Windows Server Introduction & Tools and Principles

Windows Server 2016 Editions

1. Windows Server 2016 platforms:

   1. Windows Server 2016 Essentials Edition

   2. Windows Server 2016 Standard Edition

   3. Windows Server 2016 Datacenter Edition

2. Additional Windows Server 2016 platforms targeted for specific-purpose niches:

   1. Windows Server 2016 Multipoint Premium Server

   2. Windows Storage Server 2016

   3. Windows Hyper-V Server 2016

• Windows Server 2016 Essentials Edition

  • Windows Server 2016 Essentials Edition supports a maximum of:

    • 25 users

    • Up to 64 GB RAM

    • 2 CPU sockets

    • No support for Hyper-V

  • In addition:

    • This edition cannot join a domain, other than to migrate files and data from one server to another

    • Provides most, but not all server roles. It does not provide a role for hosting virtual machines and cannot provide cloud services

• Windows Server 2016 Standard Edition

  • Standard Edition provides:

    • File and print services

    • Secure Internet connectivity

    • Centralized management of users

    • Centralized management of applications and network resources

    • Includes Hyper-V which enables servers to offer a virtualization environment

    • Up to 4 TB of RAM and 64 CPU sockets

    • Up to 2 Hyper-V containers

    • Supports clusters of up to 16 computers

• Windows Server 2016 Clustering

  • Clustering - the ability to increase the access to server resources and provide fail-safe service by linking two or more computer systems so they appear to function as one

    

• Windows Server 2016 Datacenter Edition

  • Designed for environments with:

    • Mission-critical applications

    • Very large databases

    • Very large virtualization requirements

    • Cloud computing needs

    • Information access requiring high availability

  • Offers support for clustering up to 64 computers

  • Supports up to 4 TB RAM, 64 CPU sockets

  • Unlimited Hyper-V containers

• Windows Server 2016 Multipoint Premium Server

  • Multipoint services - Enable many users to share the same physical computer through each person connecting a keyboard, monitor, and mouse to a USB hub that is connected to a server

  • Windows Server 2016 Multipoint Premium Server

    • Offered to educational customers as a way to provide volume licensing

    • The Multipoint Services role is included as a regular server role in Standard and Datacenter Editions

• Windows Storage Server 2016

  • Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) that focus on storage solutions for organizations can offer Windows Storage Server 2016 on the server-based products they sell

  • Turns a server into a central storage center for data

  • Takes advantage of storage utilities offered in Windows Server 2016

• Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2016

  • A free download of a basic server system that enables you to use Hyper-V

  • Use this if you want to learn more about how Hyper-V works or to set up a basic Hyper-V system