We performed a comparison between Windows 10 and Windows Server based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Windows 10 is the winner in this comparison. It received higher marks for its technical support and is the less expensive solution.
"Some things that I like about Windows 10 are its GUI, its performance is good, and it has many features."
"I like the stability, the performance and the ease of use."
"Windows 10 is very up-to-date. It's a big upgrade from Windows 7. Cortana is a very important feature."
"It's easy to use and the performance is good."
"What I like about Windows 10 most is its stability."
"Windows 10 is stable."
"It is stable. I have a lot of applications running on it, and all the applications are running fine. I don't have any problems with it."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"Every time they perform a new release, the solution gets better and better."
"It's easy to set up and deploy."
"We use this solution for hosting applications on the server."
"The most valuable feature is Active Directory."
"It is very easy to use. The system is very user-friendly."
"What I like most about Windows Server is that it's easy to use."
"Windows Server is user-friendly and it is simply to support."
"The most valuable feature is this solution integrates very well with all Microsoft and all other mainstream software solutions and the design is very good. Windows has an option now allowing you to just install the Windows Core with the PowerShell without any graphical services running."
"I would like Windows 10 to be more like MacOS in terms of integration, speed, and stability."
"It would be nice to have more integration with other platforms, something which is always welcome."
"The technical support of Microsoft is sometimes hard to reach, they could improve in this area."
"The updates could be rolled out every quarter."
"They try to make it user-friendly for non-technical users. But, when you have a little bit of technical experience, you find it difficult to go around UI wrapper."
"The updates take a lot of time to complete, and they could be faster."
"The solution could always be more secure, even though I am quite happy with its level of security at the moment."
"The pricing could be more competitive compared to other products of the same nature."
"We are finding some of the configurations inside the group policy not very straightforward. We had some difficulties, for example, just trying to figure out how to configure and how to block the usage of MP3 files, and so on."
"The solution needs container compatibility."
"The scalability could be better."
"The Active Directory synchronization on Azure. This is something which was not easy to do. Using Azure Active Directory, I was trying to sync and this was not straightforward. This process could be more simplified."
"Perhaps the scalability could be better."
"The stability could be improved."
"There's always room for improvement. However, I'm not in the main IT department, and therefore, I'm not as close to the product as others on my team."
"When it comes to virtualization, VMware is a bit more advanced in terms of security. Hyper-V does provide facilities, but it probably has to do a bit more work in terms of encryption. People will normally go for VMware because of the features that it has as a server, particularly the virtualization feature."
Windows 10 is ranked 7th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 248 reviews while Windows Server is ranked 4th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 180 reviews. Windows 10 is rated 8.2, while Windows Server is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Windows 10 writes "User-friendly, easy to setup and manage domain ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Windows Server writes "Easy to setup, stable and caters to my wide range of use cases but lacks user-friendly interface". Windows 10 is most compared with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Ubuntu Linux, Oracle Solaris, openSUSE Leap and Rocky Linux, whereas Windows Server is most compared with Ubuntu Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Oracle Linux, CentOS and Windows 11. See our Windows 10 vs. Windows Server report.
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Windows Server integrates well with all Microsoft and many other mainstream solutions.
Building a Failover Cluster is comparatively much easier in Windows Server than with other solutions. We really like the ease of use, stability, and performance of this solution. You get a good active directory that offers consistently evolving features that scales easily. Windows Server supports more memory and uses CPUs more efficiently.
Windows Server requires a lot of monthly maintenance with vulnerability management. From a security aspect, this should be improved. We would like to see a command-line version of Windows Server. Overall this solution can be very expensive.
One popular feature of Windows 10 is its connectivity with mobile devices and ability to make cabless connections with external devices. Windows 10 has improved functionality and better integration between the networks and Windows 10 core system. The new subsystem for Linux is great. Windows 10 also offers a very good gaming option. which many of our team members thoroughly enjoy. It is a very stable solution with flexible scalability.
Windows 10 gets a lot of updates and the automatic updates have caused some problems with our team, resulting in losing files or work. There are instances where updates have caused system crashes and failures. The process needs to be tweaked a bit. The enterprise version has many options, like games that are really intended for home use. The install process can be a bit complex and takes a lot of time to deploy. Windows 10 is a very expensive solution.
Conclusion:
These are both great solutions by an industry leader.
Windows Server is a very robust and powerful on-premises hardware. We were looking to really step up our connections and Windows 10 can only handle about 10 or 20 connections, whereas Windows Server can handle an excess of 50,000 connections. We also needed more memory and more power. Windows10 Pro offers 2TB of RAM, while Windows Server can go to 24TB. Windows Server hardware can also handle more cores and processors; it has 64 sockets to Windows 10’s 2 sockets. Windows Server is the best solution for our organizational needs.
Hi @Netanya Carmi ,
Key Differences Between a Windows Server and a Windows Desktop
Here are the key differences between a Windows server and a Windows desktop.
1. Windows Server Supports More Memory
One of the main differences between a Windows server and desktop is the amount of memory each can support. A desktop running Windows 10 Enterprise has a 4 GB memory limit on an X86 and a 2TB limit on an X64. These numbers are greatly increased depending on the Windows server version. You can view the memory limitations for the Windows and Windows server releases on the Microsoft Developer site.
2. Windows Server Uses CPUs More Efficiently
In general, a server OS is more efficient at using its hardware than a desktop OS, especially a CPU; therefore, if you install Alike on a server OS, you are taking full advantage of the hardware installed on your server, which also allows Alike to offer optimal performance.
3. More Network Connections Allowed on a Windows Server
With a desktop version of Windows, network connections are limited to 10-20. A Windows server is not locked down to just 20 network connections; therefore, a Windows server can support well beyond 20 network connections based on your hardware’s capability.
4. The Server OS is Configured for Background Tasks
By default, server editions of the Windows OS are configured to give priority to background tasks and services, whereas the desktop editions focus on foreground. While priority can be changed, the desktop edition’s management does not yield the same performance results.