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What’s new in Windows Server 2019 Standard

Windows Server 2019 Standard is built on the strong foundation of  and brings numerous innovations on four key themes: Hybrid Cloud, Security, Application Platform, and Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI).

Windows Admin Center

Windows Admin Center is a locally deployed, browser-based app for managing servers, clusters, hyper-converged infrastructure, and Windows 10 PCs. It comes at no additional cost beyond Windows and is ready to use in production.

You can install Windows Admin Center on Windows Server 2019 as well as Windows 10 and earlier versions of Windows and Windows Server, and use it to manage servers and clusters running Windows Server 2008 R2 and later.

Desktop experience

Because Windows Server 2019 is a Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) release, it includes the Desktop Experience. (Semi-Annual Channel (SAC) releases don’t include the Desktop Experience by design; they are strictly Server Core and Nano Server container image releases.) As with Windows Server 2016, during setup of the operating system you can choose between Server Core installations or Server with Desktop Experience installations.

System Insights

System Insights is a new feature available in Windows Server 2019 that brings local predictive analytics capabilities natively to Windows Server. These predictive capabilities, each backed by a machine-learning model, locally analyze Windows Server system data, such as performance counters and events, providing insight into the functioning of your servers and helping you reduce the operational expenses associated with reactively managing issues in your Windows Server deployments.

Storage Migration Service

Storage Migration Service is a new technology that makes it easier to migrate servers to a newer version of Windows Server. It provides a graphical tool that inventories data on servers, transfers the data and configuration to newer servers, and then optionally moves the identities of the old servers to the new servers so that apps and users don’t have to change anything. For more info, see Storage Migration Service.

System Requirements:

•  CPU socket: 1.4 GHz (64-bit processor) or faster for single core
• Memory (RAM): 2GB
• Hard disks and available storage space: 160GB hard disk with a 60GB system partition
• Network adapter: Gigabit Ethernet adapter (10/100/1000baseT PHY/MAC
• Internet: Some functionality may require Internet access (fees may apply) or a Microsoft account
• Supported Client operating systems: Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Macintosh OS versions 10.5 to 10.8.
• Note: Some features require professional or higher editions.
• 1 GB of available hard drive space (a portion of this disk will be freed after installation)
• Router: A router or firewall that supports IPv4 NAT or IPv6