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data-title="Windows Server 2016" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Server_2016" title="Windows Server 2016 – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Windows Server 2016" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows_Server_2016" title="Microsoft Windows Server 2016 – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Microsoft Windows Server 2016" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Server_2016" title="Windows 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href="#cite_note-rtm-date-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle#General_availability_(GA)" title="Software release life cycle">General<br />availability</a></th><td class="infobox-data">October 12, 2016<span class="noprint">; 8 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2016-10-12</span>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-GA-date_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GA-date-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle" title="Software release life cycle">Latest release</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1607 (10.0.14393.7785) (February 11, 2025<span class="noprint">; 1 day ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span 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href="/wiki/Template:Windows_10" title="Template:Windows 10"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Windows_10" title="Template talk:Windows 10"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Windows_10" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Windows 10"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Windows Server 2016</b> is the eleventh major version of the <a href="/wiki/Windows_NT" title="Windows NT">Windows NT</a> <a href="/wiki/Operating_system" title="Operating system">operating system</a> produced by <a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a> to be released under the <a href="/wiki/Windows_Server" title="Windows Server">Windows Server</a> brand name. It was developed alongside <a href="/wiki/Windows_10" title="Windows 10">Windows 10</a> and is the successor to the <a href="/wiki/Windows_8.1" title="Windows 8.1">Windows 8.1</a>-based <a href="/wiki/Windows_Server_2012_R2" title="Windows Server 2012 R2">Windows Server 2012 R2</a>. The first early preview version (Technical Preview) became available on October 1, 2014 together with the first technical preview of <a href="/wiki/System_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="System Center">System Center</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-announce_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-announce-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Windows Server 2016 was released on September 26, 2016 at Microsoft's Ignite conference<sup id="cite_ref-rtm-date_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rtm-date-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and reached general availability on October 12, 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-GA-date_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GA-date-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It was succeeded by <a href="/wiki/Windows_Server_2019" title="Windows Server 2019">Windows Server 2019</a> and the Windows Server <a href="#Semi-Annual_Channel_releases">Semi-Annual Channel</a>, which was released in 2017. Mainstream support for Windows Server 2016 ended on January 11, 2022, and extended support will end on January 12, 2027. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Features">Features</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Windows_Server_2016&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Features"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Windows Server 2016 has a variety of new features, including </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Active_Directory_Federation_Services" title="Active Directory Federation Services">Active Directory Federation Services</a>: It is possible to configure AD FS to authenticate users stored in non-AD directories, such as X.500 compliant Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directories and SQL databases.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windows_Defender" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows Defender">Windows Defender</a>: Windows Server Antimalware is installed and enabled by default without the GUI, which is an installable Windows feature.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Remote_Desktop_Services" title="Remote Desktop Services">Remote Desktop Services</a>: Support for <a href="/wiki/OpenGL" title="OpenGL">OpenGL</a> 4.4 and <a href="/wiki/OpenCL" title="OpenCL">OpenCL</a> 1.1, performance and stability improvements; MultiPoint Services role (see <a href="/wiki/Windows_MultiPoint_Server" title="Windows MultiPoint Server">Windows MultiPoint Server</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Storage Services: Central Storage QoS Policies; Storage Replicas (storage-agnostic, block-level, volume-based, synchronous and asynchronous replication using <a href="/wiki/Server_Message_Block#SMB_3.0" title="Server Message Block">SMB3</a> between servers for <a href="/wiki/IT_disaster_recovery" title="IT disaster recovery">disaster recovery</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Storage Replica replicates blocks instead of files; files can be in use. It's not multi-master, not one-to-many and not transitive. It periodically replicates snapshots, and the replication direction can be changed.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/High-availability_cluster" title="High-availability cluster">Failover Clustering</a>: Cluster operating system rolling upgrade, Storage Replicas<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Web Application Proxy: Preauthentication for <a href="/wiki/Basic_access_authentication" title="Basic access authentication">HTTP Basic</a> application publishing, wildcard domain publishing of applications, HTTP to HTTPS redirection, Propagation of client IP address to backend applications<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Internet_Information_Services" title="Internet Information Services">IIS 10</a>: Support for <a href="/wiki/HTTP/2" title="HTTP/2">HTTP/2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PowerShell#PowerShell_5.0" title="PowerShell">Windows PowerShell 5.1</a><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Windows Server Containers <sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Networking_features">Networking