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 ...

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 ...

One of the more unique capabilities of Windows Server 2016 likely to be popular will be its ability to be deployed as a massively scaled down version of the server OS. Microsoft calls it Nano Server, ...

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 ...

If you're interested in managing a cloud-based, 64-bit application that doesn't require any local real estate, then you should look into Windows Nano Server. With ...

When Microsoft announced in mid-June that Windows Server was moving to the same twice-yearly feature update schedule as Windows client, officials simultaneously announced the future direction for Nano ...

It's not quite an exact launch date, but Microsoft has announced that both Windows Server 2016 and System Center 2016 will launch at its Ignite conference (the successor to TechEd) this fall. Ignite ...

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 ...

For years, command-line enthusiasts of the Unix/Linux persuasion lambasted Windows Server OS for being GUI-based, which opened up a ton of security holes. With the release of Windows Server 2008, ...

Microsoft's decision against releasing an expected January test build of its next version of Windows Server hasn't stopped the bits or information about the coming release from leaking. Over the ...

A lot of people are talking about Nano Server inside Windows Server 2016. But what is it really? And why should we care? Nano is a prefix that means small, really small. Maybe even microscopic small.

If you're interested in managing a cloud-based, 64-bit application that doesn't require any local real estate, then you should look into Windows Nano Server. With ...