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Gain enhanced security and performance with Windows Server 2025—now in preview
We are excited to announce that Windows Server 2025 is available in public preview and ready for you to download in the Evaluation Center.
This blog post was authored by Elden Christensen, Principal PM Manager, Windows Server.
A decade ago came the virtualization wave, where datacenters filled full of hundreds of servers were virtualized and reduced to dozens of servers. The consolidation of the compute layer brought incredible cost savings to the business, and IT admins were hailed as heroes. The next evolution for the on-premises datacenter is here with hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) where the storage and compute layers are being collapsed to reduce costs and achieve new levels of performance, resulting in IT admin’s once again being hailed as heroes.
In Windows Server 2016 we introduced our Microsoft hyper-converged solution, and we are seeing incredible adoption and wonderful success stories. HCI in Windows Server 2016 represented a major investment and the beginning of a journey, and we will continue the hyper-converged infrastructure journey in the Semi-Annual Channel cadence. Building on our successful launch of HCI, here is a sneak peak into some of the enhancements you will see coming:
We have much more coming, in diagnosability, additional workloads/scenarios, security, and expanding the hardware ecosystem, to name a few. We look forward to seeing you at Microsoft Ignite on September 25th – 29th in Orlando, Florida where you can learn more about all the hyper-converged infrastructure enhancements coming in the next releases in the Semi-Annual Channel.
If you haven’t already, join the Windows Insiders program so you can get started with the preview builds for Windows Server, version 1709. Also, don’t forget to join the conversation in the Tech Community!
Be an IT hero once again with Microsoft hyper-converged!
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UPDATE: As announced during Ignite, Windows Server, version 1709 will focus on helping customers on their application innovation journey with containers and microservices. The items mentioned in this blog post are still available for Windows Insiders and will show up in the next release in the Semi-Annual Channel.