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Server Fault is for system administrators and desktop support professionals, people who manage or maintain computers in a professional capacity for their company or clients.  

<h3>If your question is about…</h3>

   - Servers
    - [tag:hardware]
    - Operating Systems: [tag:linux] [tag:windows-server-2008] [tag:freebsd] [tag:openbsd] [tag:solaris] [tag:aix]
    - Server Software: [tag:apache2] [tag:exchange-2010] [tag:sharepoint]
    - Virtualization: [tag:vmware-esxi] [tag:hyper-v] [tag:kvm] [tag:xen] [tag:jails]
   - Business or Enterprise [tag:storage] systems [tag:san] [tag:fibre-channel] [tag:raid]
   - Desktop PCs that you maintain in the workplace, including
     - Desktop PC Operating systems [tag:windows-7] [tag:ubuntu]
     - Managing desktop applications/software [tag:deployment] [tag:patch] [tag:sccm] [tag:wsus] [tag:zenworks]
   - Networks inside the professional workplace [tag:routing] [tag:switch] [tag:firewall]
   - Operations and Maintenance topics such as [tag:backup] [tag:monitoring] [tag:disaster-recovery] [tag:scripting]

<h3>and it is <i>not</i> about…</h3>

- Projects or uses of technology **in a home setting**. That includes the use of any of the above acceptable topics in a home environment.
- [Product or service recommendations.][6] This includes requests for tutorials, books or other learning materials.
- Career, salary, personnel, employment, or formal education
- [Licensing][7] and Legal (lex legis)
- Circumventing security or policy
- Unauthorised hacking, password cracking, or system abuse and misuse

<h3>We have <a href="http://stackexchange.com/sites/">sister sites</a>…</h3>

- [StackOverflow][1] for Programming
- [SuperUser][2] for Networking, Servers, or Technology outside the professional workplace
- [Unix & Linux][4] for general Unix/Linux computer troubleshooting
- [DBA][5] for advanced database topics
- [IT Security][A] for advanced security (implementation, theory, white hat)

<h3>We also have…</h3>

… a [list of the most common questions with links to the "best" answer we've identified][9].


  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/
  [2]: http://www.superuser.com
  [4]: http://unix.stackexchange.com
  [5]: http://dba.stackexchange.com
  [6]: http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/11/qa
  [7]: http://serverfault.com/q/215405
  [9]: http://meta.serverfault.com/a/1987
  [A]: http://security.stackexchange.com
  [B]: http://stackexchange.com