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Server Fault is for **System Administrators** and **Desktop Support Professionals** needing expert answers on topics related to managing or maintaining computer systems in a **professional capacity** for their company or clients.

<h3>If your question is about…</h3>

   - Servers
    - [tag:hardware]
    - Operating Systems, including [tag:linux] [tag:windows-server-2008] [tag:freebsd] [tag:solaris]
    - Server Software, such as [tag:apache2] [tag:exchange-2010] [tag:sharepoint]
    - Virtualization, including [tag:vmware-esxi] [tag:hyper-v] [tag:kvm] [tag:xen]
   - Enterprise [tag:storage] Systems, including [tag:san] fabrics and [tag:raid] devices.
   - Business Workstations
     - Desktop PC Operating Systems: [tag:windows-7] [tag:ubuntu]
     - Managing Desktop Applications/Software: [tag:sccm] [tag:wsus] [tag:zenworks]
   - Network [tag:routing], [tag:switches], and [tag:firewall] devices and administration
   - Operations, Maintenance, and Monitoring:
     - [tag:backup] and [tag:disaster-recovery]
     - Service [tag:monitoring] 
     - [tag:scripting] and [tag:automation]

<h3>and it is <i>not</i> about…</h3>

- **Anything in a home setting**. No exceptions.
- [Product, service, or learning material recommendations.][6]
- Career, salary, personnel, employment, or formal education
- [Licensing][7], legal (lex legis), and circumventing security or policy
- Unauthorized 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 general Networking, Hardware, and Technology
- [Unix & Linux][4] for general Unix/Linux usage
- [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]: https://serverfault.com/q/215405
  [9]: https://meta.serverfault.com/a/1987
  [A]: http://security.stackexchange.com