For my research paper, I chose to write about the history of Microsoft Windows Server. The reason I chose the history of Windows Server is because it is important to know how it has evolved over the years. My goal is to inform and enlighten the reader and give them a better understanding of Windows Server. To achieve this, I will first discuss Microsoft's early history, development, and server improvements, and then I will discuss my estimates of the future of Windows Server improvements. By the end of this article I hope this will give you a better understanding of Windows Server features and the reasoning for each evolution. What is a server? Webster's dictionary describes a server as "a computer on a network used to provide services to another computer on a network." Now, the question many people will ask is “Can a desktop computer be a server computer? The answer is no. A desktop computer may have all the hardware requirements, but the main difference is the purpose for which it was designed. Now there are still many differences that separate the two but that's because a server runs 24 hours a day. It performs tasks such as managing the server and server data among other tasks. The engineered design of the servers allows the server to handle this heavy workload. The history of Windows servers began in the early 1970s. Bill Gates and Paul Allen, who were college students at the time, were motivated and inspired after reading an article about a group of inventors published in a public periodical. The topic the inventors were discussing was the creation of a microcomputer, now known as the Altair 8800. The two young future pioneers continued reading the article, and the wheels of their inner genius began to turn halfway through the paper. .....f Windows Server improvements. Hopefully, you have clearly understood how Windows server has been a revolutionary force in the computing world for more than three decades. This concludes my presentation.Works CitedColumbus, Louis. (2001). The Professional Manual for Microsoft Windows 2000. Search LWCRitchie, Colin. (2003). Operating systems incorporating Unix and Windows. Thomson Learning.The Channel9 team (2009). The history of Microsoft -1978. The history of Microsoft 1978-2003. Retrieved from http://channel9.msdn.comn/shows/history/the-history-of-microsoft/1978/Weinberg, Neal. (1995, May). VMS connection to NT. Computerworld, 29(20), 69. Retrieved March 20, 2011, from ProQuest Computing. (Document ID: 1469040).Unknown(2003). Windows History. Windows overview and history. Retrieved from http://www.microsfot.com/windows/WinHistoryIntro.mspx