Difference between Windows server 2016 and 2019

have already written new features of Windows Server 2019 on my previous article which detailed the list of features available on Windows Server 2019, now want to compare the difference between Windows server 2016 and 2019, will list difference

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Comparison of Windows server 2016 vs 2019

Below features are only available on Windows server 2019 compared to Windows server 2016

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Azure hybrid capabilities

System Insights – the built-in tool which pre-actively analysis the system data and alert the findings

Azure network adaptor – Used to connects to Azure virtual networks

Nested Mirror Accelerated parity – Two-node clusters which provide fault tolerance

USB thumb drive as cluster witness – USB drive can be used as a cluster witness which allows true two node HCI deployments

Deduplication for ReFS – This will save 90% disk space using de-duplication

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Cluster-wide monitoring – Monitor real time system performance related to Cluster

Cluster sets – Now we can create large scale Cluster

Persistent memory – PM provides byte level access to non-volatile memory to improve performance

Virtual network peering – Now we can connect two virtual networks with High speed connectivity

Improved SDN gateway – Improved site to site VPN connectivity

Precision Time Protocol (PTP) – Replacement for NTP (Network Time Protocol)

Leap Second support – Now Windows support the leap second changes

Latency Optimised Background Transport (LEDBAT) – LEDBAT network bandwidth management

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Security Capabilities

Enhanced Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) – ATP now uses preventative protection, attack detection, and zero-day exploits

Shielded VMs for Linux – More secure VMs

HGS offline mode for shielded VMs – shielded VMs are more secure event HGS cannot be reached

VM Connect for shielded VMs – Easy to manage shielded VMs

Cluster hardening – Now Cluster works without NTLM

SDN encrypted subnet – secure encrypted communication between VMs that communicate with each other within subnets

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Container Capabilities

Linux containers – Now we can manage Windows and Linux applications on the same environment

Server Core base container image – Reduced container image size

Server Core Features on Demand (FoD) – Improved application compatibility

Kubernetes platform support – Improves computing, storage, and networking components

Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) – Use Windows tools like Command Prompt and PowerShell from Linux

And Storage Migration Service – migrate the existing server to new hardware or new Operating system version

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