Windows Server 2022 is the thirteenth major version of the
Windows NT
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operating system
An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware and software resources, and provides common daemon (computing), services for computer programs.
Time-sharing operating systems scheduler (computing), schedule tasks for ...
produced by
Microsoft
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to be released under the
Windows Server brand name. It was announced at Microsoft's Ignite event from March 2–4, 2021.
It was released on August 18, 2021,
almost 3 years after
Windows Server 2019, and a few months before the
Windows 11
Windows 11 is a version of Microsoft's Windows NT operating system, released on October 5, 2021, as the successor to Windows 10 (2015). It is available as a free upgrade for devices running Windows 10 that meet the #System requirements, Windo ...
operating system.
Windows Server 2022 is based on the "Iron" codebase.
It is similar to
Windows 10
Windows 10 is a major release of Microsoft's Windows NT operating system. The successor to Windows 8.1, it was Software release cycle#Release to manufacturing (RTM), released to manufacturing on July 15, 2015, and later to retail on July 2 ...
21H2, but its updates are incompatible with it.
Like its predecessor,
Windows Server 2019, it requires
x64 processors.
It was succeeded by
Windows Server 2025 on November 1, 2024.
History
Microsoft announced Windows Server 2022 on February 22, 2021, scheduled for March 2.
On March 3,
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company, technology conglomerate headquartered in Redmond, Washington. Founded in 1975, the company became influential in the History of personal computers#The ear ...
started distributing preview builds on Windows Update. Windows Server 2022 reached
general availability on August 18, 2021.
Features
Windows Server 2022 has the following features:
Security
* Enhanced boot-time security via
TPM 2.0 and System Guard (a component of Microsoft Defender Antivirus)
* Credential Guard
* Hypervisor-protected Code Integrity (HVCI)
* UEFI Secure Boot
* Protection against malicious attacks via the
DMA path
*
DNS over HTTPS
*
AES-256 encryption of
SMB traffic
* SMB over
QUIC instead of
TCP
Storage
* Storage Migration Service (SMS)
* Compression of SMB traffic
Cloud
* Azure hybrid capabilities
Software
*
Microsoft Edge
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Editions
;Essentials:
* Only available through Microsoft OEM partners
* Intended for small businesses
* Supports a maximum of 25 users and 50 devices
* Requires no
client access licenses (CALs)
;Standard:
* Intended for physical or weak
VCC environments
* Only two virtual machines and one
Hyper-V host are deemed usable.
;Datacenter:
* Intended for highly virtualized data centers and cloud environments
;Azure Datacenter:
* Designed for the
Microsoft Azure platform
Hardware requirements
References
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