Windows server 2016 последняя сборка

1. Ознакомьтесь с заметками о выпуске и требованиями к системе для Windows Server 2016. 
2. Зарегистрируйтесь, скачайте файл и выполните установку. Срок действия ознакомительных выпусков Windows Server 2016 — 180 дней. 
3. Ознакомьтесь с ресурсами в полученном сообщении электронной почты. Они помогут вам оценить продукт. 
    

Рекомендации по установке 

После установки примените последний пакет обновления.

• Перейдите в каталог Центра обновления Майкрософт и выполните поиск по фразе Windows Server 2016. 
• Ознакомительные версии Windows Server нужно активировать через Интернет в течение 10 дней. Иначе система будет автоматически завершать работу.

Возможность развертывания Nano Server на хост-компьютерах и виртуальных машинах поддерживалась в ISO-файлах ознакомительной версии Windows Server 2016 до весеннего выпуска Windows Server в 2018 году. Начиная с осеннего выпуска 2017 года, Nano Server был оптимизирован только для использования в контейнерах, а вариант Server Core стал доступен для развертывания на хост-компьютерах и виртуальных машинах.

Windows Server 2016 — надежная серверная операционная система, которая продолжает использоваться в корпоративных средах благодаря своей стабильности и поддержке ключевых серверных ролей. На этой странице представлены последние обновления для Windows Server 2016, которые улучшают безопасность, производительность и совместимость. Вы можете скачать их через официальный сайт Microsoft или напрямую с нашего сервера. Каждое обновление подробно описано с указанием его функций и назначения.

Приобрести лицензионные ключи активации для Windows Server 2016 вы можете в нашем каталоге с моментальной доставкой на вашу электронную почту в автоматическом режиме. Заказы обрабатываются 24/7.

Также вы можете скачать официальные дистрибутивы Windows Server 2016 из нашего каталога по прямым ссылкам. Подробности на следующей странице.

Список обновлений

— Скачать KB5054006

— Скачать KB5053594

— Скачать KB5052006

— Скачать KB890830

— Скачать KB5050109

— Скачать KB5049614

— Скачать KB5049993

— Скачать KB5046266

Обновления для Windows Server 2016

Скачать KB5054006

Обновление KB5054006, выпущенное в марте 2025 года, поднимает сборку Windows Server 2016 до версии 14393.XXXX (точный номер сборки станет известен после официального релиза). Это накопительное обновление включает последние исправления безопасности и улучшения производительности для серверов, работающих в критических средах. Оно фокусируется на устранении уязвимостей, выявленных в начале 2025 года, и повышении стабильности Hyper-V.

Основные функции и изменения:

1. Закрывает уязвимости в ядре и сетевых компонентах (ожидаются новые CVE).
2. Исправляет сбои Hyper-V при миграции виртуальных машин.
3. Улучшает работу службы Active Directory при высокой нагрузке.
4. Повышает совместимость с современным оборудованием.

KB5054006 станет важным обновлением для поддержания безопасности серверов в 2025 году, особенно с учетом окончания расширенной поддержки Windows Server 2016 в октябре 2025 года.

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Скачать KB5053594

Обновление KB5053594, выпущенное 11 марта 2025 года, обновляет сборку до 14393.7876. Это мартовское накопительное обновление включает критические исправления безопасности и улучшения для серверных ролей, таких как DNS и файловые службы.

Основные функции и изменения:

1. Закрывает уязвимости в ядре Windows (ожидаются новые CVE).
2. Исправляет ошибки в работе DNS-сервера при рекурсивных запросах.
3. Улучшает производительность SMB при доступе к общим папкам.
4. Повышает стабильность кластеров высокой доступности.

KB5053594 устраняет проблемы с утечками памяти в сетевых службах и обеспечивает надежную работу серверов перед завершением поддержки в октябре 2025 года.

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Скачать KB5052006

Обновление KB5052006, выпущенное 11 февраля 2025 года, поднимает сборку до 14393.7785. Оно включает исправления безопасности и оптимизации для серверных компонентов, таких как Windows Update и Hyper-V, в рамках февральского Patch Tuesday.

