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Windows Server is a brand name for a group of server operating systems (OS) that Microsoft has been developing since 2003. The first OS to be released under ... WindowsServer FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch NottobeconfusedwithMicrosoftServers. GroupofserveroperatingsystemsbyMicrosoft WindowsServerDeveloperMicrosoftSourcemodelClosed-sourceSource-available(throughSharedSourceInitiative)InitialreleaseApril 24,2003;18yearsago (2003-04-24)Latestrelease2022(10.0.20348.524)/February 8,2022;54daysago (2022-02-08)[1]LatestpreviewvNext(10.0.25057)/February 16,2022;46daysago (2022-02-16)[2]UpdatemethodWindowsUpdateWindowsServerUpdateServicesConfigurationManagerDockerHubIntuneDefaultuserinterfaceWindowsshellPowerShellWindowsAdminCenterLicenseTrialware,SaaS,orvolumelicensingOfficialwebsitewww.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server WindowsServerisabrandnameforagroupofserveroperatingsystems(OS)thatMicrosofthasbeendevelopingsince2003.ThefirstOStobereleasedunderthisbrandnamewasWindowsServer2003. Microsoft'shistoryofdevelopingoperatingsystemsforservercomputersgoesbacktoWindowsNT3.1AdvancedServeredition.Windows2000ServereditionwasthefirstOStoincludeActiveDirectory,DNSServer,DHCPServer,andGroupPolicy. Contents 1Members 1.1Mainreleases 1.2Brandedreleases 1.3Semi-annualreleases(discontinued) 2Seealso 3References 4Externallinks Members[edit] Mainreleases[edit] Mainreleasesinclude: WindowsServer2003(April2003)[3] WindowsServer2003R2(December2005)[4] WindowsServer2008(February2008)[5] WindowsServer2008R2(October2009)[6] WindowsServer2012(September2012)[7] WindowsServer2012R2(October2013)[8] WindowsServer2016(October2016)[9] WindowsServer2019(October2018)[10] WindowsServer2022(August2021)[11] Traditionally,MicrosoftsupportsWindowsServerfor10years,withfiveyearsofmainstreamsupportandanadditionalfiveyearsofextendedsupport.Thesereleasesalsoofferacompletedesktopexperience.StartingwithWindowsServer2008R2,ServerCoreandNanoServerconfigurationsweremadeavailabletoreducetheOSfootprint.[12][13]Between2015and2021,Microsoftreferredtothesereleasesas"long-termservicing"releasestosetthemapartfromsemi-annualreleases(seebelow.) Forsixteenyears,MicrosoftreleasedamajorversionofWindowsServereveryfouryears,withoneminorversionreleasedtwoyearsafteramajorrelease.Theminorversionshadan"R2"suffixintheirnames.InOctober2018,MicrosoftbrokethistraditionwiththereleaseofWindowsServer2019,whichshouldhavebeen"WindowsServer2016R2".WindowsServer2022isalsoaminorupgradeoveritspredecessor.[14][15] Brandedreleases[edit] CertaineditionsofWindowsServerhaveacustomizedname: WindowsStorageServer(aneditionofWindowsServer2003through2016)[16][17] WindowsHPCServer2008 WindowsHPCServer2008R2 WindowsHomeServer(aneditionofWindowsServer2003) WindowsHomeServer2011(aneditionofWindowsServer2008R2) Hyper-VServer(adiscontinued,[18]freewareeditionofWindowsServer2008through2019)[19] WindowsMultiPointServer(discontinued) WindowsServerEssentials(discontinued)[20][21] WindowsEssentialBusinessServer(discontinued)[22] AzureStackHCI(aneditionofWindowsServer2019andlater)[23] Semi-annualreleases(discontinued)[edit] FollowingthereleaseofWindowsServer2016,MicrosoftattemptedtomirrorthelifecycleofWindows10intheWindowsServerfamily,releasingnewversionstwiceayearwhichweresupportedfor18months.Thesesemi-annualversionswereonlyavailableaspartofMicrosoftsubscriptionservices,includingSoftwareAssurance,AzureMarketplace,andVisualStudiosubscriptions,[24]untiltheirdiscontinuationinJuly2021.[25][24] Thesemi-annualreleasesdonotincludeanydesktopenvironments.Instead,theyarerestrictedtotheNanoServerconfigurationinstalledinaDockercontainer,[13][24]andtheServerCoreconfiguration,licensedonlytoserveasacontainerhost.