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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, including
    - Hardware
    - Operating Systems ([tag:linux], [tag:windows-2008], [tag:freebsd], [tag:openbsd], [tag:solaris], [tag:aix], etc.)
    - Server Software ([tag:apache], [tag:exchange-server-2010],  [tag:sharepoint])
    - Virtualization ([tag:vmware], [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], etc.)
     - Managing desktop applications/software (Deployment, patching, etc. [tag:sccm], [tag:wsus], [tag:zenworks])
   - Networks inside the professional workplace, including [tag:routing], [tag:switching] and [tag:firewall] questions
   - Ancillary topics such as [tag:backup], [tag:monitoring], [tag:disaster-recovery], [tag:patching]…

<h3>and it is <b>not</b> about…</h3>

- [Product or service recommendations][6]
- Career, Salary, Personnel, or Employment
- [Licensing][7] and Legal
- Circumventing security or policy
- Password cracking or "Hacking" in general

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

- Programming (Ask on [StackOverflow][1] instead)
- Networking, Servers, or Technology outside the professional workplace (Ask on [SuperUser][2] instead)
- General Unix/Linux computer troubleshooting (ask on [Unix & Linux][4] instead)
- Advanced database topics (ask on [DBA][5] instead)
- Advanced [IT Security][A] (implementation or theory)

<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