Основные функции и изменения:

1. Закрывает уязвимости в ядре и драйверах (ожидаются новые CVE).
2. Исправляет сбои в работе Hyper-V при использовании старых VM.
3. Улучшает работу Windows Update для стабильной установки патчей.
4. Оптимизирует производительность файловых операций.

Это обновление повышает надежность серверов, устраняя ошибки синхронизации обновлений и обеспечивая стабильность виртуализации.

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Скачать KB890830

Обновление KB890830, известное как Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool (MRT), версия 5.132, выпущено в марте 2025 года. Этот инструмент предназначен для обнаружения и удаления распространенных вредоносных программ на серверах Windows Server 2016.

Основные функции и изменения:

1. Обновляет базу данных для борьбы с новыми угрозами 2025 года.
2. Удаляет такие вредоносные программы, как Blaster и Sasser.
3. Работает в фоновом режиме без значительной нагрузки на систему.
4. Не заменяет полноценный антивирус, а дополняет его.

MRT версии 5.132 помогает поддерживать безопасность серверов, особенно в средах без активного антивирусного ПО, и обновляется ежемесячно.

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Скачать KB5050109

Обновление KB5050109, выпущенное в январе 2025 года, представляет собой Servicing Stack Update (SSU) для Windows Server 2016. Оно обновляет компоненты установки обновлений, обеспечивая их надежную работу.

Основные функции и изменения:

1. Улучшает стек обслуживания для корректной установки патчей.
2. Исправляет ошибки в работе Windows Update при сбоях загрузки.
3. Повышает совместимость с накопительными обновлениями 2025 года.
4. Требуется перед установкой KB5049993 и последующих патчей.

KB5050109 критически важно для подготовки серверов к январским и последующим обновлениям, минимизируя риск сбоев при установке.

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Скачать KB5049614

Обновление KB5049614, выпущенное в январе 2025 года, представляет собой накопительное обновление для .NET Framework 4.8 на Windows Server 2016. Оно устраняет уязвимости и улучшает работу приложений, зависящих от .NET.

Основные функции и изменения:

1. Закрывает уязвимости в .NET Framework (ожидаются новые CVE).
2. Исправляет сбои в работе серверных приложений на .NET 4.8.
3. Улучшает производительность обработки запросов в IIS.
4. Повышает совместимость с новыми библиотеками.

KB5049614 необходимо для серверов, на которых работают веб-приложения или службы, использующие .NET Framework, обеспечивая их стабильность и безопасность.

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Скачать KB5049993

Обновление KB5049993, выпущенное 14 января 2025 года, поднимает сборку до 14393.7699. Это январское накопительное обновление включает критические исправления безопасности и оптимизации для серверных ролей, таких как Active Directory и Storage Spaces.

Основные функции и изменения:

1. Закрывает уязвимости в ядре и сетевом стеке (ожидаются новые CVE).
2. Исправляет ошибки аутентификации в Active Directory.
3. Улучшает производительность Storage Spaces на SSD.
4. Повышает стабильность службы Windows Time.

KB5049993 устраняет сбои в доменных контроллерах и повышает надежность хранения данных, что важно для серверов в производственных средах.

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Скачать KB5046266

Обновление KB5046266, выпущенное в декабре 2024 года, обновляет .NET Framework 4.8 на Windows Server 2016. Оно включает исправления безопасности и улучшения для приложений, работающих на этой платформе.

Основные функции и изменения:

1. Закрывает уязвимости в .NET Framework (ожидаются новые CVE).
2. Исправляет ошибки в работе веб-приложений на IIS.
3. Улучшает обработку больших объемов данных в .NET.
4. Повышает совместимость с новыми версиями ПО.

KB5046266 важно для серверов, зависящих от .NET-приложений, обеспечивая их защиту и стабильность перед переходом к январским обновлениям 2025 года.

