vspace server 8.4 with windows server 2016

I will come back with further tutorials about how to setup a domain and how to integrate it with older Forests/Domains. The installation is ready & we can start playing!ħ. Select the local admin’s password (it needs to be complex):Ħ.

Select the drive/hdd/SAN(external storage) you want to install it on:ĥ.

For this installation we used the GUI one:Ĥ. Select the language settings and keyboard/input method:ģ. This also includes a new Failorver Clustering (more info here)ġ. Storage: Storage Spaces Direct allows the building of highly available storage using servers with local storage. Security: The new “Just enough Administration” allows you to delegate administration for anything that can be managed with PowerShell, and the new Credential Guard uses virtualization-based security to isolate areas so that only specific software can access them.Ĩ. Networking: Microsoft added new Software-Defined Networking, but also many TCP performance improvements.ħ. Management & Automation: the new PowerShell 5.0 adds amazing new features, which are going to be of great help to developers (new predefined classes), and the ability to run PowerShell on Nano Server.Ħ. Identity and Access: This is where Microsoft made tremendous progress, allowing smooth integration of on-premises & cloud-based applications that are requiring secure Active Directory access.ĥ. Nano Server has now a new module for creating Server imagines, with support for different Windows Server Editions. Hyper-V got a complete new refactoring, with better hardware management, better and simpler network management, support for Windows Containers of Windows 10 VMs, etc. For the first time in the history, Microsoft improved the time accuracy due to the development of the Win32 Time and Hyper-V Time Sync service.Ģ. I would say that the new Windows Server takes us closer to the Cloud, granting excellent integration with the Azure services, especially on the SQL/DB side and on the Identity & access (cloud deployments that require AD services, allowing to manage in a very smooth way a hybrid environment with both on-premises and cloud-based applications).ġ. – Windows Server 2016 Standard (Desktop Experience – GUI)īut before we start, what is new in Windows Server 2016?

For this Step-by-step installation of the Windows Server 2016 we installed/used a VM with:

Vspace server 8.4 with windows server 2016