Windows Server 2019

BY Shubham mishra
Microsoft released windows server 2019 on 13th November 2018.
Windows Server 2019 is a great release for both – traditional deployment and application innovation.
Here is a quick view of the new features, which make it a big release of the year.

New Features of Windows Server 2019 includes:

  • Most GUI features are kept as windows 10 version 1809
  • System Insights
  • Support for Kubernetes (Beta).
  • Storage Replica
  • Improved Windows Defender
  • Storage Migration Service
  • Storage Spaces Direct
  • Windows Admin Center
Windows server 2019 has Hybrid (Windows NT kernel) Kernel type.
It has Window shell (graphical), Microsoft and Powershell (command line), as a Default user interface. 
Windows server 2019 has x64 platforms.

5 Best Features of Windows Server 2019

5 best features

1. GUI for Windows Server 2019

GUI was a lack in Semiannual release of Windows server 2016. Only Server core (and nano) GUI-less configuration was supported by the Semi-Annual Channel releases.
But now once again you will get both (GUI of Windows Server and the GUI-less ServerCore and Nano releases ) with the LTSc release of windows server 2019 GUI of windows server 

2. Project Honolulu

Microsoft formally released Project Honolulu server management tool along with the release of Windows Server 2019.
Project Honolulu is a central console. Because of this, GUI and GUI-less Windows 2019, 2016 and 2012R2 servers in the environments are easily managed by It pros.
So many common tasks are rolled up by the project Honolulu.
Some examples are :
  1. The management of Windows Services that run on server systems
  2. Performance monitoring (PerfMon), 
  3. Server configuration 
  4. ettings tasks
The simplicity of management was found by the early adopters.
Because of this the administrator are now easily manage on a mix of servers in their environment.

3. Improvements in security

Improvements in security
Improvements in security
In order to address an “expect breach” model of security management, Microsoft included built-in security functionality to help the organization.
windows server 2019 includes Windows defender ATP (advanced threat protection). Common vectors of security breaches are accessed by it.
It alerts about potential malicious attacks and automatically blocks it. 
Along with the Windows Defender ATP, many other advantages are also there to prevent compromises on Windows Server 2019 systems.
It includes data storage, network transport and security-integrity components

4. Smaller, more efficient containers

More blotted servers are eliminated with thinner and more efficient containers by an organization. The footprints and overhead of IT operations are also minimized.
By achieving a higher density of computing, Windows Insiders have benefited in order to improve overall application operations. 
There is no expenditure in hardware server systems or expansion of hardware capacity.
In order to cut virtual machine overhead by 50-80 %, windows server 2019 has smaller, learner serverCore image.
It provides same or more functionality in a significantly smaller image; which in turns lead the organization to lower costs and improve efficiencies in IT investments.

5. Windows subsystem on Linux

Microsoft has done huge optimization for windows with Linux Operation i.e. networking, native filesystem, storage and security controls in his 2019 release.
Container services are natively supported Linux with more features than 2016 release to meet security and scalability. 
Download of the windows server 2019 and Windows server 1809 from the Volume Licencing Service Centre (VLSC) was available for Windows Server customer with valid Software Assurance.

A Journey from Labs to Market 

Microsoft announced about windows server 2019 on 20th  March 2018. 
On the same day, they also released first Windows Insider preview version.
Windows server 2019 belongs to Microsoft Windows OS family.
On 2nd October 2018, Windows server 2019 was released for general availability.
After release, it was found that there was an issue with the new version. 
Microsoft paused the distribution of windows version 1809 (build 17763) on 6th October 2018. 
After the investigation done by Microsoft, it was found that, during an in-place upgrade user data being deleted. 
The data of the folder was left in the original location whereas the user profile folder (e.g. Documents, Music or Pictures) has been moved to another location.
Another issue occurred with the ZIP compressed files.
While moving a file from the .zip archive to a regular folder with duplicate file names, there was no warning for users.
There was no indication or notification for the failed action during execution. (i.e copy file to the destination).
The distribution of The windows version 1809 was also paused as the windows server 2019 is based on the Windows version 1809 codebase.
After Fixing all the issues, Microsoft Re-released it on 13th November 2018.
According to the new release date, the software product life cycle for server 2019 was reset.