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Windows Server 2016 is the eighth release of the Windows Server server operating system developed by Microsoft as part of the Windows NT family of operating systems. It was developed alongside Windows 10 and is the successor to the Windows 8.1-based Windows Server 2012 R2. The first early preview version (Technical Preview) became available on October 1, 2014 together with the first technical preview of System Center.^[1]

Unlike previous Windows Server versions, which were released simultaneously with the client operating system, Windows Server 2016 was released on September 26, 2016 at Microsoft’s Ignite conference,^[2] and broadly released for retail sale on October 12, 2016.^[3] It was succeeded by Windows Server 2019.

Features[]

Windows Server 2016 has a variety of new features, including

• Active Directory Federation Services: It is possible to configure AD FS to authenticate users stored in non-AD directories, such as X.500 compliant Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directories and SQL databases.
• Windows Defender: Windows Server Antimalware is installed and enabled by default without the GUI, which is an installable Windows feature.
• Remote Desktop Services: Support for OpenGL 4.4 and OpenCL 1.1, performance and stability improvements; MultiPoint Services role (see Windows MultiPoint Server)
• Storage Services: central Storage QoS Policies; Storage Replicas (storage-agnostic, block-level, volume-based, synchronous and asynchronous replication using SMB3 between servers for disaster recovery). Storage Replica replicates blocks instead of files; files can be in use. It’s not multi-master, not one-to-many and not transitive. It periodically replicates snapshots, and the replication direction can be changed.
• Failover Clustering: Cluster operating system rolling upgrade, Storage Replicas
• Web Application Proxy: Preauthentication for HTTP Basic application publishing, wildcard domain publishing of applications, HTTP to HTTPS redirection, Propagation of client IP address to backend applications
• IIS 10: Support for HTTP/2
• Windows PowerShell 5.1
• Windows Server Containers

Networking features[]

• DHCP: As Network Access Protection was deprecated in Windows Server 2012 R2, in Windows Server 2016 the DHCP role no longer supports NAP
• DNS:
• DNS client: Service binding – enhanced support for computers with more than one network interface
• DNS Server: DNS policies, new DDS record types (TLSA, SPF, and unknown records), new PowerShell cmdlets and parameters
• Windows Server Gateway now supports Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) tunnels
• IP address management (IPAM): Support for /31, /32, and /128 subnets; discovery of file-based, domain-joined DNS servers; new DNS functions; better integration of DNS, DHCP, and IP Address (DDI) Management
• Network Controller: A new server role to configure, manage, monitor, and troubleshoot virtual and physical network devices and services in the datacentre
• Hyper-V Network virtualization: Programmable Hyper-V switch (a new building block of Microsoft’s software-defined networking solution); VXLAN encapsulation support; Microsoft Software Load Balancer interoperability; better IEEE Ethernet standard compliance.

Hyper-V[]

• Rolling Hyper-V cluster update: unlike upgrading clusters from Windows 2008 R2 to 2012 level, Windows Server 2016 cluster nodes can be added to a Hyper-V Cluster with nodes running Windows Server 2012 R2. The cluster continues to function at a Windows Server 2012 R2 feature level until all of the nodes in the cluster have been upgraded and the cluster functional level has been upgraded.
• Storage quality of service (QoS) to centrally monitor end-to-end storage performance and create policies using Hyper-V and Scale-Out File Servers
• New, more efficient binary virtual machine configuration format (.VMCX extension for virtual machine configuration data and the .VMRS extension for runtime state data)
• Production checkpoints
• Hyper-V Manager: Alternate credentials support, down-level management, WS-Management protocol
• Integration services for Windows guests distributed through Windows Update
• Hot add and remove for network adapters (for generation 2 virtual machines) and memory (for generation 1 and generation 2 virtual machines)
• Linux secure boot
• Connected Standby compatibility
• Storage Resiliency feature of Hyper-V is formed for detecting transitory loss of connectivity to VM storage. VMs will be paused until connectivity is re-established.
• RDMA compatible Virtual Switch

Nano Server[]

Microsoft announced a new installation option, Nano Server, which offers a minimal-footprint headless version of Windows Server. It excludes the graphical user interface, WoW64 (support for 32-bit software) and Windows Installer. It does not support console login, either locally or via Remote Desktop Connection. All management is performed remotely via Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), Windows PowerShell and Remote Server Management Tools (a collection of web-based GUI and command-line tools). However, in Technical Preview 5, Microsoft has re-added the ability to administer Nano Server locally through PowerShell. According to Microsoft engineer Jeffrey Snover, Nano Server has 93% lower VHD size, 92% fewer critical security advisories, and 80% fewer reboots than Windows Server.

