One of the most innovative features Microsoft is introducing with Windows Server 2016 is without a doubt the Nano Server configuration option. Nano Server is a Windows Server 2016 deployment type that ...

Nano Server is a very fast, powerful tool for remotely administering Windows servers, but you need to know what you're doing There’s been a good deal of talk around the upcoming Nano version of ...

Microsoft this week released a preview of its Server Management Tools, which works with the new Nano Server for Windows Server 2016. The new tools can be set up using the Azure portal by accessing ...

It's been a long time coming, but at its Build 2016 developer conference Microsoft unveiled two tools that finally put the nails in the coffin of the server GUI. And it's about time too. Looking at ...

The next release of Windows Server will have improved PowerShell performance and a smaller container size, according to details released by Microsoft this week. Dubbed "20H1" for its release in the ...

The following content is from an older version of this website, and may not display correctly. Microsoft’s reduced and refactored Nano Server offers lots of performance improvements for cloud and ...

Most data center managers would not associate containers and microservices -- two new terms in buzzword bingo -- with Windows Server. In the rawest form, containers may not be of much interest to ...

Microsoft’s stripped-down Windows Server 2016 deployment option reduces the ops burden, but supports only a limited number of server roles Like every previous Windows Server release, Windows Server ...

Because the forthcoming Microsoft Nano Server doesn't have a GUI, here's how to create configuration scripts with the built-in Desired State Configuration in Windows PowerShell. One of the most ...