Windows Server 2016

Microsoft has announced details on Windows Server 2016 licensing, which includes a switch to a per-core licensing model.

Aidan Finn shares his opinion on what it means for IT pros to adopt an infrastructure as code approach.

Learn and understand the reasoning behind Hyper-V Containers and how they work and differ from Windows Server Containers.

Russell Smith dives into the Windows 2016 Technical Preview 4 release.

Learn about new features in the Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 4 for Hyper-V and related roles and technologies.

Learn how to perform administration inside of a Windows Server container, along with steps on creating a new container image in the repository.

Learn how to manage and create Windows Server Containers using PowerShell, as well as explaining the file types and locations.

Windows Server 2016 improves the speed of VHD and VHDX operations. Aidan Finn show the results using basic 1 GbE iSCSI storage.

Learn how to create a new Windows Server 2016 (WS2016) VM host for Windows Server Containers with NAT networking.

Understand how Windows Server Containers will be connected to the network via a virtual switch, using NAT and DHCP.