Nano Server is only available to Microsoft Software Assurance customers and on cloud computing platforms such as Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services.

Starting with the new feature release of Windows Server version 1709, Nano Server can only be installed inside a container host.

Development[]

Microsoft has been reorganized by Satya Nadella, putting the Server and System Center teams together. Previously, the Server team was more closely aligned with the Windows client team. The Azure team is also working closely with the Server team.

In March 2017, Microsoft demonstrated an internal version of Server 2016 running on the ARMv8-A architecture. It was reported that Microsoft was working with Qualcomm Centriq and Cavium ThunderX2chips. According to James Vincent of The Verge, this decision endangers Intel’s dominance of the server CPU market. However, a later inquiry from Microsoft revealed that this version of Windows Server is only for internal use and only impacts subscribers of Microsoft Azure service.

Preview releases[]

A public beta version of Windows Server 2016 (then still called vNext) branded as «Windows Server Technical Preview» was released on October 1, 2014; the technical preview builds are aimed toward enterprise users. The first Technical Preview was first set to expire on April 15, 2015, but Microsoft later released a tool to extend the expiry date, to last until the second tech preview of the OS in May 2015. The second beta version, «Technical Preview 2», was released on May 4, 2015. Third preview version, «Technical Preview 3» was released on August 19, 2015. «Technical Preview 4» was released on November 19, 2015. «Technical Preview 5» was released on April 27, 2016.

Windows Server 2016 Insider Preview Build 16237 was released to Windows Insiders on July 13, 2017.

Public release[]

Windows Server 2016 was officially released at Microsoft’s Ignite Conference on September 26, 2016. Unlike its predecessor, Windows Server 2016 is licensed by the number of CPU cores rather than number of CPU sockets—a change that has similarly been adopted by BizTalk Server 2013 and SQL Server 2014. The new licensing structure that has been adopted by Windows Server 2016 has also moved away from the Windows Server 2012/2012R2 CPU socket licensing model in that now the number of cores covered under one license is limited. Windows Server 2016 Standard and Datacenter core licensing now covers a minimum of 8 core licenses for each physical processor and a minimum of 16 core licenses for each server. Core licenses are sold in packs of two with Standard Edition providing the familiar right to run 2 virtualized OS environments. If the server goes over 16 core licenses for a 2 processor server additional licenses will now be required with Windows Server 2016.

Version history[]

Technical Preview[]

Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview, released on October 1, 2014, was the first beta version of the operating system made publicly available. Its version number was 6.4.9841.

Technical Preview 2[]

Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 2 was made available on May 4, 2015. Its version number was 10.0.10074. (A similar jump in the most significant part of the version number from 6 to 10 is seen in Windows 10.) Highlights of this version include:

• Nano Server installation option
• Hyper-V: hot add and remove memory and NIC; resilient virtual machines to keep running even when their cluster fabric fails
• Rolling upgrades for Hyper-V and Storage clusters
• Networking: Converged NIC across tenant and RDMA traffic; PacketDirect on 40G
• Storage: Virtual Machine Storage Path resiliency; Storage Spaces Direct to aggregate Storage Spaces across multiple servers; Storage Replica
• Security: Host Guardian Service, helping to keep trust and isolation boundary between the cloud infrastructure and guest OS layers; Just Enough Administration, restricting users to perform only specific tasks
• Management: PowerShell Desired State Configuration; PowerShell Package Manager; Windows Management Framework 5.0 April Preview and DSC Resource Kit
• Other: Conditional access control in AD FS; application authentication support for OpenID Connect and OAuth; full OpenGL support with RDS for VDI; Server-side support for HTTP/2, including header compression, connection multiplexing, and server push
• Installation options: Minimal Server Interface was made default and renamed the Server installation option to “Server with local admin tools”.

