At the heart of the Microsoft Cloud Platform, Windows Server 2016 brings Microsoft’s experience with delivering global-scale cloud services into your infrastructure. Windows Server 2016 provides a wide range of new and enhanced features and capabilities spanning server virtualization, storage, software-defined networking, server management and automation, web and application platform, access and information protection, virtual desktop infrastructure, and more. Microsofts’s Windows Server 2012 R2, was very popular so Windows Server 2016 needs to deliver. The latest server operating system promises some new features to support customer’s Data Centers. Windows Server 2016 is currently in beta testing and scheduled for release in 2016. Key features include:
Nano Server
PowerShell Direct
Linux Secure Boot
Rolling upgrades for Hyper-V and Storage clusters
Windows Server Containers and Hyper-V Containers
Hot add & remove of virtual memory network adapters
Nested virtualization
Docker Support
New Host Guardian Service and Shielded VMs
Storage Spaces Direct
Outsource IT Solutions Group is a Microsoft Value Added Provider (VAR) and provides support for the Microsoft Windows Server 2016 platform throughout the Chicago area including the following cities: