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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

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Limited support

Fully supported

Feature description	Windows Server 2008 R2	Windows Server 2012 R2	Windows Server 2016	Windows Server 2019
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
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Windows Server 2016
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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	Windows Server 2008 R2	Windows Server 2012 R2	Windows Server 2016	Windows Server 2019
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
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	Windows Server 2008 R2	Windows Server 2012 R2	Windows Server 2016	Windows Server 2019
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 2016
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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)

"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.

"My Choice Software has really stepped up on their game on overseeing our environments and Microsoft applications. We can always depend on them to answer calls at the oddest hours with excellent service. Thanks again! "

Judy Griffin

VP of Systems Development, Discovery I.T.

"The technical support team of My Choice Software is super knowledgeable. They promptly answered all my questions and the solutions they offered were very precise. I was finally able to get my Active Directory set up the way I needed it. Thank you!!"

Amy Rhoades

Director of Operations, ShopWhips.

"I had a couple of interactions My Choice through both email and support. One thing I liked about their phone support was the simplicity of reaching someone who can help me without jumping around bureaucracy. Very professional and excellent support for the products."

Courtney Smith

I.T. Developer, Only Jane.

"Thank you for the assistance. I am back in business again and your team has been just great over the years with any small problems."

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