Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2012

Hardware Innovation Hardware Innovation

• X86 Symmetric • X64 Servers
Multi-Processor • Multi-Core Servers (2-
(SMP) Servers 4 cores per socket)
• Affordable servers • VT, EPT Integrated Customers have
for the masses Memory Controller The rise of public cloud identified their strategy…
caused a pause in the
Hardware refresh cycle
Software Innovation Software Innovation while customers
• Window Server 2003 • Window Server 2008 rationalized their cloud
• SQL Server 2005 • SQL Server 2008 strategy.
• Exchange Server • Exchange Server 2007
2003 • SharePoint Server
2007

Risk Risk
• Y2K, SQL Slammer • HIPAA, PCI, SOX
41% 74%
 Windows Windows Windows Windows
Comparison Matrix Feature Server 2008
R2
Server
2012 R2
Server
2016
Server
2019
Enhanced Windows
Enhanced Security Capability Defender (ATP) •
Shielded VMs for Windows • •
Shielded VMs for Linux •
HGS offline mode for
shielded VM •
VM Connect for shielded
VMs •
Cluster Hardening •
SDN encrypted subnet •
Just enough administration • •
Just in-time administration • • •
Credential Guard • •
 Windows Windows Windows Windows
Comparison Matrix Feature Server 2008 Server Server Server
R2 2012 R2 2016 2019

Enhanced Security Capability

Control Flow Guard • •
Remote Credential Guard • •
Device Guard • •
Dynamic Access Control • • •
App Locker • • •
Bit Locker • •
Hybrid consistency
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Unique Hybrid platform

Windows Windows Windows Windows
Feature Server 2008 Server Server Server
R2 2012 R2 2016 2019
Storage Migration Service •
Synchronizing File Servers
to Azure • • •
System Insights •
Azure Network Adaptor •
Enhanced AD
Authentication •
VM Protection • • • •
Traditional infrastructure
Legacy “Three Tier” Infrastructure Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI)
 Windows Windows Windows Windows
Feature Server 2008 Server Server Server
Comparison Matrix R2 2012 R2 2016 2019
Unified Management •
Hyper Converged Infrastructure Storage Space • • •
Enhanced Storage Spaces
Direct •
Mirror-accelerated parity •
Storage Class Memory •
Supports USB thumb drive •
Storage Replica • •
Storage Quality of Service • •
Data Deduplication • •
Virtual Machine Storage
Resiliency • •
Azure Witness for Cluster •
 Windows Windows Windows Windows
Comparison Matrix Feature Server 2008 Server Server Server
R2 2012 R2 2016 2019

Hyper Converged Infrastructure

Storage Health Monitoring • •
Cluster Wide Monitoring •
Cluster Sets •
Cluster OS rolling Upgrade • •
Mixed OS mode cluster • • •
Site-aware failover clusters • •
Kernel Soft Reboot •
Persistent memory support •
Linux and Free BSD
workload • • •
Hot add and remove for
disk, memory and network •
Network Controller •
 Windows Windows Windows Windows
Comparison Matrix Feature Server 2008 Server Server Server
R2 2012 R2 2016 2019

Hyper Converged Infrastructure

Virtual Networking • • •
Software load balancer
(SLB) • •
Virtual network peering •
Distributed firewall and
micro-segmentation •
Hybrid SDN gateways • • •
Improved SDN gateway •
Converged RDMA •
IP address management
(IPAM) and DNS •
MultiPoint services role •
RDS RemoteFX vGPU

High-availability RDS
connection broker
 Existing Apps &
Services
Lift & Shift Containerize PaaS & Serverless
VALUE TO BUSINESS

PaaS

IaaS

TIME
Containers

Ultra-Portable Agile Rapidly Scale

Run Anywhere Microservices Fast deployment

New Apps: IT DevOps drives Governance, Security & Insights

Physical/Virtual Servers

IT collaborates with developers to

provide governance, security and
insights help.

Developers build, test and

update apps in containers, using
development environment; IT monitors deployed apps from
such as Visual Studio. central repository.

IT Manages the Container Platform

(CI/CD, Images etc.) for developers
 Windows Windows Windows Windows
Feature Server 2008 Server Server Server
Comparison Matrix R2 2012 R2 2016 2019
Linux Containers •
Faster Innovation for Applications Windows Server Containers • •
Server Core base container
image •
Nano Server base container
image • •
Server Core Features on
Demand •
Kubernetes platform
support •
Group Managed Service
Accounts (gMSA) •
Windows Subsystem on
Linux •
Hyper-V isolation • •
 Windows Windows Windows Windows
Comparison Matrix Feature Server 2008 Server Server Server
R2 2012 R2 2016 2019
Azure Service Fabric for
Faster Innovation for Applications Windows Server • • •
PowerShell 5.1 • •
PowerShell Desired State
Configuration (DSC) • •
Visual Studio Code • • • •
NET Core • • • •
Windows Server 2019 Datacenter Edition Standard Edition
Feature Differentiation
Core Windows Server functionality • •
Standard and Datacenter editions Hybrid integration • •
- Deliver enhancements to core Windows Server
functionality. Hyper-converged infrastructure •
- Enable developers to create cloud native apps
and modernize traditional apps using containers OSEs*/Hyper-V containers Unlimited 2*
and micro-services
- Increase security and reduce business risk with Windows Server containers Unlimited Unlimited
multiple layers of protection built into the
operating system Host Guardian Service • •
Storage Replica • •
Datacenter Edition Shielded Virtual Machines •
- Continues to enable high density virtualization
- Adds advanced software-defined datacenter
Software defined networking •
capabilities
- Adds advanced software-defined storage
Software defined storage •
capabilities
 CAL
Editions Description Licensing model
requirements

Windows Server For highly

virtualized
2019 editions Windows Server 2019
Datacenter
datacenter and
cloud
Core based WS CAL

environments.

For physical or
Windows Server 2019 minimally
Core based WS CAL
Standard virtualized
environments.

For small
Windows Server 2019 businesses with up
Processor based No CAL required
Essentials to 25 users and 50
devices.
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