Microsoft takes sophisticated tools and applications and makes them usable and affordable, so that any size company can take advantage of a complete suite of server utilities and applications. The complexity of NOS forces a simple overview of the features and benefits.Īlthough Linux offers a free download and a plethora of available features to function as a NOS, the most attractive aspect of this Microsoft product is the monolithic support structure and community.
There are only a few popular choices – Novell, UNIX, Linux, and Windows. It offers applications and utilities that do business faster and better. The NOS is the brain of the server without it, it's just a computer. Caputo, in Digital Video Surveillance and Security, 2010 The Network Operating System