[13][24] Semi-annualreleasesinclude:[26] WindowsServer,version1709(supporteduntil9 April2019;2yearsago (2019-04-09)) WindowsServer,version1803(supporteduntil12 November2019;2yearsago (2019-11-12)) WindowsServer,version1809(supporteduntil10 November2020;16monthsago (2020-11-10)) WindowsServer,version1903(supporteduntil8 December2020;15monthsago (2020-12-08)) WindowsServer,version1909(supporteduntil11 May2021;10monthsago (2021-05-11)) WindowsServer,version2004(supporteduntil14 December2021;3monthsago (2021-12-14)) WindowsServer,version20H2(supporteduntil9 August2022;4months'time (2022-08-09)) Seealso[edit] MicrosoftServers Linuxrangeofuse§ Servers,mainframesandsupercomputers NetWare NovellOpenEnterpriseServer References[edit] ^"WindowsServer2022updatehistory".MicrosoftSupport.Microsoft.Retrieved26November2021. ^"AnnouncingWindowsServerPreviewBuild25057".MicrosoftTechCommunity.16February2022.Retrieved18February2022.whenreportingissuespleasereferto"VNext"ratherthanWindowsServer2022whichiscurrentlyinmarket. ^"WindowsServer2003-MicrosoftLifecycle".Microsoft.8March2008.Retrieved19August2021. ^"WindowsServer2003R2-MicrosoftLifecycle".Microsoft.8March2008.Retrieved19August2021. ^"WindowsServer2008-MicrosoftLifecycle".Microsoft.Retrieved25September2012. ^"WindowsServer2008R2-MicrosoftLifecycle".Microsoft.Retrieved25September2012. ^"WindowsServer2012-MicrosoftLifecycle".MicrosoftSupport.Microsoft.January2012.Retrieved10October2012. ^"WindowsServer2012R2-MicrosoftLifecycle".Microsoft.com.Retrieved27December2018. ^"WindowsServer2016-MicrosoftLifecycle".MicrosoftSupport.Microsoft.Retrieved7December2016. ^"WindowsServer2019-MicrosoftLifecycle".MicrosoftSupport.Microsoft.Retrieved19August2021. ^"WindowsServer2022-MicrosoftLifecycle".MicrosoftSupport.Microsoft.Retrieved19August2021. ^"WhatisMicrosoftWindowsServerLTSC(Long-TermServicingChannel)?-DefinitionfromWhatIs.com".SearchWindowsServer.Retrieved22March2018. ^abc"WindowsServer-Semi-AnnualChannel(SAC)vsLong-TermServicingChannel(LTSC)-ThomasMaurer".ThomasMaurer.19November2017.Retrieved22March2018. ^Sommergut,Wolfgang(24August2021)."WindowsServer2022released:Overviewofnewfeatures".4sysops.{{citeweb}}:CS1maint:url-status(link) ^Foley,MaryJo(20August2021)."Microsoft'sWindowsServer2022isrollingouttomainstreamusers".ZDNet.CBSInteractive.{{citeweb}}:CS1maint:url-status(link) ^"WindowsStorageServerLifecycle(EOL)".EndOfLife.Software. ^"StorageServer".SearchProductandServicesLifecycleInformation.Microsoft.Retrieved2September2021. ^Christensen,Elden(25March2022)."Hyper-Vinthe2022Wave".MicrosoftTechCommunity.Self-published. ^"Hyper-VServer".SearchProductandServicesLifecycleInformation.Microsoft.Retrieved2September2021. ^"WindowsSmallBusinessServer2008TechnicalFAQ".WindowsServerEssentialsdocumentations.Microsoft.14December2010–viaMicrosoftDocs. ^Thurrott,Paul(3September2011)."WindowsSmallBusinessServer2011Essentials".SupersiteforWindows.PentonMedia.Archivedfromtheoriginalon27September2011.Retrieved26September2011. ^"WindowsEssentialBusinessServer".TechNetArchive.Microsoft.7February2012–viaMicrosoftDocs. ^"DeploytheAzureStackHCIoperatingsystem".AzureDocs.Microsoft.22October2021. ^abcd"WindowsServerSemi-AnnualChanneloverview".WindowsServerLibrary.Microsoft.16August2021.{{citeweb}}:CS1maint:url-status(link) ^"Microsofttoretiresemi-annualWindowsServerupdates,willmoveentirelytoLTSCreleases".Neowin.28July2021.{{citeweb}}:CS1maint:url-status(link) ^"WindowsServer".SearchProductandServicesLifecycleInformation.Microsoft.Retrieved19February2022. 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