features</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Windows_Server_2016&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Networking features"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/DHCP" class="mw-redirect" title="DHCP">DHCP</a>: As <a href="/wiki/Network_Access_Protection" title="Network Access Protection">Network Access Protection</a> was deprecated in Windows Server 2012 R2, in Windows Server 2016 the DHCP role no longer supports NAP<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Domain_Name_System" title="Domain Name System">DNS</a>: <ul><li>DNS client: Service binding – enhanced support for computers with <a href="/wiki/Multihoming" title="Multihoming">more than one network interface</a><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_DNS" title="Microsoft DNS">DNS Server</a>: DNS policies, new DDS record types (TLSA, SPF, and unknown records), new PowerShell cmdlets and parameters<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li>Windows Server Gateway now supports <a href="/wiki/Generic_Routing_Encapsulation" class="mw-redirect" title="Generic Routing Encapsulation">Generic Routing Encapsulation</a> (GRE) tunnels<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IP_address_management" title="IP address management">IP address management</a> (IPAM): Support for /31, /32, and /128 subnets; discovery of file-based, domain-joined DNS servers; new DNS functions; better integration of DNS, DHCP, and IP Address (DDI) Management<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Network Controller: A new server role to configure, manage, monitor, and troubleshoot virtual and physical network devices and services in the datacentre<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Hyper-V <a href="/wiki/Network_virtualization" title="Network virtualization">Network virtualization</a>: Programmable Hyper-V switch (a new building block of Microsoft's <a href="/wiki/Software-defined_networking" title="Software-defined networking">software-defined networking</a> solution); <a href="/wiki/Virtual_Extensible_LAN" title="Virtual Extensible LAN">VXLAN</a> encapsulation support; Microsoft Software Load Balancer interoperability; better IEEE Ethernet standard compliance.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hyper-V">Hyper-V</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Windows_Server_2016&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Hyper-V"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Rolling <a href="/wiki/Hyper-V" title="Hyper-V">Hyper-V</a> cluster update: Unlike upgrading clusters from Windows 2008 R2 to 2012 level, Windows Server 2016 cluster nodes can be added to a Hyper-V Cluster with nodes running Windows Server 2012 R2. The cluster continues to function at a Windows Server 2012 R2 feature level until all of the nodes in the cluster have been upgraded and the cluster functional level has been upgraded.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Storage quality of service (QoS) to centrally monitor end-to-end storage performance and create policies using Hyper-V and Scale-Out File Servers</li> <li>New, more efficient binary virtual machine configuration format (.VMCX extension for virtual machine configuration data and the .VMRS extension for runtime state data)</li> <li>Production checkpoints</li> <li>Hyper-V Manager: Alternate credentials support, down-level management, <a href="/wiki/WS-Management" title="WS-Management">WS-Management</a> protocol</li> <li>Integration services for Windows guests distributed through <a href="/wiki/Windows_Update" title="Windows Update">Windows Update</a></li> <li>Hot add and remove for network adapters (for generation 2 virtual machines) and memory (for generation 1 and generation 2 virtual machines)</li> <li>Linux secure boot</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Connected_Standby" class="mw-redirect" title="Connected Standby">Connected Standby</a> compatibility</li> <li>Storage Resiliency feature of <a href="/wiki/Hyper-V" title="Hyper-V">Hyper-V</a> is formed for detecting transitory loss of connectivity to VM storage. VMs will be paused until connectivity is re-established.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Remote_direct_memory_access" title="Remote direct memory access">RDMA</a> compatible Virtual Switch<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nano_Server">Nano Server</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Windows_Server_2016&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Nano Server"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Microsoft announced a new installation option, Nano Server, which offers a minimal-footprint headless version of Windows Server. It excludes the graphical user interface, <a href="/wiki/WoW64" title="WoW64">WoW64</a> (support for 32-bit software) and <a href="/wiki/Windows_Installer" title="Windows Installer">Windows Installer</a>. It does not support <a href="/wiki/System_console" class="mw-redirect" title="System console">console</a> <a href="/wiki/Login" title="Login">login</a>, either locally or via <a href="/wiki/Remote_Desktop_Connection" class="mw-redirect" title="Remote Desktop Connection">Remote Desktop Connection</a>. All management is performed remotely via <a href="/wiki/Windows_Management_Instrumentation" title="Windows Management Instrumentation">Windows Management Instrumentation</a> (WMI), <a href="/wiki/Windows_PowerShell" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows PowerShell">Windows PowerShell</a> and Remote Server Management Tools (a collection of web-based GUI and command line tools).<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, in Technical Preview 5, Microsoft has re-added the ability to administer Nano Server locally through PowerShell. According to Microsoft engineer Jeffrey Snover, Nano Server has 93% lower <a href="/wiki/VHD_(file_format)" title="VHD (file format)">VHD</a> size, 92% fewer critical security advisories, and 80% fewer reboots than Windows Server.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nano Server is only available to <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Software_Assurance" title="Microsoft Software Assurance">Microsoft Software Assurance</a> customers<sup id="cite_ref-GA-date_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GA-date-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and on cloud computing platforms such as <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Azure" title="Microsoft Azure">Microsoft Azure</a> and <a href="/wiki/Amazon_Web_Services" title="Amazon Web Services">Amazon Web Services</a>. </p><p>Starting with the new feature release of Windows Server version 1709, Nano Server can only be installed inside a <a href="/wiki/Operating-system-level_virtualization" class="mw-redirect" title="Operating-system-level virtualization">container host</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Development">Development</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Windows_Server_2016&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Microsoft has been reorganized by <a href="/wiki/Satya_Nadella" title="Satya Nadella">Satya Nadella</a>, putting the Server and <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Servers#Microsoft_System_Center" title="Microsoft Servers">System Center</a> teams together. Previously, the Server team was more closely aligned with the Windows client team. The <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Azure" title="Microsoft Azure">Azure</a> team is also working closely with the Server team.<sup id="cite_ref-Networkworld_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Networkworld-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2017, Microsoft demonstrated an internal version of Server 2016 running on the <a href="/wiki/ARM_architecture#ARMv8-A" class="mw-redirect" title="ARM architecture">ARMv8-A</a> architecture. It was reported that Microsoft was working with <a href="/wiki/Qualcomm" title="Qualcomm">Qualcomm</a> <a href="/wiki/Qualcomm_Centriq" title="Qualcomm Centriq">Centriq</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cavium" title="Cavium">Cavium</a> <a href="/wiki/Cavium#ThunderX2_SoCs" title="Cavium">ThunderX2</a> chips. According to James Vincent of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Verge" title="The Verge">The Verge</a></i>, this decision endangers <a href="/wiki/Intel" title="Intel">Intel</a>'s dominance of the server CPU market.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, later inquiry from Microsoft revealed that this version of Windows Server is only for internal use and only impacts subscribers of <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Azure" title="Microsoft Azure">Microsoft Azure</a> service.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Preview_releases">Preview releases</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Windows_Server_2016&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Preview releases"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Windows_Insider" title="Windows Insider">Windows Insider</a></div> <p>A <a href="/wiki/Public_beta" class="mw-redirect" title="Public beta">public beta</a> version of Windows Server 2016 (then still called <i>vNext</i>) branded as "Windows Server Technical Preview" was released on October 1, 2014; the technical preview builds are aimed toward enterprise users. The first Technical Preview was first set to expire on April 15, 2015 but<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Microsoft later released a tool to extend the expiry date, to last until the second tech preview of the OS in May 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The second beta version, "Technical Preview 2", was released on May 4, 2015. Third preview version, "Technical Preview 3" was released on August 19, 2015. "Technical Preview 4" was released on November 19, 2015. "Technical Preview 5" was released on April 27, 2016. </p><p>Windows Server 2016 Insider Preview Build 16237 was released to Windows Insiders on July 13, 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Public_release">Public release</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Windows_Server_2016&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Public release"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Windows Server 2016 was officially released at Microsoft's Ignite Conference on September 26, 2016. Unlike its predecessor, Windows Server 2016 is licensed by the number of <a href="/wiki/CPU_core" class="mw-redirect" title="CPU core">CPU cores</a> rather than number of <a href="/wiki/CPU_socket" title="CPU socket">CPU sockets</a>—a change that has similarly been adopted by <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_BizTalk_Server" title="Microsoft BizTalk Server">BizTalk Server 2013</a> and <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_SQL_Server" title="Microsoft SQL Server">SQL Server 2014</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ars-2016license_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ars-2016license-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new licensing structure that has been adopted by Windows Server 2016 has also moved away from the Windows Server 2012/2012R2 CPU socket licensing model in that now the amount of cores covered under one license is limited. Windows Server 2016 Standard and Datacenter core licensing now covers a minimum of 8 core licenses for each physical processor and a minimum of 16 core licenses for each server. Core licenses are sold in packs of two with Standard Edition providing the familiar rights to run 2 virtualized OS environments. If the server goes over 16 core licenses for a 2 processor server additional licenses will now be required with Windows Server 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Version_history">Version history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Windows_Server_2016&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Version history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Technical_Preview">Technical Preview</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Windows_Server_2016&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Technical Preview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview, released on October 1, 2014, was the first beta version of the operating system made publicly available. Its version number was 6.4.9841.