WHAT’S NEW WITH WINDOWS SERVER 2016
Added layers of security
Enhance security and reduce risk with multiple layers of built-in
protection.
New deployment options
Increase availability and reduce resource usage with the lightweight
Nano Server.
Built-in containers
Develop and manage with agility thanks to Windows Server and Hyper-V
containers.
Cost-efficient storage
Build highly available, scalable software-defined storage and reduce
costs.
Agile networking
Software-defined networking to automate with cloud-like efficiency.
Strengthen your
security—starting at the operating system
Help prevent
malicious attacks and detect suspicious activity where it matters: your
operating system and workloads. Rely on security features built into Windows
Server 2016 to control privileged access, protect virtual machines, and harden
the platform against emerging threats.
Be more efficient
with a software-defined datacenter
Bring flexibility and
control to your datacenter while lowering costs with software-defined compute,
storage, and networking. Run your datacenter with an automated and resilient
operating system, and access many of the same cloud-efficient features found in
Microsoft Azure datacenters.
Innovate faster with
cloud-ready application workloads
Securely deploy and
run your existing applications on Windows Server 2016 to transform them into
new cloud-native models. Help developers to innovate and create on-premises and
cloud applications using the latest technology—containers, microservices, and
Nano Server.
Windows Server 2016
System Requirements:
Processor:
A minimum of 1.4 GHz
64-bit EMT64 or AMD64 processor. Quad Core Recommended for production systems.
Support for security
features like NX Bit and DEP (Data Execution Prevention)
The processor should
support CMPXCHG16b, LAHF/SAHF, and PrefetchWNeeds
Needs to Support EPT
or NPT (Second Level Address Translation)
Disk Space:
For Core
installation, a minimum Disk Space of 32 GB is required. Additional 4 GB is
required for GUI installation.
Disk Space Capacity
Planning:
Microsoft Support
recommends the following:
3 times the RAM size
limited up-to 32 GB. Which means 96 GB (32×3 = 96 GB)
Additional disk space
of 10-12 GB for additional roles and features installed based on server roles.
For 32 GB Systems with GUI (96 + 12 = 108 GB)
Additional 10 GB is
required for Windows Updates. So, 108 GB +10 GB = 118 GB for 32 GB Systems.
10 GB extra space for
miscellaneous files and logs (Perfmon, Server Trace etc.) (128 GB for 32 GB
Systems)
Any Disk Space
requirements for applications that are installed on the OS partition are
additional. For example: SQL,Exchange, SharePoint MS-CRM etc.
Disk Controller:
Needs to be a PCI
Express Compliant Disk Controller.
ATA/PATA/IDE/EIDE are
not supported for either boot, page, or data.
RAM (Random Access
memory) Requirements:
512 MB ECC supported
Memory Modules
800 MB for VM
Installations, post installation, reduce RAM to 512 MB.
Optional System
Requirements Features:
Support of UEFI
2.3.1c-based system and firmware with support for secure boot
Trusted Platform
Module
Graphics Accelerator
device and monitor capable of SVGA (1024 x 768) minimum. 1080 p monitors or higher-resolution recommended.
Input devices such as
a Keyboard and Microsoft® mouse (or other compatible pointing device)
Internet access to
download Windows Updates where tenant is managing the updates.
Network Requirements:
Minimum a Gigabit
Ethernet adapter with 1 gbps throughput.
Needs to be PCI
Express Compliant hardware.
Supports Pre-boot
Execution Environment (PXE). As you may know, Wireless Devices cannot be used
to boot from network.
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