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Server Fault is for system administrators and desktop support professionals, people who manage or maintain computers in a professional capacity. If your question is about …

• Servers, including - Hardware - Operating Systems (linux, windows-2008, freebsd, openbsd, solaris, aix, etc.) - Server Software (apache, exchange-server-2010, sharepoint)
• Desktop PCs that you maintain in the workplace, including
  • Desktop PC Operating systems (windows-7, ubuntu, etc.)
  • Managing desktop applications/software (from a system administration perspective: Deployment, patching, etc. sccm, wsus, zenworks)
• Networks inside the professional workplace, including questions about routing, switching and firewall configuration
• Ancillary topics such as backup, monitoring, and disaster-recovery

and it is not about …

• Networking outside the professional workplace (Ask on SuperUser instead)
• Development Servers (Ask on SuperUser instead)
• Running servers at home for personal use (ask on SuperUser instead)
• General Unix/Linux computer troubleshooting (ask on Unix & Linux instead)
• Advanced database topics (ask on DBA instead)
• Product or service recommendations (see this blog post for the reason)
• Career and Salary questions
• Licensing (here is why) and Legal questions
• Cheese
• Programming (Ask on StackOverflow instead)
• How to circumvent security or policy, password cracking or hacking in general

… then you’re in the right place to ask your question!