Microsoft Application Server (deprecated) vs. Oracle GlassFish Server

Regardless of the environment, Microsoft Application Server is used to manage internal applications. Installing legacy software on the computers of end-users is a cinch with this solution. It provides a central location for updating and managing legacy applications. It is less valuable if you're using only web-based and cloud-based apps.

The benefits outweigh the costs, and the ability to spin up a full cluster deployment for our internal applications on demand has been a game changer. We are able to leverage our engineers' core talents as J2EE developers without them concerning themselves with the infrastructure machinery of managing a highly available fault-tolerant server.

Incentivized

• Microsoft Application Server has been very stable. We have had very few issues with downtime except for updates.
• We now have a central location to manage and update our legacy apps without the need to install each app on each user's system.
• Application performance is surprisingly very good and responsive even in bandwidth restricted environments.

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• Oracle Glassfish servers provide us the ability to deploy in clusters and provide replication facilities.
• The server provides very easy administration console that can be used to tweak basic features for timeouts and database thread pooling.
• It can easily be configured for single sign on for enterprise clients.

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• Wished Microsoft would offer better support options that are cheaper.
• Updates sometimes require restarts which cause downtime.
• More support for 3rd part software vendors.

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• When we use the versions of GlassFish Server that were just released to the market, it causes bugs to appear. While there are workarounds to solve them in most cases, the amount of time to solve them is significant. Therefore, I would advise waiting for it to be a little more stable and for a few months to pass before proceeding to an update of a productive environment.

Incentivized

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.

MS Application Server has been great for our company it has enabled us to free up IT staff and lowered the maintenance costs of our internal application maintenance.

Incentivized

Microsoft Application Server has stood out to me because it has been so easy to use and utilize for our organization. I was not involved in the integration but being a user I can say that it has made a huge impact to how we access and utilize our databases. I have found that using Microsoft Application Server has increased my productivity. I spend less time navigating and waiting for things to load.

Tomcat is a more lightweight container in comparison to Oracle's Glassfish server and has wider adaptability in development for local testing. Glassfish however, as an enterprise product can offer better after sales service to clients.

Incentivized

• MS Application Server has been great for our ROI since it has reduced dedicating IT resources to maintaining legacy applications on end-users systems.
• We have been able to have a central location for all our legacy and on-prem applications.
• Our IT operations have been able to greatly improve efficiencies.

Incentivized

• The platform has been stable for us so we do not experience falls or service interruptions. The investment is lower compared to other solutions in the market and we have solid support from Oracle.

Incentivized