Windows Server 2008
E193823
Windows Server 2008 is a Microsoft server operating system designed for enterprise-level management, security, and application hosting in corporate IT environments.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Windows Server 2008 canonical | 16 |
| Windows Server 2008 R2 | 9 |
| Windows Server 2008 (IIS 7.0) | 1 |
| Windows Server 2008 32-bit | 1 |
| Windows Server 2008 R2 (IIS 7.5) | 1 |
| Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1719195 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Windows Server 2008 Context triple: [SMB2, introducedIn, Windows Server 2008]
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A.
Windows Server 2003
Windows Server 2003 is a Microsoft server operating system designed for improved security, reliability, and manageability in enterprise network and application environments.
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B.
Windows 7
Windows 7 is a Microsoft operating system known for its improved performance, refined user interface, and widespread adoption following Windows Vista.
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C.
Vista
Vista is a suburban city in northern San Diego County, California, known for its mild climate, residential communities, and light industrial and commercial areas.
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D.
Windows Vista
Windows Vista is a Microsoft Windows operating system released in 2007 that introduced a new graphical user interface, enhanced security features, and significant architectural changes compared to its predecessor, Windows XP.
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E.
Windows XP
Windows XP is a widely used Microsoft operating system released in 2001, known for its improved stability, user-friendly interface, and long-term popularity on personal and business computers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Windows Server 2008 Target entity description: Windows Server 2008 is a Microsoft server operating system designed for enterprise-level management, security, and application hosting in corporate IT environments.
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A.
Windows Server 2003
Windows Server 2003 is a Microsoft server operating system designed for improved security, reliability, and manageability in enterprise network and application environments.
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B.
Windows 7
Windows 7 is a Microsoft operating system known for its improved performance, refined user interface, and widespread adoption following Windows Vista.
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C.
Vista
Vista is a suburban city in northern San Diego County, California, known for its mild climate, residential communities, and light industrial and commercial areas.
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D.
Windows Vista
Windows Vista is a Microsoft Windows operating system released in 2007 that introduced a new graphical user interface, enhanced security features, and significant architectural changes compared to its predecessor, Windows XP.
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E.
Windows XP
Windows XP is a widely used Microsoft operating system released in 2001, known for its improved stability, user-friendly interface, and long-term popularity on personal and business computers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (72)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Microsoft Windows operating system
ⓘ
server operating system ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Windows 7
ⓘ
surface form:
Windows NT 6.0
|
| bootMethod | BIOS ⓘ |
| codename |
Windows Vista
ⓘ
surface form:
Longhorn
|
| configurationStorage | registry ⓘ |
| configurationTool | Server Manager ⓘ |
| developer | Microsoft ⓘ |
| edition |
Datacenter Edition
ⓘ
Enterprise Edition ⓘ HPC Edition ⓘ Itanium ⓘ
surface form:
Itanium-Based Systems Edition
Standard Edition ⓘ Web Server Edition ⓘ |
| extendedSecurityUpdatesEndDate | 2023-01-10 ⓘ |
| extendedSupportEndDate | 2020-01-14 ⓘ |
| family | Windows Server ⓘ |
| generalAvailabilityDate | 2008-02-27 ⓘ |
| includesComponent |
Active Directory Certificate Services
ⓘ
Active Directory ⓘ
surface form:
Active Directory Domain Services
Active Directory Federation Services ⓘ Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services ⓘ Hyper-V ⓘ Internet Information Services ⓘ
surface form:
Internet Information Services 7.0
Network Access Protection ⓘ Read-Only Domain Controller ⓘ Server Core installation option ⓘ PowerShell ⓘ
surface form:
Windows PowerShell
|
| installationOption |
Full installation
ⓘ
Windows Server Core (some versions) ⓘ
surface form:
Server Core
|
| kernelType | hybrid kernel ⓘ |
| latestReleaseDate | 2009-05-26 ⓘ |
| latestReleaseVersion | Service Pack 2 ⓘ |
| licensing | proprietary software ⓘ |
| mainstreamSupportEndDate | 2015-01-13 ⓘ |
| networkStack | improved TCP/IP stack from Windows Vista ⓘ |
| platform |
IA-32
ⓘ
Itanium ⓘ x86-64 ⓘ |
| predecessor | Windows Server 2003 ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
application hosting
ⓘ
directory services ⓘ file and print services ⓘ server management ⓘ web hosting ⓘ |
| relatedOperatingSystem | Windows Vista ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2008-02-27 ⓘ |
| rtmDate | 2008-02-04 ⓘ |
| securityFeature |
BitLocker (device encryption variant)
ⓘ
surface form:
BitLocker Drive Encryption (some editions)
Windows Firewall ⓘ
surface form:
Windows Firewall with Advanced Security
|
| sourceModel | closed source ⓘ |
| successor |
Windows Server 2008
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Windows Server 2008 R2
|
| supportedCpuArchitecture |
32-bit
ⓘ
64-bit ⓘ |
| supportsFileSystem |
FAT32
ⓘ
NTFS ⓘ exFAT ⓘ |
| supportsProtocol |
HTTP
ⓘ
HTTPS ⓘ SMB ⓘ TCP/IP ⓘ |
| supportsRole |
Domain controller
ⓘ
File server ⓘ Print server ⓘ Virtualization host ⓘ Web server ⓘ |
| supportStatus | end of life ⓘ |
| supportsVirtualizationTechnology | Hyper-V ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
enterprise
ⓘ
small and medium businesses ⓘ |
| userInterface |
command-line interface
ⓘ
graphical user interface ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Windows Server 2008 Description of subject: Windows Server 2008 is a Microsoft server operating system designed for enterprise-level management, security, and application hosting in corporate IT environments.
Referenced by (29)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
SMB2
this entity surface form:
Windows Server 2008 32-bit
this entity surface form:
Windows Server 2008 R2
subject surface form:
Windows Server Core
subject surface form:
Windows Server Core
subject surface form:
Windows Server Core
this entity surface form:
Windows Server 2008 R2
this entity surface form:
Windows Server 2008 R2
this entity surface form:
Windows Server 2008 R2
this entity surface form:
Windows Server 2008 R2
this entity surface form:
Windows Server 2008 R2
this entity surface form:
Windows Server 2008 R2
this entity surface form:
Windows Server 2008 R2
this entity surface form:
Windows Server 2008 (IIS 7.0)
this entity surface form:
Windows Server 2008 R2 (IIS 7.5)
subject surface form:
RemoteFX
this entity surface form:
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
this entity surface form:
Windows Server 2008 R2