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Windows Server 2016

Windows Server 2016
Version of the Windows NT operating system
Screenshot of Windows Server 2016 with Desktop Experience
DeveloperMicrosoft
Written in
OS familyWindows Server
Working stateCurrent
Source model
Released to
manufacturing
September 26, 2016 (2016-09-26)[1]
General
availability
October 12, 2016 (2016-10-12)[2]
Latest release1607 (10.0.14393.7606) (December 10, 2024 (2024-12-10)[3]) [±]
Marketing targetBusiness
Update methodWindows Update, Windows Server Update Services, SCCM
Platformsx86-64
Kernel typeHybrid (Windows NT kernel)
Default
user interface
Windows shell (Graphical)
Windows PowerShell (Command line)
LicenseTrialware, Volume licensing, Microsoft Software Assurance, MSDN subscription, Microsoft Imagine
Preceded byWindows Server 2012 R2 (2013)
Succeeded byWindows Server 2019 (2018) / Windows Server, version 1709 (2017)
Official websiteWindows Server 2016 (archived at Wayback Machine)
Support status
  • Start date: October 15, 2016[4]
  • Mainstream support ended on January 11, 2022
  • Extended support until January 12, 2027

Windows Server 2016 is the twelfth major version of the Windows NT operating system produced by Microsoft to be released under the Windows Server brand name. 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.[5] Windows Server 2016 was released on September 26, 2016 at Microsoft's Ignite conference[1] and reached general availability on October 12, 2016.[2]

It was succeeded by Windows Server 2019 and the Windows Server Semi-Annual Channel, which was released in 2017. Mainstream support for Windows Server 2016 ended on January 11, 2022, and extended support will end on January 12, 2027.

  1. ^ a b Chapple, Erin (September 26, 2016). "Announcing the launch of Windows Server 2016". Hybrid Cloud. Microsoft. Archived from the original on August 21, 2017. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  2. ^ a b Foley, Mary Jo (October 12, 2016). "Microsoft's Windows Server 2016 hits general availability". ZDNet. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on October 15, 2016. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
  3. ^ "December 10, 2024—KB5048671 (OS Build 14393.7606)". