Windows Server is a flexible, affordable, and simple server solution for small businesses with up to 25 users and 50 devices. Windows Server is ideal for a first server and can also be used as the primary server in a multi-server environment for small businesses.<\/p>\n
Windows Server 2016 introduced support for Docker containers. These can be deployed and managed on Microsoft servers either from the Docker client for Windows or via PowerShell. Through Windows Server Containers, the server also allows for managing access to shared storage volumes across different containers, as well as maintaining storage persistence in this type of environment.
\nOne of the main new features of the 5th preview build of Windows Server 2016 focuses specifically on containers. It includes a version of Microsoft's hypervisor optimized to support them (Hyper-V Containers). Introducing a deployment option for containers requiring a high level of isolation, it also aims to support various scenarios in this area, including multi-tenant container deployments.
\nContainers open up new perspectives in terms of continuous deployment, application architecture, but also the relocation of applications to Azure or to a third-party cloud.
\nIn terms of architecture management, virtualization (Hyper-V) and cluster management are also updated to better manage application resilience and business continuity, including in the event of cluster management service failures. Finally, Windows Server 2016 improves support for flash storage systems (including NVMe SSDs and SATA SSDs).<\/p>\n