Why do many companies use Windows Server?

Question

Windows Server

Why do many companies prefer Windows as a server OS.
No, I don't want to stir up a "Linux vs Windows" holivar. On the Internet, even without me, there are a lot of questions like "Why windows and not linux". And answers to nicknames like "why a tomato and not a cucumber"
I, however, want an objective answer why companies are willing to pay a round sum to Microsoft, and what they get from it (which others don't have).

Answer 1

Because the domain and policies. Plus, if you have the skill, then all sorts of certification servers, rdp, sharepoint and many other paid and free technologies.

Answer 2

the main one, most likely, is the "entry threshold". It takes much less effort and time to deploy the infrastructure, while the system interface is familiar from workstations, there is a concept where to poke, unlike niks

Answer 3

As Aleksey S. quite rightly said - the threshold of entry.
- A lot of manuals, where everything is written down to the most stupid level, which does not require, in general, even an understanding of what you are doing.
- All-in-one interface
- Familiar GUI buttons, pens, tweeters and fakes
All this turns into a faster start of services. True, later it may turn out that MS cannot, it never could, and it can but for money, but in offices "three tables, two chairs" where everything is pirated, they usually don't think about it.
This does not mean at all that MS Server is bad. There are tasks with which he copes well, there are even those in which he confidently leads

Answer 4

1. A lot of people still don't buy a server, but use it illegally - for free.
2. You exaggerate the cost of the server and the financial capabilities of firms. For many, this is a penny.
3. Many people are very good at counting money. In terms of total cost of ownership, Windows-based solutions are cheaper due to the greater distribution of admins and the large number of developed application software.
4. There is specific software that is well tuned for Windows, or generally only for Windows.
5. For use in large organizations, Windows has been sharpened best of all for 15 years already - group policies, etc. best developed.

Answer 5

It's just that an infrastructure of this magnitude, single-vendor, stable, with 24/7 support, doesn't exist anymore. Linux and so on - save a lot of money, while "someone" does "something" to you - in the vast majority of cases, this is customization, from the point of view of that very "someone". And when the economy grows to a rather serious size, it becomes normal to manage it, not only inconveniently, but practically impossible. And if you also lose this "someone" - you have such problems, for the sake of avoiding which you are already ready to give more than MS wanted, but the train left.

Answer 6

Windows Server is often held up due to old or incompatible software: for example, we still successfully use the custom configuration 1C: Accounting 7.7, it performs all its tasks, users are used to it, so at the moment there is no point in changing.
Well also there is an opinion that screw administrators are cheaper. Although in fact a truly qualified win-admin and lin-admin are equally expensive :)

Answer 7

1. For most, it is much more familiar and rarely does anyone want to deal with opensource solutions on their own. The same Active Direcory - everything is ready, take it and use it in a few mouse clicks and a couple of reboots. Although I myself love the transparency of work and settings, with which Microsoft products strained.
2. In addition to the previous paragraph, Windows Server of any edition can be bought on torrents (I do not approve and shy away), that is, you can get an easily raised corporate infrastructure "for free". Unfortunately, in our country there is no culture of using paid software.