Microsoft Application Server (deprecated) vs. Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Microsoft Application Server (deprecated)
Score 7.3 out of 10
N/A
Application Server is an expanded server role in the Windows Server® 2008 operating system. It provided an integrated environment for deploying and running custom, server-based business applications. These applications respond to requests that arrive over the network from remote client computers or from other applications. Application Server is deprecated.N/A
Red Hat JBoss EAP
Score 8.5 out of 10
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Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
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Microsoft Application Server (deprecated)Red Hat JBoss EAP
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
Microsoft Application Server (deprecated)Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
Application Servers
Comparison of Application Servers features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Application Server (deprecated)
8.0
9 Ratings
1% above category average
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
6.8
9 Ratings
15% below category average
IDE support9.09 Ratings6.09 Ratings
Security management9.09 Ratings7.09 Ratings
Administration and management7.09 Ratings8.09 Ratings
Application server performance9.09 Ratings8.09 Ratings
Installation7.09 Ratings5.09 Ratings
Open-source standards compliance7.08 Ratings7.09 Ratings
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Microsoft Application Server (deprecated)Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
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Medium-sized Companies
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Enterprises
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User Ratings
Microsoft Application Server (deprecated)Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(9 ratings)
8.1
(8 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.5
(3 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.7
(3 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(5 ratings)
5.2
(2 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
8.5
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
Microsoft Application Server (deprecated)Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
Discontinued Products
Microsoft Application Server has been incredible this past year during COVID. Previously I would have said that we could go without it, but after this past season, I’m glad we have utilized it. Without having this software set up prior to COVID, we would have been in a tough situation. I mention COVID a lot because we were able to continue our work almost seamlessly this entire year.
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Red Hat
JBoss EAP is subscription based/open source platform. It's very reliable and great for deploying high transaction Java based enterprise applications. It integrates well with third party components like mod_cluster and supports popular Java EE web-based frameworks such as Spring, Angular JS, jQuery Mobile, and Google Web Toolkit.
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Pros
Discontinued Products
  • Microsoft Application Server has proven to be highly reliable and effective at deploying to all of its clients.
  • Application performance is surprisingly good and responsive even in bandwidth-constrained environments and generally very reliable.
  • All software programs are manageable from a single location, even when bandwidth is limited.
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Red Hat
  • MOD_CLUSTER integration. JBoss EAP integrates pretty well with mod_cluster. This is an intelligent load balancer especially useful in highly clustered environments.
  • Supports enterprise-grade features such as high availability clustering, distributed caching, messaging etc.
  • Supports deployment in on-premise, virtual and hybrid cloud environments.
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Cons
Discontinued Products
  • Some security hotfixes and general release updates require restarts.
  • We wish it supported more applications out of the box.
  • Thin client support would be great for MS Application Server.
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Red Hat
  • Difficult to replicate configuration outside of a container environment
  • Still requires quite a bit of knowledge of the CLI
  • Integration with deployment tools requires CLI knowledge
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Likelihood to Renew
Discontinued Products
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Red Hat
We are planning to migrate away from Jboss to Tomcat as Jboss has shown not interest in supporting OSGi which is heavily used at our shop
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Usability
Discontinued Products
I have found Microsoft Application Server to be incredibly easy to use. I have used dozens of similar programs and have always struggled to navigate through all the functions. So far I have been able to adapt and learn this software with ease. I rarely run into a problem that I wasn’t easily able to move forward on with a few tips.
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Red Hat
JBoss overall is easy to use. The installation and deployment of applications are quick. Documentations and support are also readily available.
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Performance
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Red Hat
JBoss EAP is lightweight and doesn't really consumes much physical resources. It's high performing and suites well for high transaction Java enterprise applications. The out of box performance settings are not really great and you will have to configure the settings to suite your environment to leverage it's full benefits.
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Support Rating
Discontinued Products
Stability is one of the first things we consider when evaluating software. MS Application Server has been rock solid and has reduced the time that our IT staff dedicates to maintaining our legacy applications.
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Red Hat
Fast response.
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Alternatives Considered
Discontinued Products
It has a similar feature to what Microsoft Application Server has but at a greater cost and also having to deal with another vendor when we could use a full Microsoft Stack for better training and support.
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Red Hat
We selected JBoss because of compatibility with EJB's. We currently are trying to reduce our footprint and will highly consider using Tomcat.
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Return on Investment
Discontinued Products
  • Our ROI has been great since it has enabled our IT staff to have a central location to perform application updates which enables us to save time and money.
  • Deployment is very easy since the internal applications that required constant updating are now updated in one central location.
  • It's a lot easier to be within compliance protocols requirements.
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Red Hat
  • Jboss EAP is easy to deploy and configure. This lead to lower cost and faster delivery.
  • Even though we have large number of machines running JBoss, we have only two Jboss Administrators. It doesn't requires too much administration and maintenance on daily basis and reduces number of administrators required for large implementations.
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