Windows 10 RSAT, Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 3 Coming This Month 26
We've heard a lot lately about the release and reception of Windows 10; however, the Windows family includes more than just the most-seen desktop OS. Mark Wilson writes: Microsoft's Gabe Aul has revealed that the company plans to release a new technical preview of Windows Server 2016 later this month. Responding to questions on Twitter, the company's Corporate Vice President and face of the Windows Insider program also said that Windows 10 RSAT [Remote Server Administration Tools] will be launched in August. Unlike the preview builds of Windows 10, previews of the latest edition of Windows Server have been slower to creep out of Redmond. Sysadmins will be keen to get their hands on the latest builds to see just what direction Microsoft is taking with its server software after the decision to delay the launch. We don't know anything about what the third technical preview of Windows Server 2016 might include, but it is likely to be little more than a collection of bug fixes and tweaks. It's a little late in the game to expect any major changes to be made.
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When you deal with Windows servers it's better to check out the previews so you know what to deal with when it reaches RTM.
I'm actually more interested in the next Hyper-V server as we have deployed this at some single server customers.
Did a quick comparison installing server 2008 guests and i
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Actually yes, there are plenty of admins out there who are interested in this sort of technical preview - but of course, if you want to stay in the narrow bounds of Slashdot group think where everyone hates MS and its products, then have fun.
The rest of us get on with life in your mental absence.
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...says the anti-M$ zealot who started the whole thread by spouting "Windows is teh sux0r".
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market share for Windows servers was pretty small
That must be why it is the most installed server OS on the planet, running 65% of all Enterprise servers, 79% of servers in companies with 100-999 employees, and 85% of companies with
Stupid troll is stupid.
Re:Keen redefined (Score:5, Informative)
It is good to have to know what is coming your way sooner or later:
1: Storage Spaces Direct -- interesting feature where you hook up machines with JBOD drives, and let Windows handle not just drive arrays locally, but on multiple nodes, so all the machines present one volume, with redundancy so if a node or drive fails, the volume keeps running. Sort of like Isilon OneFS, but without InfiniBand [1].
2: Guarded machines, shielded VMs. Basically a way to have BitLocker/TPM protection on virtual machines and provide physical protection. Interesting concept, and is good enough to allow a Hyper-V cluster on a remote site where there are no admins.
3: Multipoint users. This is basically similar concept of different terminals in X-windows (where multiple users can have keyboards and monitors on one machine.) However, MS is working on improving VDI support, so this can be useful.
4: Windows Server Antimalware. Does it provide security? Not to 0-days. Does it check off that damned box that every auditor demands? Yes. So, you don't have to worry if a server has the latest company antivirus utility anymore.
The Hyper-V advances are interesting and worth taking a look at, especially coupled with AVMA [2].
As for using it as a desktop OS... W2016 is what Windows 10 should have been. No, it does not install a GUI completely by default... but it is easily added as a feature. Once installed, it is how Windows should be, without the nonsense. If you want a user account, you create it yourself and assign it what privs it should have.
[1]: InfiniBand really kills the deal, because what makes the EMC offering so good is the fact that disk I/O will come from a fast source in the node cluster regardless of which physical drive it lives on. Without that and "just" an Ethernet switch, Storage Spaces Direct will be a lot less dlower.
[2]: Put a generic license code in, and VMs will auto-activate for 7 days under Hyper-V.
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SSH too will be on Powershell and RDP.
I will even go as far as saying it is a REQUIREMENT for any bank or hospital who values security.
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Yep
Who cares about keeping your skillset current, learning docker, SSH over Powershell & RDP, non-admin read only VM's, and other things. It is not like Windows 7 will go EOL in just 4 short years! Companies typically upgrade their domains and even server infrastructure too when upgrading the client OS. Ours just went to 2008 R2 back in 2013 during the Windows 7 migration and retired Server2003 AD/forests and kept just a few 2k3 boxes around.
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You speak of the home edition where users are damned if they update and damned if they don't. The truth is home users can't be trusted to install updates.
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Totally automatic updates are incredibly stupid for everyone, but that's only partially what is wrong with the steaming pile that is Windows 10.
Yes but it is not applied to everyone. It is applied to home users. For them it is most definitely the lesser evil. home users are a collection of people that 75% have no clue and know it, 20% think they have a clue but are wrong and then a tiny percentage of people that actually know what they are doing. That small percentage can live with the auto updates, move to a different version of the OS or even go to a different OS entirely. Why sacrifice the many to placate the few.
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I also hope Windows Server 2016 shares all local WiFi hotspots. That seems a really keen feature with absolutely no downside.
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Windows Server 2016 doesn't have the capability to use wireless NICs out of the box. It is installed as a feature.
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From what I've seen, it does the same behavior as previous iterations of Windows Server.
If MS forced updated on WS customers, there would be pain, because almost all companies have a test, then release to production process for fixes.
Of course, you can have everything auto install by installing WSUS, auto-approve all updates.
Sysadmins will be Keane to get their hands on... (Score:2)
https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/12... [akamai.net]
Native windows docker containers (Score:1)
And hyper-v instances in containers.