Nirmal Thewarathanthri

Windows Server 2016 & System Center 2016 Technical Preview 4

Nirmal Thewarathanthri -
Microsoft released Technical Preview 4 for Windows Server 2016 and System Center 2016 on 19th November.
Note that the Technical Preview is not a supported production release and should not be used in a production environment.
Please find below some of the new / enhanced capabilities on Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview
  • Nano Server (DNS Server / IIS Server roles and also previously included scale out File Server & Hyper-V Role)
  • Windows Containers
  • Site-Aware Failover Cluster, Workgroup and Multi-domain Clusters
  • Hyper-V Virtual Machine Resiliency
  • Cloud Witness
  • Cloud Operating System Rolling Upgrade
  • Storage Spaces Direct
  • Storage Replica

 

Please use link below for obtaining Technical Preview install media
Windows Server Technical Preview 4
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-server-technical-preview
System Center 2016 Technical Preview 4

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-system-center-technical-preview

System Center Configuration Manager & Endpoint Protection Technical Preview 4

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-system-center-configuration-manager-and-endpoint-protection-technical-preview

I will be writing on new capabilities introduced in Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview for in future posts starting with Nano Server, meanwhile have a look at below resources for information around new capabilities introduced with the product.
Regards
Nirmal
Additional Resources on Technical Preview 4 
What’s New in Failover Clustering in Windows Server Technical Preview
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn765474.aspx
  
What’s New in File and Storage Services in Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn765475.aspx
  
Cluster Operating System Rolling Upgrade
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn850430.aspx
  
Storage Replica in Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt126104.aspx
  
Storage Spaces Direct in Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt126109.aspx
  
Storage Quality of Service
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt126108.aspx
Make innovation easier with Windows Server 2016 and System Center 2016 Technical Preview 4
http://blogs.technet.com/b/server-cloud/archive/2015/11/19/make-innovation-easier-with-windows-server-2016-and-system-center-2016-technical-preview-4.aspx
 
Designing Windows Server in the cloud-first world
http://blogs.technet.com/b/windowsserver/archive/2015/11/19/designing-windows-server-in-the-cloud-first-world.aspx
 
Announcing the release of Hyper-V Containers in Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 4
http://blogs.technet.com/b/server-cloud/archive/2015/11/19/announcing-the-release-of-hyper-v-containers-in-windows-server-2016-technical-preview-4.aspx
Stand-alone version of the “Introducing Hyper-V Containers” video on Ch.9:
https://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/containers/Introducing-Hyper-V-Containers
 
Moving forward in the cloud world with software-defined storage
http://blogs.technet.com/b/windowsserver/archive/2015/10/29/moving-forward-in-the-cloud-world-with-software-defined-storage.aspx
 
4 Datacenter challenges and how Windows Server 2016 software defined networking can help
http://blogs.technet.com/b/windowsserver/archive/2015/11/04/4-datacenter-challenges-and-how-windows-server-2016-software-defined-networking-can-help.aspx
 
Moving to Nano Server, the new deployment option in Windows Server 2016
http://blogs.technet.com/b/windowsserver/archive/2015/11/16/moving-to-nano-server-the-new-deployment-option-in-windows-server-2016.aspx
 
Protecting your datacenter and cloud: November update
http://blogs.technet.com/b/windowsserver/archive/2015/11/18/protecting-your-datacenter-and-cloud-november-update.aspx
 
Three “Tell me about IT” videos on WS.2016 by Jeffrey Snover:
https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/about-it
 
Early look at containers in Windows Server, Hyper-V and Azure – with Mark Russinovich
https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Mechanics/Early-look-at-containers-in-Windows-Server-Hyper-V-and-Azure–with-Mark-Russinovich