As of now what are all the new features available in Windows Server 2016, what are major improvement and difference between windows server 2012 and 2016, windows server 2016 is not yet available to all and still in the development or Technical Preview version, I just find out the list of Windows Server 2016 Features comparison with windows server 2012
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Major Features of Windows Server 2016
Nano Server
I have already discussed Nano Server 2016 Features, Nano Server now supports the IIS and DNS server roles, Windows Server Installer, WMI provider for Windows Update and many more
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Windows containers
Have already discussed basics about the Windows Containers, Microsoft supports Windows Server Containers and Hyper-V Containers, Windows Server Containers same like a Docker, running each container as an application on top of the host OS
Hyper-V Containers will be completely isolated virtual machines (lightweight virtual machine), multiple lightweight virtual machines have its own copy of the common Windows kernel
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Active Directory Federation Service
ADFS in Windows Server 2016 enables you to configure AD FS to authenticate users stored in LDAP directories
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Remote Desktop Services
Personal session desktop
We can deploy server-based personal desktops in a cloud computing environment and can configure unique personal session desktop for users with necessary rights/access, will create a session-based desktop deployment in Windows Server 2016, the difference between the Hyper-V servers and the guest VMs, like Microsoft Azure Cloud or Microsoft Cloud Platform
OpenGL 4.4 and OpenCL 1.1 API Support
Now we can use graphics-intensive applications such as Adobe Photoshop, Maya, Blender and other on RDP with the help of new RemoteFX vGPU on Windows Server 2016 and will get the rich user experience
MultiPoint Services
Windows MultiPoint Server is opening a new way of working and it differs from old Server/desktop module, MultiPoint allows multiple users, each with their own independent Windows experience, to simultaneously share one computer, originally developed for educational institutions and now can be extended to small networks to work efficiently and most important it reduces total cost of ownership by reducing hardware and maintenance costs
In simple word, each user has their own Windows desktop experience, using their own monitor, keyboard, and mouse connected to the local computer will use the local server to process for them like a Unix multi-user experience
Hyper-V on Windows Server 2016
Now we can add or remove for network adapters and memory without downtime, windows server 2016 support Hot add a feature
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Windows Defender in Windows Server 2016
Windows Server Antimalware is installed and enabled by default in Windows Server 2016, it’s inbuilt free Antivirus Windows Defender, it’s Top and Best Free Antivirus for Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016
Failover Clustering in Windows Server 2016
Cluster Operating System Rolling Upgrade
Now you can upgrade the operating system of the cluster nodes from Windows Server 2012 to Windows Server 2016 without stopping the Hyper-V
Storage Replica
No need of 3rd party solution for block-level replication to different sites, Windows Server 2016 new feature called Storage Replica (SR) is enabled storage-agnostic, block-level replication between servers or clusters for disaster recovery (DR) with zero data loss at the file-system level
File and Storage Services in Windows Server 2016
Storage Spaces Direct
We can build highly available (HA) storage systems with local storage like SATA disk with the help of Storage Spaces Direct, It simplifies the deployment and management of software-defined storage systems
Storage quality of service (QoS)
We can now monitor end to end storage performance and also create policies using Hyper-V in Windows Server 2016 using storage quality of service to centrally
Windows PowerShell 5.0
New improved PowerShell version with multiple new features in Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC), this was a new feature added in windows server 2012 and R2, will see more details on Difference between windows server 2012 and R2
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