<sup id="cite_ref-announce_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-announce-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Technical_Preview_2">Technical Preview 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Windows_Server_2016&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Technical Preview 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 2 was made available on May 4, 2015. Its version number was 10.0.10074. (A similar jump in the most significant part of the version number from 6 to 10 is seen in Windows 10.) Highlights of this version include:<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Nano Server installation option<sup id="cite_ref-RegisterTP2_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RegisterTP2-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TP2_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TP2-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Hyper-V: hot add and remove memory and NIC; resilient virtual machines to keep running even when their cluster fabric fails<sup id="cite_ref-TeamBlogTP2_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TeamBlogTP2-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Rolling upgrades for Hyper-V and Storage clusters<sup id="cite_ref-RegisterTP2_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RegisterTP2-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TeamBlogTP2_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TeamBlogTP2-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Networking: Converged NIC across tenant and RDMA traffic; PacketDirect on <a href="/wiki/40_Gigabit_Ethernet" class="mw-redirect" title="40 Gigabit Ethernet">40G</a><sup id="cite_ref-TeamBlogTP2_42-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TeamBlogTP2-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Storage: Virtual Machine Storage Path resiliency; Storage Spaces Direct to aggregate Storage Spaces across multiple servers; Storage Replica<sup id="cite_ref-TeamBlogTP2_42-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TeamBlogTP2-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Security: Host Guardian Service, helping to keep trust and isolation boundary between the cloud infrastructure and guest OS layers; Just Enough Administration, restricting users to perform only specific tasks<sup id="cite_ref-TeamBlogTP2_42-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TeamBlogTP2-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Management: PowerShell Desired State Configuration; PowerShell Package Manager; Windows Management Framework 5.0 April Preview and DSC Resource Kit<sup id="cite_ref-TeamBlogTP2_42-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TeamBlogTP2-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Other: Conditional access control in AD FS; application authentication support for OpenID Connect and OAuth; full OpenGL support with RDS for VDI; Server-side support for <a href="/wiki/HTTP/2" title="HTTP/2">HTTP/2</a>, including header compression, connection multiplexing and server push<sup id="cite_ref-TeamBlogTP2_42-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TeamBlogTP2-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Installation options: Minimal Server Interface was made default and renamed the Server installation option to “Server with local admin tools”.<sup id="cite_ref-IOChanges_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IOChanges-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Technical_Preview_3">Technical Preview 3</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Windows_Server_2016&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Technical Preview 3"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The third technical preview of Windows Server 2016 was made available on August 19, 2015. Its version number was 10.0.10514. Highlights of this version include: </p> <ul><li>Windows Server Containers<sup id="cite_ref-technet.microsoft.com_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-technet.microsoft.com-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS): authentication of users stored in Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directories<sup id="cite_ref-technet.microsoft.com_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-technet.microsoft.com-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Installation options: The Server installation option had been renamed to “Server with Desktop Experience” having the shell and Desktop Experience installed by default. Due to the structural changes required to deliver the Desktop Experience on Server, it is no longer possible to convert from Server with Desktop Experience to Server Core or to convert Server Core up to Server with Desktop Experience.<sup id="cite_ref-IOChanges_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IOChanges-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Technical_Preview_4">Technical Preview 4</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Windows_Server_2016&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Technical Preview 4"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The fourth technical preview of the operating system was made available on November 19, 2015, one year and one month after the initial technical preview. Its version number was 10.0.10586, based on Windows 10 version 1511. Its highlights include: </p> <ul><li>Nano Server supports the <a href="/wiki/Name_server" title="Name server">DNS Server</a> and <a href="/wiki/Internet_Information_Services" title="Internet Information Services">IIS server</a> roles, as well as MPIO, VMM, <a href="/wiki/System_Center_Operations_Manager" title="System Center Operations Manager">SCOM</a>, DSC push mode, DCB, Windows Server Installer, and the WMI provider for Windows Update. Its Recovery Console supports editing and repairing the network configuration. A Windows PowerShell module is now available to simplify building Nano Server images.<sup id="cite_ref-WinBetaTP4_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WinBetaTP4-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Hyper-V Containers encapsulates each container in a light weight virtual machine.<sup id="cite_ref-WinBetaTP4_45-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WinBetaTP4-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Technical_Preview_5">Technical Preview 5</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Windows_Server_2016&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Technical Preview 5"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The last technical preview of Windows Server 2016 was made available on April 27, 2016. Its version number was 10.0.14300. Its highlights include:<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Mostly general refinements. Greater time accuracy in both physical and virtual machines</li> <li>Container support adds performance improvements, simplified network management, and support for Windows containers on <a href="/wiki/Windows_10" title="Windows 10">Windows 10</a></li> <li>Nano Server: an updated module for building Nano Server images, including more separation of physical host and guest virtual machine functionality as well as support for different Windows Server editions. Improvements to the Recovery Console, including separation of inbound and outbound firewall rules as well