for desktop Windows versions.
1994: Windows nt Server 3.5
The next release of Windows NT Server was built on the stability of version 3.1, but with greatly enhanced processing speed and improved connectivity to other systems, particularly in Novell NetWare and UNIX environments.
Enhancements included new administration tools, improved client software configuration, an auto-reboot and dump facility, better tools for NetWare, and better remote access capabilities.
1995: Windows nt Server 3.51
This incremental release of Windows NT Server in June 1995, included a tool to help customers manage Client Access Licenses (CALs) for a suite of server products called the Microsoft BackOffice® family. This release also featured a utility that enabled over-the-network installation of Windows 95.
1996: Windows nt Server 4.0
With this upgrade, Windows NT Server gained the popular look and feel of Windows 95 and added many advanced features for business and technical users. Enhancements included:
Higher network throughput.
Faster file and print services.
Robust application support.
Standards-based communications features.
An integrated Web server, Internet Information Server (IIS) 2.0.
Support for the Microsoft FrontPage® Web editing and management tool.
A toolset for developing and managing intranets.
Subsequent service packs and option packs offered additional features, including public-key and certificate authority functionality, smart card support, improved symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) scalability, clustering capabilities, and component object model (COM) support.