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The requirements for the main memory are 512 mbyte with ECC or similar feature for the Nano Server and 2 gbyte main memory for the installation as server with user interface (Desktop Experience). The minimum requirements for the new operating system are according to Microsoft a 1.4 ghz 64-bit processor including the features NX, DEP, CMPXCHG16b, LAHF/SAHF, PrefetchW and Second Level Address Translation (EPT or NPT). Free of charge, for virtualization usage only Several user can share the same computer

Windows Server 2016 MultiPoint Premium Server License for unlimited operating system environments and Hyper-V Container For data centres with focus on virtualization and Cloud environments Standard Edition up to 2 processors, no limit for concurrent SMB connections, RAM, user and storage drives Workgroup Edition for 1 processor, up to 250 concurrent SMB connections, 32 GByte RAM, 50 user and 6 storage drives Can be installed with or without user interface (Desktop Experience) License for up to two operating system environments and Hyper-V Container Designed for virtualized or minimalized environments Designed for small companies up to 25 user and 50 devices The Standard and Datacenter Edition can be installed as Server Core without graphical user interface (Recommended), as Server with graphical user interface (Desktop Experience) or as minimalistic Nano Server. The new Server operating system will be available in the following editions. There are optimizations in the area of the network controller, software load balancer and the distributed firewall. The Network File System is included in the current version 4.1, SMB with version 3.1.1. This option is initially limited to Windows instances. With the native support for Docker containers, virtual instances can be easily transferred to other computers. It is available only as a 64-bit operating system and includes Windows Azure technology for cloud computing. The utilized bandwidth has been reduced to be suitable also at higher screen resolutions. The Remote Desktop service has been improved and optimized within the compressing of graphics with RDP.

The Windows commandline was updated with PowerShell 5.1. The server is clearly designed for business applications. Windows Server 2016 Microsoft had a strong focus on security, cloud computing, performance and virtualization for the new server operating system.

Microsoft download windows server 2016 iso x64