What would your answer be if someone asked you what Windows Server is? I guess your answer would be more or less like the following: Windows Server is the server's operating system developed by Microsoft as part of the Windows NT family of operating systems. In general, whether it is a server based on Windows Server, Linux Server, or macOS Server, it really does not make any difference as long as the version that is being used continues to provide adequate services within an organization's network. However, looking at them from the perspective of deployment, user interface, managing resources, and maintaining a server, many differences are evident.

Let us take a look at the Windows Server timeline to understand how it has evolved over the years.

So far, in the 23-year history of Windows Server, I think Microsoft has been quite intuitive to adopt new requirements in the server world. Personally, I feel that the Windows Server timeline looks interesting and I want to share it with you. Particularly, notice the transition of the Windows Server technology over time. Simply, it's impressive. 

Windows Server timeline is shown in the following table:

In this section, we have learnt about Windows Serve and got acquainted with its timeline. In the following section we will learn the steps for downloading Windows Server 2019.