Pros: I do own this software and I have installed widely on client's servers. I do a lot of contract server and Exchange work. The good is that it does install easily and it's pretty much bulletproof. No problems, doesn't blue screen out. Has version 2 of the Hyper-V servers and that's good.

Cons: OK, so the bad. It's Windows 8.1. Don't need the Metro interface to manage servers. I install Classic Shell the very first thing to get back to a start button and control panel. You just have to get to the nuts and bolts to configure servers. Ain't no way around it. Next, Powershell. I do a lot of things through the GUI simply because I have clients with 50 users, not 5000. Got 10000 users, sure let's do Powershell for mass creation and editing but leave the full GUI in for those small organizations that have 20 users. I learned command-line on DOS and CP/M so it's not bad for me to do Powershell but Powershell has way too many commands and switches to remember all of them. If I'm in a hurry, I'd rather do the GUI. I can click very fast.

Other Thoughts: AND HOWABOUT THOSE GOOFY COLORS???? BABY BLUE AND DARK GRAY FOR A DESKTOP? WHO DESIGNED THAT, SOME THREE YEAR OLD? The industry spent many years developing superb interfaces on 3D graphics cards. Make it pretty to look at not some baby's bedroom!

Pros: MS Window Server keeps getting better and better. It has come a long way from its NT4 days...

Cons: New Interface takes some time to get used to, but once you get used to it, you can get to things a lot faster.

Pros: this is just like windows 8 without the ambushmarketing dashboard, still have to spend hours configuring heads up
to look like ordinary Unix / xp dashboard

Cons: same old microsoft territorial dominance- can't pass go can't move unless simon sayz, have to pay money every time your processor farts, wouldn't it be nice if you could have a computer that doesn't sue you every time you earn money?

Other Thoughts: wouldn't it be nice if you could get one operating system for one computer instead of getting taxed, every time someone else logs on to it?