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Windows Server 2008/2008 R2
Windows Server 2012/2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
EXTENDED SUPPORT END DATE
Windows Server 2008/2008 R2
1/20/2020
Windows Server 2012/2012 R2
10/10/2023
Windows Server 2016
1/12/2027
Windows Server 2019
1/9/2029
EXPLOITS DISCOVERED 2019 YTD
Windows Server 2008/2008 R2
29
Windows Server 2012/2012 R2
19
Windows Server 2016
12
Windows Server 2019
6
Performance and scalability
Physical (host) memory support
Windows Server 2008/2008 R2
Up to 4 TB per physical server
Windows Server 2012/2012 R2
Up to 4 TB per physical server
Windows Server 2016
Up to 24 TB per physical server (6x)
Windows Server 2019
Up to 64 TB per physical server (6x)
Performance and scalability
Physical (host) logical processor support
Windows Server 2008/2008 R2
Up to 320 LPs
Windows Server 2012/2012 R2
Up to 320 LPs
Windows Server 2016
Up to 512 LPs
Windows Server 2019
Up to 512 LPs
Performance and scalability
Virtual machine memory support
Windows Server 2008/2008 R2
Up to 1 TB per virtual machine
Windows Server 2012/2012 R2
Up to 1 TB per virtual machine
Windows Server 2016
Up to 12 TB per virtual machine (12x)
Windows Server 2019
Up to 12 TB per virtual machine (12x)
Performance and scalability
Virtual machine virtual processor support
Windows Server 2008/2008 R2
Up to 64 VPs per virtual machine
Windows Server 2012/2012 R2
Up to 64 VPs per virtual machine
Windows Server 2016
Up to 240 VPs per virtual machine (3.75x)
Windows Server 2019
Up to 240 VPs per virtual machine (3.75x)
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Windows Server 2008/2008 R2
Windows Server 2012/2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
EXTENDED SUPPORT END DATE
1/20/2020
10/10/2023
1/12/2027
1/9/2029
EXPLOITS DISCOVERED 2019 YTD
29
19
12
6
Physical (host) memory support
Up to 4 TB per physical server
Up to 4 TB per physical server
Up to 24 TB per physical server (6x)
Up to 64 TB per physical server (6x)
Physical (host) logical processor support
Up to 320 LPs
Up to 320 LPs
Up to 512 LPs
Up to 512 LPs
Virtual machine memory support
Up to 1 TB per virtual machine
Up to 1 TB per virtual machine
Up to 12 TB per virtual machine (12x)
Up to 12 TB per virtual machine (12x)
Virtual machine virtual processor support
Up to 64 VPs per virtual machine
Up to 64 VPs per virtual machine
Up to 240 VPs per virtual machine (3.75x)
Up to 240 VPs per virtual machine (3.75x)
Security
Not supported
Limited support
Fully supported
Feature description
Enhanced Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
Shielded Virtual Machines
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
Just Enough Administration
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
Just-in-Time Administration
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
Credential Guard
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
Remote Credential Guard
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
Device Guard
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
AppLocker
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
Windows Defender
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
Control Flow Guard
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
Enhanced threat detection
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
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Windows Server 2008/2008 R2
Windows Server 2012/2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Enhanced Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)
Shielded Virtual Machines for Windows
Shielded Virtual Machines for Linux
HGS offline mode for shielded VMs
VM Connect for shielded VMs
Cluster hardening
SDN encrypted subnet
Just Enough Administration
Just-in-Time Administration
Credential Guard
Remote Credential Guard
Device Guard (code integrity)
AppLocker
Windows Defender
Control Flow Guard
Software-defined datacenter: compute, networking, and storage
Not supported
Limited support
Fully supported
Feature description
Unified management
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
Storage Spaces
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
Enhanced Storage Spaces Direct (S2D)
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
Mirror-accelerated parity
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
Nested Mirror Accelerated parity
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
Storage class memory
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
USB thumb drive (as cluster witness)
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
Storage Replica
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
Storage Quality of Service (QoS)
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
Data deduplication
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
Deduplication for ReFS
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
Cloud Witness
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
Storage health monitoring
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
Cluster-wide monitoring
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
Cluster sets
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
Cluster OS Rolling Upgrade
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
Site-aware failover clusters
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
Persistent memory
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
Linux and FreeBSD workloads
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
Hot add and remove for disk, memory, and network
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
Network Controller
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
Virtual networking
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
Software Load Balancer
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
Virtual network peering
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
Distributed firewall and micro-segmentation
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
Hybrid SDN
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
Improved SDN
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
Hybrid SDN
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
Improved SDN
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
Converged RDM
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
Precision Time Protocol (PTP)
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
Leap Second
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
HTTP/2
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
Latency Optimized Background Transport - LEDBAT
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
IP address management (IPAM) and DNS
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
High-availability RDS connection broker
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
Software defined networking (SDN) with IPv4/IPv6
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
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Windows Server 2008/2008 R2
Windows Server 2012/2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Unified management
Storage Spaces
Enhanced Storage Spaces Direct (S2D)
Mirror-accelerated parity
Nested Mirror Accelerated parity
Storage class memory
USB thumb drive (as cluster witness)
Storage Replica
Storage Quality of Service (QoS)
Data deduplication
Deduplication for ReFS
Virtual machine storage resiliency
Cloud Witness
Storage health monitoring
Cluster-wide monitoring
Cluster sets
Cluster OS Rolling Upgrade
Site-aware failover clusters
Persistent memory
Linux and FreeBSD workloads
Hot add and remove for disk, memory, and network
Network Controller
Virtual networking
Software Load Balancer
Virtual network peering
Distributed firewall and micro-segmentation
Hybrid SDN
Improved SDN
Converged RDM
Precision Time Protocol (PTP)
Leap Second
HTTP/2
Latency Optimized Background Transport - LEDBAT
IP address management (IPAM) and DNS
High-availability RDS connection broker
Software defined networking (SDN) with IPv4/IPv6
Cloud-ready application platform
Not supported
Limited support
Fully supported
Feature description
Linux containers
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
Windows Server containers
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
Server Core base container image
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
Nano Server base container image
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
Server Core Features on Demand (FoD)
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
Kubernetes platform support
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
Group Managed Service Accounts (gMSA)
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
Hyper-V containers
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
Azure Service Fabric for Windows Server
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
Windows PowerShell 5.1
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC)
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
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Windows Server 2008/2008 R2
Windows Server 2012/2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Feature description
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Linux containers
Windows Server containers
Server Core base container image
Nano Server base container image
Server Core Features on Demand (FoD)
Kubernetes platform support
Group Managed Service Accounts (gMSA)
Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)
Hyper-V containers
Azure Service Fabric for Windows Server
Windows PowerShell 5.1
Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC)
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C.I.O., The Safe Harbor Group.
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VP of Systems Development, Discovery I.T.
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I.T. Developer, Only Jane.
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"Just wanted to say thank you for a seamless server migration for our company with multiple facilities. The downtime for our users was only a few minutes. Amazing!!"
Timothy Corvin
C.I.O., The Safe Harbor Group.