Windows Web Server 2008 R2 is a powerful Web application and services platform. Featuring Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.5 and designed exclusively as an Internet-facing server, it offers improved administration and diagnostic tools to help reduce infrastructure costs when used with a variety of popular development platforms. With included Web Server and DNS Server roles, as well as improved reliability and scalability, this platform allows you to manage the most demanding environments — from a dedicated Web server to an entire Web server farm.

• Windows Web Server 2008 R2 offers the following features and capabilities:
• Support for 32 GB of RAM
• Support for up to four x64 Sockets
• Internet Information Services 7.5
• Server Core Support
• Server Manager
• Windows Powershell 2.0

• Processor
• Minimum: 1.4 GHz (x64 processor)
• Note: An Intel Itanium 2 processor is required for Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-Based Systems
• Memory
• Minimum: 512 MB RAM
• Maximum: 8 GB (Foundation) or 32 GB (Standard) or 2 TB (Enterprise, Datacenter, and Itanium-Based Systems)
• Disk Space Requirements
• Minimum: 32 GB or greater
• Foundation: 10 GB or greater
• Note: Computers with more than 16 GB of RAM will require more disk space for paging, hibernation, and dump files
• Display
• Super VGA (800 × 600) or higher resolution monitor
• Other
• DVD Drive, Keyboard and Microsoft Mouse (or compatible pointing device), Internet access (fees may apply)