What is Windows Server

Where it helps a business

• The office runs staff accounts, accounting software, shared folders and remote desktops.
• Staff need access to all that from home.
• You need to know what is installed on each computer without walking through every office.

How we use it

When a business already runs on Windows, we set it up and maintain it: access rights, backups, and secure remote access through a VPN instead of an RDP port open to the world.

To keep track of Windows computers in the IT help desk we built a PC program: a single file runs on Windows 10/11 without administrator rights and collects the computer name, serial number, OS with activation status, hardware, network, printers, installed software, mail profiles and accounting databases. A repeat report shows what changed.

Common problems

• RDP open to the internet. A remote desktop port reachable by anyone is a constant target for password guessing. Access goes only through a VPN.
• Nobody knows what is installed where. A manual inventory goes stale within a month; an agent program collects it by itself.

When you do not need it

If the company has no on-premises accounting system, domain or shared folders, and everything lives in cloud services, you do not need your own Windows Server.