

Extending Active Directory, synchronizing file servers, and backup in the cloud are just a few examples of what customers are already doing today to extend their data centers to the public cloud. We know that the move to the cloud is a journey and often, a hybrid approach, one that combines on-premises and cloud environments working together, is what makes sense to our customers. We bring numerous innovations to these four themes in Windows Server 2019. Four themes were consistent – Hybrid, Security, Application Platform, and Hyper-converged infrastructure. We also spent a lot of time with customers to understand the future challenges and where the industry is going. Windows Server 2016 is the fastest adopted version of Windows Server, ever! We’ve been busy since its launch at Ignite 2016 drawing insights from your feedback and product telemetry to make this release even better. Windows Server 2019 is built on the strong foundation of Windows Server 2016 – which continues to see great momentum in customer adoption. For more information about what is new in Windows Server 2019, follow the article.
