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a file &nbsp;server &nbsp;delivers files to many users, an application server makes applications—often custom-built applications—available to multiple concurrent users.
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a file  server  delivers files to many users, an application server makes applications—often custom-built applications—available to multiple concurrent users.

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Application servers give you the ability to run a services from certain servers instead of installing all the services needed to run a application on all the clients this allows for less configuration plus allows the servers to take most of the load of service the request instead of the clients.<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_server" rel="ugc">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_server</a><br />
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File servers are servers that hold files and folders of information to allow access to by multiple users. This is a central location for this data. You can then backup one server instead of multiple clients.
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Application servers give you the ability to run a services from certain servers instead of installing all the services needed to run a application on all the clients this allows for less configuration plus allows the servers to take most of the load of service the request instead of the clients.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_server [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_server]

File servers are servers that hold files and folders of information to allow access to by multiple users. This is a central location for this data. You can then backup one server instead of multiple clients.

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I want to be able to extend Applications from the server to each user account in Windows 2008 and I am a little unsure what the difference between an Application Server and File Services is.<br />
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Any help would be great.<br />
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Thanks.
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I want to be able to extend Applications from the server to each user account in Windows 2008 and I am a little unsure what the difference between an Application Server and File Services is.

Any help would be great.

Thanks.

What is the difference between file services and an application server?

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.