Microsoft Windows Server Team articles
Now available: Microsoft System Center 2019!
As customers grow their deployments in the public cloud and on-premises data centers, management tools are evolving to meet customer needs. System Center suite continues to play an important role in managing the on-premises data center and the evolving IT needs with the adoption of the public cloud.
Update on Windows Server 2019 availability
On October 2, 2018, we announced the availability of Windows Server 2019 and Windows Server, version 1809. Later that week, we paused the rollout of these new releases to investigate isolated reports of users missing files after updating to the latest Windows 10 feature update.
Express updates for Windows Server 2016 re-enabled for November 2018 update
Starting with the November 13, 2018 update on Tuesday, Windows will again publish Express updates for Windows Server 2016. Express updates for Windows Server 2016 stopped in mid-2017 after a significant issue was found that kept the updates from installing correctly.
Use Azure Site Recovery to migrate Windows Server 2008 before End of Support
Don’t let the name fool you. Azure Site Recovery (ASR) can be used as an Azure migration tool for 30 days at no charge. It has been used for years to support migration of our 64-bit versions of Windows Server, and we are pleased to announce it now supports migration of Windows Server 2008 32-bit applications to Azure Virtual Machines.
Remote Desktop Services 2019 generally available with Windows Server 2019
Today, we're excited to announce the newest version of Remote Desktop Services (RDS), RDS 2019. RDS 2019 builds on the strong foundation of RDS 2016, letting you rapidly deploy on-premises or in the cloud.
Windows Server 2019 – now generally available!
Last week at Ignite, we announced Windows Server 2019 and talked about the new hybrid, security, application platform, and hyper-converged infrastructure capabilities. Today, we are making it available for download.
Windows Server 2019 – Announcing general availability in October!
I am excited to share that Windows Server 2019 will be generally available in October 2018! This new release is a great opportunity for our customers to modernize their applications and infrastructure in their own datacenters or in Azure.
Windows Admin Center 1809 and SDK now generally available!
It’s been an exciting debut year for Windows Admin Center, the next-generation graphical management for Windows Server.
Everything you need to know about Windows Server 2019 – Part 3
In the preceding blogs, you were given a video-tour of some of the high-level advancements made in Windows Server 2019 that touched on areas such as the improvements made around hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI), hybrid capabilities such as Azure File Sync and Azure Site Recovery, our new administrative experience with the Windows Admin Center (WAC), and an array of pretty mind-blowing storage enhancements.
Windows Server 2019 Essentials update
For more than a decade the Windows Server team has been releasing Windows Server editions tailored to meet the needs of small business environments. Windows Server 2016 Essentials is the current in-market edition of Windows Server made for small business and is available for companies with up to 25 users.