Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Activation Key

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Genuine license key of Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Full Version. The key can be used for both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. key issued directly by Microsoft 100% Genuine - Activate worldwide this key can be activated many times on the same computer.

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Intel¡¯s Itanium architecture provides the most scalable platform currently available for mission-critical Windows Server deployments. Systems based on the Itanium architecture often offer a variety hardware features that provide improved fault tolerance for mission-critical workloads. Itanium-based systems with Windows Server provide a fault-tolerant platform suitable for high-end RISC/UNIX system replacement, floating-point intensive applications, and applications that share data extensively among processes. Itanium processors utilize Intel¡¯s EPIC architecture. Unlike x64 processors, Itanium processors are not backwards compatible with traditional 32-bit x86 software. Itanium processors do allow certain 32-bit x86 software to run in emulation, but the performance of the software will be reduced. Backward compatibility is a key point differentiating Itanium from x86 and x64 architectures.

Windows Server 2008 R2 will be the last iteration to support the Intel Itanium processor

With the increasing scalability and additions of mission critical features of the x86-64 server platforms, customers are taking advantage of these new technologies available for industry standard servers, such as those coming to market built on both the newest Intel Xeon and AMD Opteron processors. In response to these changes Microsoft is streamlining our product portfolio. Therefore Windows Server 2008 R2, SQL Server 2008 R2 and Visual Studio 2010 will be the last versions of these products to support the Intel Itanium processor.

Per Microsoft Support Lifecycle Policy these current versions will continue to be supported via Mainstream Support until mid-2013 and Extended Support until mid-2018.
Microsoft is conscious of the enormous strategic asset that IT has become for our customers and we want to help protect their investments, therefore we will work closely with our customers and industry partners to try to mitigate any concerns with this product portfolio and policy stance. We will also offer migration guidance to help our customers migrate their IT infrastructures¡¯ to the newest industry standard x64 volume servers with Windows Server 2008 R2, SQL Server 2008 R2 and our Developer Tools