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That all depends on the programs you need to run on 2008 server.<br />

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That all depends on the programs you need to run on 2008 server.


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good luck finding a document.... are you looking at consolidating hardware (in which case hyper-V is the go) or the actualy number of server licenses ?
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good luck finding a document.... are you looking at consolidating hardware (in which case hyper-V is the go) or the actualy number of server licenses ?

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Looking for a best practices document for consolidation of 3 Windows 2003 servers into one 2008 server.
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Looking for a best practices document for consolidation of 3 Windows 2003 servers into one 2008 server.

Server consolidation Windows 2003 to Windows 2008

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.