Compare Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition OEM (2 Processor/s) to Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition OEM (25 Client/s, 1 Server/s)

Designed for building and hosting Web applications, Web pages, and XML Web services, Windows Server 2003, Web Edition, delivers a single-purpose solution for Internet service providers, application developers, and others wishing only to use or deploy specific Web functionality. Web Edition takes advantage of improvements in Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0, Microsoft ASP.NET, and the Microsoft .NET Framework. ??As with every member of the Windows Server 2003 family, Windows Server 2003, Web Edition, is built on industry standards that allow organizations to extend existing Web applications and quickly develop new ones. Web developers not only can build Web pages, but also Web services that can communicate with other platforms using standards-based interfaces like XML and SOAP. This level of cost-effective application development encourages business productivity, flexibility, and increases business solution opportunities. Less

Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition offers significant reliability, scalability, and manageability improvements compared to Windows 2000 Advanced Server and is capable of supporting mission-critical workloads in enterprise data centers. Windows Server 2003 includes all the functionality customers expect from a mission-critical Windows server operating system, such as scalability, reliability, and availability. ??The Windows Server 2003 family provides scalability through scale-up, enabled by symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) and scale-out, enabled by clustering. Internal tests indicate that, compared to Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003 delivers up to 140 percent better performance in the file system and significantly better performance in various other features including Microsoft Active Directory service, Web server and Terminal Server components as well as networking services. Windows Server 2003 scales from single processor solutions all the way up to 128-way systems. ... Less