Technical Preview 3[]

The third technical preview of Windows Server 2016 was made available on August 19, 2015. Its version number was 10.0.10514. Highlights of this version include:

• Windows Server Containers
• Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS): authentication of users stored in Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directories
• Installation options: The Server installation option had been renamed to “Server with Desktop Experience” having the shell and Desktop Experience installed by default. Due to the structural changes required to deliver the Desktop Experience on Server, it is no longer possible to convert from Server with Desktop Experience to Server Core or to convert Server Core up to Server with Desktop Experience.

Technical Preview 4[]

The fourth technical preview of the operating system was made available on November 19, 2015, one year and one month after the initial technical preview. Its version number was 10.0.10586. Its highlights include:

• Nano Server supports the DNS Server and IIS server roles, as well as MPIO, VMM, SCOM, DSC push mode, DCB, Windows Server Installer, and the WMI provider for Windows Update. Its Recovery Console supports editing and repairing the network configuration. A Windows PowerShell module is now available to simplify building Nano Server images.
• Hyper-V Containers encapsulates each container in a lightweight virtual machine.

Technical Preview 5[]

The last technical preview of Windows Server 2016 was made available on April 27, 2016. Its version number was 10.0.14300. Its highlights include:

• Mostly general refinements. Greater time accuracy in both physical and virtual machines
• Container support adds performance improvements, simplified network management, and support for Windows containers on Windows 10
• Nano Server: an updated module for building Nano Server images, including more separation of physical host and guest virtual machine functionality as well as support for different Windows Server editions. Improvements to the Recovery Console, including separation of inbound and outbound firewall rules as well as the ability to repair configuration of WinRM
• Networking: traffic to new or existing virtual appliances can now be both mirrored and routed. With a distributed firewall and Network security groups, this enables dynamically segmented and secure workloads like Azure. One can deploy and manage the entire Software-defined networking (SDN) stack using System Center Virtual Machine Manager. Docker can be used to manage Windows Server container networking, and associate SDN policies not only with virtual machines but containers as well
• Remote Desktop Services: a highly available RDS deployment can leverage Azure SQL Database for the RD Connection Brokers in high availability mode
• Management: ability to run PowerShell.exe locally on Nano Server (no longer remote only), new Local Users & Groups cmdlets to replace the GUI, added PowerShell debugging support, and added support in Nano Server for security logging & transcription and JEA (Just Enough Administration)
• Shielded Virtual Machines:
• New «Encryption Supported» mode that offers more protections than for an ordinary virtual machine, but less than «Shielded» mode, while still supporting vTPM, disk encryption, Live Migration traffic encryption, and other features, including direct fabric administration conveniences such as virtual machine console connections and Powershell Direct
• Full support for converting existing non-shielded Generation 2 virtual machines to shielded virtual machines, including automated disk encryption
• Shielded virtual machines are compatible with Hyper-V Replica

Release to manufacturing[]

Windows Server 2016 was released to manufacturing on September 26, 2016, bearing the version number of 10.0.14393 (same as Windows 10 Anniversary Update). Microsoft added the following final touches:

• Available for a 180-day evaluation
• Fixed Start menu corruptions
• Improved user experience and performance
• Windows Store apps have been removed
• The login screen now has a background
• The Windows Hello feature has been added
• The dark theme has been added

Semi-Annual Channel releases[]

Version 1709[]

Windows Server, version 1709 (based on Windows 10 Fall Creators Update) was released on October 17, 2017. The release has dropped the Windows Server 2016 name and is just called Windows Server by Microsoft. It is offered to the Microsoft Software Assurance customers who have an active Windows Server 2016 license and has the same system requirements. This is the first Windows Server product to fall under the «Semi-Annual Channel» (SAC) release cadence. This product only features the Server Core and the Nano Server modes. Of the two, only the Server Core mode of the OS can be installed on a bare system. The Nano Server mode is only available as an operating system container.

