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Windows vs Windows Server

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Mar 15, 202630043 views
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How does Windows Server differ from any other Windows, say Windows XP? Does it have an inbuilt server of some kind? I can always start a server on any Windows machine, so I don't understand what Windows Server OS is for?

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Windows Server is built on the same codebase as the workstation OS. 2003 is based on XP, 2008 on Vista, 2008 R2 on 7. There are still plenty of differences though. Licensing - This is probably one of the larger differences. Consumer version of Windo…

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