Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Standard Edition

Windows Server 2016 Standard – 1PC

Windows Server 2016 is the successor of Windows Server 2012 with a wide range of new features. Here we examine some most essential highlights.

1. Nano Server

Windows Server 2016 offers a new installation option: Nano Server, which is optimized for next-generation distributed applications and framework.

2. Containers

The biggest change in Windows Server 2016 will be support for containers. Until now the containers have existed almost on Unix and Linux open sources world. It enables you to isolate your applications and services from the underlying OS improving the deployment and reliability of those applications. Windows Server 2016 offers two different kinds of containers, Windows Server Containers, and Hyper-V Containers.

3. Linux Secure Boot

One of the biggest new features in Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V is the ability to enable secure boot for VMs with Linux guest operating systems. Secure Boot is a technology and the latest feature of the UEFI specification that helps unauthorized code from running at boot-time.

4. Storage Spaces Direct

With the release of windows server, 2016 Microsoft developed the number of storage system improvements; one of them is Storage Spaces Direct feature. Which is designed to simplify the deployment and management of software-defined storage systems.

5. Hot add & remove of Virtual Hardware.

Another new element in Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V will be bolstered hot add and remove Virtual Hardware. This feature enables you to change the allocated RAM while the VM is active even if the VM is using static memory. Also, you can add and remove network adapters while VM is running.