Windows Server 2022 Standard DVD Kit 16-Core

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Windows Server 2022 Standard

16 Core Supported

5 CALs

The Standard Edition is the base version of Windows Server 2022. The single license of the standard version can only work with two virtual machines and one Hyper-V host.

The Replica Storage option is available with one partnership and one resource group with a capacity of 2 terabytes. Features such as hot patching, software-defined networking, and storage are not available in the standard version.

Introduction

As data protection and management are critical to enterprise-level infrastructure, Microsoft integrates two key functions: software-defined storage and storage replication with Storage Spaces Direct.

Storage replication provides block-level data replication without data loss and even replicates open files. Software-defined storage with Storage Spaces Direct enables manageability and scalability – supports up to 16 servers and up to 1 petabyte of cluster storage.

The main requirements are:

• Processor: 1.4 GHz 64-bit processor, 64-bit compatible
• RAM (Storage): 512 MB and 2 GB for server with the option to install Desktop Experience.
• Network: NIC card with a minimum bandwidth of 1 GBPS
• HDD: 32GB

Now let’s discuss the top 8 features of the increasingly popular Windows 2022 server.

Server Hardware Improvements

One major improvement in Windows 2022 is that server hardware limitations have been extended to the highest level. The server 2022 supports 48 terabytes of memory and 2,048 logical cores running on 64 physical sockets.

It also supports Intel’s Ice Lake SGX processor, which helps isolate sensitive data in an encrypted processor enclave during processing.

 Storage Enhancements

The innovation at the storage level represents one of the major improvements on Windows 2022 servers. Daily data management has become a problem for data engineers. In such scenarios, advanced storage upgrades are built into the 2022 servers:

• Advanced caching: Automatically stores important data on faster storage volumes and less critical data on slower volumes. This allows for faster access to read and write operations.
• Faster, Manageable Storage Improvements: Fixes the hard drive faster in case of server restart or hardware failure.
• ReFS file snapshots: ReFS snapshots use a unique method known as fast metadata operations to take snapshots of data at constant time, regardless of size.

Security measures updated

Microsoft will never stop innovating in its security practices because as technology evolves, so do threats. Windows Server 2022 offers three major security enhancements, including hardware trust, firmware protection, and virtual environment security, as the cloud is the second most used platform.

The most notable improvements are secure DNS support with DNS-over-HTTPS, Server Message Block AES-256 and SMB East-West encryption, SMB over QUIC, HTTPS and TLS 1.3, Azure Arc, and Azure Automanage.

These security protocols and enhancements ensure that the windows 2022 server is self-reliant to process sensitive data and critical applications. The entire server core is protected from the perspective of hardware, firmware, and the drivers to prevent today’s complex attacks.

Firmware attack prevention: Extended threats and attacks occur during a server restart via firmware. Technologies such as DRTM (Dynamic Root of Trust for Measurement) and DMA (Direct Memory Access) are used to prevent such cyber attacks.

Hypervisor security: The hypervisor is protected by virtualization-based security technology (VBS). This technology isolates individual processes from the operating system. In the event of an attack, the attack does not spread to other parts of the system and avoids the entire server getting compromised.

Secure Connectivity: By default, the latest version of the internet protocol, Transport Layer Security (TLS), is used to establish a secure connection between two nodes. Even the name resolution is separated using encrypted DNS queries.

Server Message Block (SMB):  The new SMB functionality through QUIC eliminates the need for a VPN for remote workers, mobile users, and highly secure organizations. It uses UDP (Use Datagram Protocol) and ensures that Internet traffic always remains encrypted.

Improvement in Azure capabilities

The Microsoft Azure capabilities have been extended in window 2022 to support virtualization outside the network or even other vendors. Azure Arc-enabled servers offer a comprehensive and secure approach to integration anywhere in on-premises, multi-cloud, and edge environments.

Application Platform Improvements

Windows Server 2022 provides a flexible platform for updating container applications. The Server 2022 supports large-scale, business-critical applications such as SQL Server that require 48 Terabytes of memory.

Windows Server 2022 loads 30% faster than previous operating systems due to the smaller Windows container size. To store.NET applications, Windows Admin Center tools are also updated.

Effortless Management of cloud

One of the most significant features built into the Azure edition of Windows 2022 is a cloud management and automation with security best practices, some of which are listed below:

• Reduce costs by automating Windows Server and Linux VM management
• Ability to apply security fixes without restarting the server
• Auto-detection of availability and allocation of resources on demand and auto-update of templates
• Automate time and administrative tasks such as Azure Monitoring and Archiving
• Migrate data from on-premises to Azure while retaining the original IP address

Networking improvements

There are two major protocols in all network communication: User Datagram Protocol (UDP) and Transmission Control Protocol (TCP). Microsoft has significantly improved these protocols in Windows 2022 server.

UDP: UDP Segmentation Offload (USO) and UDP Receive Side Coalescing (UDP RSC) are included in Windows 2022 servers, which reduces CPU load.

TCP:  TCP HyStart++ on Windows 2022 servers helps reduce packet loss during connection startup and RACK to shorten retransmission time.

Virtual Switch Enhancement: The virtual switch upgrade improves performance on both network traffic from an external host and from a virtual NIC to another virtual NIC on the same host.