Windows Server 2022
Hybrid Cloud Capabilities: Windows Server 2022 is designed to seamlessly integrate with Azure, Microsoft’s cloud platform. It offers hybrid cloud capabilities, allowing organizations to extend their on-premises data centers to Azure for increased scalability and flexibility.
Security Enhancements: Windows Server 2022 includes several security improvements and features, such as the ability to secure privileged access, protect against threats, and enhance compliance with regulatory requirements.
Container Support: It provides support for containers, including both Windows containers and Linux containers through Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL 2). This makes it easier to deploy and manage containerized applications.
Storage Enhancements: Windows Server 2022 introduces enhancements to storage management, including improvements in Storage Spaces Direct (S2D), which is a software-defined storage solution, and support for SMB over QUIC for faster file sharing.
Hyper-V Improvements: Hyper-V, Microsoft’s virtualization platform, has been enhanced in Windows Server 2022 with features like improved performance, security, and support for various virtualization scenarios.
Azure Stack HCI: Windows Server 2022 includes Azure Stack HCI, a hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) solution that combines compute, storage, and networking capabilities. It’s designed for organizations looking to modernize their data centers.
Windows Admin Center: The Windows Admin Center is a web-based management tool that simplifies server administration tasks. It’s continually updated to support new features in Windows Server 2022.
Server Core and Desktop Experience: Windows Server 2022 offers both Server Core and Desktop Experience installation options. Server Core provides a minimal, headless installation for improved security and efficiency, while Desktop Experience includes a full graphical user interface.
Application Compatibility: Windows Server 2022 is designed to be compatible with a wide range of applications and workloads, including traditional Windows Server applications and modern cloud-native applications.
Licensing: Windows Server 2022 uses a core-based licensing model, and it offers different editions, including Standard and Datacenter editions, each with varying features and licensing options.
