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Our HR department wants a SQL server for their new person to use to do database work. &nbsp;We want to create a VMware server for him. &nbsp;What does he need to access this server from his desktop?<br />
Do I buy a standard edition for the server and a developers edition for his desktop? &nbsp;We don't want him to remote desktop to the server to work.<br />
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J
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Our HR department wants a SQL server for their new person to use to do database work.  We want to create a VMware server for him.  What does he need to access this server from his desktop?
Do I buy a standard edition for the server and a developers edition for his desktop?  We don't want him to remote desktop to the server to work.

J

Purchase/Installation of SQL Server 2008

Our HR department wants a SQL server for their new person to use to do database work.  We want to create a VMware server for him.  What does he need to access this server from his desktop?
Do I buy a standard edition for the server and a developers edition for his desktop?  We don&#39;t want him to remote desktop to the server to work.

J

The Microsoft Server topic includes all of the legacy versions of the operating system, including the Windows NT 3.1, NT 3.5, NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 and Windows Home Server versions.

Microsoft Server OS

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.