Microsoft announced Windows Server 2016 release at Microsoft Ignite in Atlanta 2 weeks ago. Microsoft released the Evaluation version of Windows Server 2016 which allow you to start play with Windows Server 2016. And today Microsoft announced the GA (General Availability) of Windows Server 2016 and System Center 2016.
Windows Server brings some great new features and possibilities such as Hyper-V, Storage Spaces Direct, Nano Server, Storage Replica and much more.
Here are some information about deployment, upgrading and certification:
Windows Server
- Supported upgrade paths for Windows Server 2016
- Server role upgrade and migration matrix for Windows Server 2016
- Windows Server 2016 and Microsoft Server Application Compatibility
- Windows Server Catalog – Windows Server 2016
- Check out the new Windows Server 2016 Licensing and Pricing
- Windows Server 2016 System Requirements
- Windows Server 2016 Evaluation
- My Windows Server 2016 Hardware Recommendation
- Create a USB Stick for Windows Server 2016 Installation
- How to install Updates on Nano Server
If you want to go to production make sure you also install the latest Cumulative Update for Windows Server 2016:
If you want to try Windows Server 2016 you can also do this on Microsoft Azure.
System Center:
- Operating Systems Compatibility for System Center 2016
- Release Notes for System Center 2016
- Upgrade to System Center 2016
- Features Removed or Deprecated from System Center 2016
- Update Rollup 1 for Microsoft System Center 2016
Tags: Azure, Container, Docker, Hyper-V, Hyper-V 2016, Microsoft, Nano Server, S2D, Storage Replica, Storage Spaces, Storage Spaces Direct, System Center, System Center 2016, Windows Server, Windows Server 2016 Last modified: September 2, 2018
Ignite was in Atlanta 🤓
right, fixed it ;) Thanks