Planning your path to Windows Server 2025: What organizations are prioritizing in 2026
Windows Server Summit 2026 has been fine‑tuned for practical, engineering‑led guidance that focuses on operating Windows Server efficiently at scale.
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Previews for Windows Server Semi-annual Channel releases coming soon
Have you heard about our new option to get more frequent feature updates for Windows Server? This new model provides customers who are innovating quickly an opportunity to take advantage of new operating system capabilities at a faster pace, both in applications – particularly those built on containers and microservices – as well as in.
Join the Windows Server Tech Community
Launched at Ignite in September 2016, the Microsoft Tech Community grew to more than 50,000 members in its first six months, and that growth continues to accelerate. In this six-minute video, Anna Chu of the Microsoft Community team gives “a lightning tour” of the Microsoft Tech Community’s bells and whistles.
Windows Server 2016 docs are now on docs.microsoft.com
We’re excited to announce the availability of the IT pro technical documentation for Windows Server 2016 and Windows 10 and Windows 10 Mobile on docs.microsoft.com. Why move to docs.microsoft.com? You’ll immediately notice our crisp new responsive design that looks fantastic on your phone, tablet, and PC.
Performance Tuning Guidelines for Windows Server 2016
Today, we are pleased to announce the availability of the Windows Server 2016 Performance Tuning Guide. This updated guide provides a comprehensive collection of technical articles with practical guidance for IT professionals and server administrators responsible for monitoring and tuning Windows Server 2016 across the most common server workloads and scenarios.
Save up to 40 percent on Windows Server VMs in Azure
Deploying a virtual machine on Microsoft Azure is a great way to add scalability and flexibility to an existing datacenter and applications.
Switching between Windows Server 2016 Server Core and Desktop Experience
We have frequently been asked why we removed the option to add and remove the Server GUI package to the Windows Server 2016 Server Core install option like you could in Windows Server 2012 R2. This was one of those challenging functional trade-offs that sometimes need to be made during product development.
Are you still running a Windows Server technical preview?
If you were one of the customers who took time to evaluate the technical previews of Windows Server last year, thank you! Your testing and feedback helped us improve and deliver a great release of Windows Server 2016 for general availability in October 2016.
Dig into the free Windows Server 2016 virtual labs
We know every time we launch a new Windows Server version our customers get excited to try the new features. But while some folks love getting their hands dirty setting up new servers, storage, cables, etc., not everyone has a lot of time to do this.
Windows Server 2016 sweepstakes
Calling all Windows Server users! Whether you’ve already upgraded to Windows Server 2016 or you’re still on Windows Server 2012 and want to try the newest version, we want to hear from you. Tell us about your experience with Windows Server 2016 and you’ll get the chance to win a Microsoft Surface Pro 4.
Microsoft Mechanics show features software-defined networking with Windows Server 2016
Take a coffee break and watch our new 10-minute video on software-defined networking with Windows Server 2016.
Why WSUS and SCCM managed clients are reaching out to Microsoft Online
Of late, several customers have reached out to my team asking why their Windows 10 1511 and 1607 clients, which are managed by WSUS or SCCM are going online to Microsoft update to download updates.
Prepare for the new MCSA: Windows Server 2016 certification
We’ve got great news for IT Pros who’ve been waiting for the MCSA: Windows Server 2016 certification! It will be available soon, and we have some practical instructor-led courses to help you get ready for the exams: 20740: Installation, Storage, and Compute with Windows Server 2016 This course is designed for professionals who will be.