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Microsoft provides a free trial / evaluation download for 180 days of their powerful and most stable Server OS – Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2. This download is available as two ISO image files which need to be burnt on two CDs.
Free Download of Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 is available for both Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition. Link for download is given below.

Link for download of 2 ISO image files for Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2.

You may have to register to get the product key for installation if required. Click here to Register and get key.

I found this link while working on a recent project where we had to evaluate some web apps network performance on Windows. We did not had a Windows server, nor we were in position to buy a licence. Thats when we found that Microsoft offers free download for 180 days trial or evaluation) of Windows Server 2008 R2.
Windows Server 2008 R2 download is available as a consolidated ISO image for English, German, Japanese, French, Spanish, and Chinese. Link for download is given below.
Free download of Windows Server 2008 R2 180 evaluation.

You will have to register as an IT Professional or a Developer to get the download image.

This article is a result of a Google vs. Microsoft vs. Apple debate with few of my friends. Just about everyone wants to hate Microsoft saying that they always release buggy products that frustrate people rather than giving joy of using them. My argument is that not everything that comes out of Microsoft is hated by people. There are good number of products from Microsoft which people love to use. So here is yet another ‘Top 10 Best Products of Microsoft’ list. This list consists of products which people are passionate about, products which have been loved by users. Note: This list is not is any given order.

1. Xbox and Kinect:

Ever met an unhappy Xbox user? I have only met Xbox fans. People love Xbox. Its an awesome gaming system with superb multimedia graphics. It’s not just loved by players but also by the game developers. It is one of the best platforms to develop on. In fact it’s so good that most of the multiplatform games have been native to Xbox 360 and then ported to the rest of the platforms. It has the best game library of 3 the most popular games consoles in the market today.

2. Windows XP (with SP2):

Perhaps this is the only Windows OS that people love. Every other Windows (including Windows 95, 98, ME (pathetic), Vista) have been disliked by the people. XP is so good that I still use it as my primary operating system. I have used both Vista and Windows 7, and then gone back to XP. It is fast, stable, does not hang, fairly secure (with a decent anti-virus) and just runs all my programs I ever need. That’s what an OS should be.
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