![]() ![]() ![]() With Server 2022, the manufacturer limits Windows Server to improvements in existing functions. In the future, it alone will get all essential new features for this use case. Microsoft is positioning Azure Stack HCI as a competitor to Windows Server for hyperconverged infrastructures. Unlike Server 2022, it receives feature upgrades at short intervals.Īzure Stack HCI will replace Windows Server sooner or later for hyperconverged infrastructures. It has its own hardware certification, is licensed by subscription, and can only be installed on bare metal, but not in a VM. Microsoft has another operating system in its portfolio that is based on Windows Server but goes by a different name. Yet another edition under a different product name In addition, Server 2022 limits the Essentials Edition to one CPU with a maximum of 10 cores. However, it is no longer a product on its own rather, it is a Standard Edition with an alternative license.Īs before, this includes a number of restrictions, for example, a maximum of 25 users and 50 devices. This is also missing in the Standard and Datacenter editions of Server 2022.ĭespite expectations, the smallest version of Windows Server will be available again in the 2022 version. In this version, however, Microsoft removed special functions, such as the dashboard, client backup, and access anywhere.Īt the same time, the manufacturer stripped out the Windows Server Essentials Experience role in the main editions. Essentials Edition is no longer a separate productįor Windows Server 2019, Microsoft still offered the Essentials edition, which is aimed at small businesses with a maximum of 25 users. This applies to Storage Spaces Direct, for example, and SMB Direct and SMB over RDMA are not supported in Azure VMs anyway. The Azure edition is otherwise functionally identical to the Datacenter Edition, even if some features don't seem to offer much benefit in an Azure VM. In the SMB settings of the Admin Center the section on SMB over QUIC is missing when connecting to an on prem server 2022. ![]()
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