Version 1803[]

Windows Server, version 1803 (based on Windows 10 April 2018 Update) is the second Semi-Annual Channel release of Windows Server. It is also the final version to be branched off the Server 2016 codebase, as the next release shares the version number 1809 with Windows Server 2019.

References[]

See also[]

• Microsoft Servers
• History of Microsoft Windows
• Comparison of operating systems

External links[]

• Windows Server 2016 at Microsoft (archived 2016-10-16)
  • Windows Server 2016 at Microsoft Evaluation Center
  • What’s new in Windows Server 2016 at Microsoft Docs (2022-11-16)
• Windows Server 2016 at Wikipedia

Windows Server is Microsoft’s flagship product for servers. Servers are powerful machines that serve different services to a specific network or the Internet. For example, Windows Server comes with an Active Directory feature that centralizes the user management of a business.

Windows Server has existed for almost as long as the consumer Windows versions (Windows 3.1 and onward). The first popular version of Windows Server was called Windows NT, which came in both server and client versions. Microsoft first used the word “Windows Server” when they released Windows Server 2000. Before that, Windows 2000 was the client version, and Windows NT 4.0 was the server version of the Operating System.

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Microsoft releases a server version of Windows OS, along with each client version. Here’s the list of Windows Servers from Microsoft:

• Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1
• Windows NT Server 3.5
• Windows NT Server 4.0
• Windows Server 2000
• Windows Server 2003
• Windows Server 2003 R2
• Windows Server 2008
• Windows Server 2008 R2
• Windows Server 2012
• Windows Server 2012 R2
• Windows Server 2016
• Windows Server 2019
• Windows Server 2022

You can go through the complete list of Windows Server versions and timelines here.

You can also read about the difference between different Windows Server editions here.

In this article, we will discuss the different capabilities and features introduced in each version of Windows Server and their download link. Since we can only point to official links from Microsoft, unfortunately, some very old versions of the OS are not available for download.

System requirements for Windows Server

All the latest Server versions have the same minimum hardware requirements. Make sure your computer meets these requirements before downloading and installing the Microsoft Server, regardless of its version:

• Processor – 1.4 GHz 64-bit processor
• RAM – At least 512 MB (2 GB for Server with Desktop Experience installation option)
• Disk Space – At least 32 GB (Bare minimum for Core installations – Computers with more than 16 GB of RAM will require more disk space for paging, hibernation, and dump files.)

Download Windows Server 2022

Windows Server 2022 is the latest version of Windows Server, which comes as a hybrid platform, an on-premise server, and can connect to Microsoft Azure. While Microsoft has discontinued most older versions of the Server OS, they are available for download, so people with a valid license can get an ISO copy of the Operating System.

Windows Server 2022 comes with the following editions:

• Datacenter
• Standard
• Essentials
• Azure

Microsoft has left out the free Hyper-V version, which was part of its offering with Windows Server 2019. We have a detailed guide about Windows Server 2022 here. You can learn everything in the post, including the license, pricing, new features and download links.

Here’s how you can download the Windows Server 2022 evaluation version (ISO, VHD or Azure):

1. Go to this link to download Windows Server 2022.
2. Under Get started for free, select one of the following options:
   1. Sign up for a free Azure account.
   2. Create a Windows Server VM in Azure.
   3. Download the ISO
   4. Download the VHD
3. In our case, we will select Download the ISO and press Continue button.
   

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4. Complete the form with your details and press the Continue button.
   

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5. Select the language in which you want to download Windows Server 2022. The following languages are supported:
   1. Chinese (Simplified)
   2. English
   3. French
   4. German
   5. Italian
   6. Japanese
   7. Russian
   8. Spanish

6. Press the Download button to start downloading the ISO file.
   

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The three versions included in the ISO are Standard, Data Center and Data Center: Azure (or Azure Stack HCI) Edition. Please note that this is an evaluation version and will expire in 180 days. The download page mentions that the user must activate the evaluation version over the Internet within 10 days of installation to avoid hourly automatic restarts.