as the ability to repair configuration of WinRM</li> <li>Networking: traffic to new or existing virtual appliances can now be both mirrored and routed. With a distributed firewall and Network security groups, this enables dynamically segmented and secure workloads in a manner similar to <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Azure" title="Microsoft Azure">Azure</a>. One can deploy and manage the entire Software-defined networking (SDN) stack using System Center Virtual Machine Manager. Docker can be used to manage Windows Server container networking, and associate SDN policies not only with virtual machines but containers as well</li> <li>Remote Desktop Services: a highly available RDS deployment can leverage Azure SQL Database for the RD Connection Brokers in high availability mode</li> <li>Management: ability to run PowerShell.exe locally on Nano Server (no longer remote only), new Local Users & Groups cmdlets to replace the GUI, added PowerShell debugging support, and added support in Nano Server for security logging & transcription and JEA (Just Enough Administration)</li> <li>Shielded Virtual Machines: <ul><li>New "Encryption Supported" mode that offers more protections than for an ordinary virtual machine, but less than "Shielded" mode, while still supporting vTPM, disk encryption, Live Migration traffic encryption, and other features, including direct fabric administration conveniences such as virtual machine console connections and Powershell Direct</li> <li>Full support for converting existing non-shielded Generation 2 virtual machines to shielded virtual machines, including automated disk encryption</li> <li>Shielded virtual machines are compatible with Hyper-V Replica</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Release_to_manufacturing">Release to manufacturing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Windows_Server_2016&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Release to manufacturing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Windows Server 2016 was released to manufacturing on September 26, 2016, bearing the version number of 10.0.14393 (same as <a href="/wiki/Windows_10_Anniversary_Update" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows 10 Anniversary Update">Windows 10 Anniversary Update</a>). Microsoft added the following final touches: </p> <ul><li>Available for a 180-day evaluation</li> <li>Fixed <a href="/wiki/Start_menu" title="Start menu">Start menu</a> corruptions</li> <li>Improved user experience and performance</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windows_Store_apps" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows Store apps">Windows Store apps</a> have been removed</li> <li>Login screen now has a background</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Windows_Hello" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows Hello">Windows Hello</a> feature has been added</li> <li>Dark theme has been added</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Semi-Annual_Channel_releases">Semi-Annual Channel releases</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Windows_Server_2016&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Semi-Annual Channel releases"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Version_1709">Version 1709</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Windows_Server_2016&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Version 1709"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Windows Server, version 1709</b> (version shared with <a href="/wiki/Windows_10_Fall_Creators_Update" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows 10 Fall Creators Update">Windows 10 Fall Creators Update</a>) was released on October 17, 2017. The release has dropped the Windows Server 2016 name and is just called Windows Server by Microsoft.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is offered to the <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Software_Assurance" title="Microsoft Software Assurance">Microsoft Software Assurance</a> customers who have an active Windows Server 2016 license and has the same system requirements. This is the first Windows Server product to fall under the <a href="/wiki/Windows_10_editions#Release_branches" title="Windows 10 editions">"Semi-Annual Channel" (SAC) release cadence</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This product only features the Server Core and the Nano Server modes. Of the two, only the Server Core mode of the OS can be installed on a bare system. The Nano Server mode is only available as an operating system <a href="/wiki/Container_(virtualization)" class="mw-redirect" title="Container (virtualization)">container</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ws1709_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ws1709-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Version_1803">Version 1803</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Windows_Server_2016&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Version 1803"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Windows Server, version 1803</b> (version shared with <a href="/wiki/Windows_10_April_2018_Update" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows 10 April 2018 Update">Windows 10 April 2018 Update</a>) is the second Semi-Annual Channel release of Windows Server.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is also the final version to be branched off the Server 2016 codebase, as the next release shares the version number 1809 with <a href="/wiki/Windows_Server_2019" title="Windows Server 2019">Windows Server 2019</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Windows_Server_2016&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Servers" title="Microsoft Servers">Microsoft Servers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_Microsoft_Windows_versions" title="Comparison of Microsoft Windows versions">Comparison of Microsoft Windows versions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Microsoft_Windows" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Microsoft Windows">History of Microsoft Windows</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_operating_systems" title="Comparison of operating systems">Comparison of operating systems</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_operating_systems" title="List of operating systems">List of operating systems</a></li></ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Windows_Server_2016&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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