Windows Server 2016 is the seventh release of the Windows Server server operating system developed by Microsoft as part of the Windows NT family of operating systems. It was developed concurrently with Windows 10 and is the successor to the Windows 8.1-based Windows Server 2012 R2. The first early preview version (Technical Preview) became available on October 1, 2014 together with the first technical preview of System Center. Windows Server 2016 was released on September 26, 2016 at Microsoft's Ignite conference and broadly released for retail sale on October 12, 2016. It has three successors: Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2022, and the Windows Server Semi-Annual Channel, which excludes the graphical user interface and many older components.


Includes:

Hyper-V Server 2016
Windows Server 2016 Essentials
Windows Server 2016 Standard (Server Core Installation)
Windows Server 2016 Standard (Server with a GUI)
Windows Server 2016 Datacenter (Server Core Installation)
Windows Server 2016 Datacenter (Server with a GUI)
Windows Storage Server 2016 Standard
Windows Storage Server 2016 Workgroup



- Integrated updates for April 12, 2022;
- Integrated .Net Framework 4.8;
- .Net Framework 3.5 included (including 2.0 and 3.0);
- Integrated SmartFix 2.4.4, Microsoft DaRT in winre.wim and boot.wim;
- The systems were not in audit mode.

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