Microsoft has not provided any product keys for Windows Server 2022 yet. That means you will be able to register the evaluation version over the Internet and use it for 6 months. After 180 days, you will need to change your product key to the one which has been purchased from Microsoft.

Download Windows Server 2019

Windows Server 2019 was released in 2018 and came with Windows Admin Center, Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI), improved security and containers. You can learn more about Windows Server 2019 here.

Here’s how you can download Windows Server 2019 ISO images:

1. Go to Microsoft Evaluation Center and expand the edition of Server 2019 you want to download.
   

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2. Then select the type of download you wish to make (Azure, ISO, or VHD) under Start your evaluation and then click Continue.
3. You will now be presented with a form. Fill it out and then click Continue.
   

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4. Now select the language you wish to download it in from the drop-down menu and then click Download. You may download Server 2019 in the following languages:
   • Chinese
   • English
   • French
   • German
   • Italian
   • Japanese
   • Russian
   • Spanish

Your download will now begin with the preferences you have chosen. If you have downloaded an ISO image, you can use Ventoy to deploy it or install it directly from the hard drive.

Download Windows Server 2016

Windows Server 2016 was released in 2016 and came with support for containers, Nano Server and Network Controller. It’s mainstream support has ended from Microsoft. Extended support will end in January 2027.

Here’s how you can download Windows Server 2016:

1. Go to this link to evaluate Windows Server 2016
2. Fill in the form on the right hand side with the required details
3. Click on the Download now button at the end. This will take you to a new page with Windows Server 2016 download links in all available languages. You can also use this direct download link to reach the page without registering.

You can also download the VHD version on the same page, or also try the Operating System on Azure without installing anything on your system.

Download Windows Server 2012 R2

Windows Server 2012 R2 was released in 2013 and came with the support for PowerShell and improved storage management. It came with the following editions:

• Foundation
• Essentials
• Standard
• Datacenter

Its mainstream support has ended while extended support will end in October 2023.

Here’s how you can download Windows Server 2012 R2:

1. Go to this link to register for your Windows Server 2012 R2 trial.
2. Fill in the form on the right hand side with the required details.
3. Click on the Download now button at the end.
4. A new page will open with ISO download links for Windows Server 2012 R2 in all available languages. You can also use this direct link to access the download page without registering.

You can also download the VHD version on the same page, or also try the Operating System on Azure without installing anything on your system.

Windows Server 2012 and older

Windows Server 2012 was released in 2012 and came with 64-bit OS, enhanced group policies and Remote desktop Services. It came with the following editions:

• Web
• Foundation
• Standard
• Enterprise
• Datacenter

All the older Server Operating Systems including Windows Server 2012 are not supported by Microsoft. Therefore there is no public ISO link from Microsoft available to download these versions. But if you are an MSDN subscriber, you might be able to download older versions of the Server OS.

Please note that all the download links given in this article are official evaluation links from Microsoft. You can download the ISO and install the evaluation version of Windows Server on your system but you will need to install a valid license after 6 months of use. Otherwise, the software will cease to work.

Install Windows Server

Installing Windows Server is very much similar to any Windows client OS installation. After downloading the ISO, follow the steps below to install any Windows Server version:

1. Plug in the bootable Windows Server USB flash drive in the target computer.

2. Turn on/reboot the computer and open its One Time Boot Menu (Usually through the F12, F10, or Esc button).

3. Select the external USB drive to boot from the bootable USB.

4. You will now see a menu such as the one below. Click “Next.”

   

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5. Click “Install Now.”

   

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6. Select the Server edition and experience type, and then click Next.

   

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7. Check the box to accept the license agreement and click Next.

   

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8. Select “Custom: Install Microsoft Server Operating System only (only).”

   

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9. Click “New” and create the disk partitions as you want them. Remember to have at least 40GB of space in the primary (C) drive for Windows installation.

   

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10. If intimated about additional partition creations, click Ok.

11. Select the partition you wish to install the operating system on and click Next.

    

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Windows Server will now install. Further ahead in the process, you will be asked to set up your device, like setting up a password. The mode of setting it up will depend on whether you selected the Core experience or the Desktop experience.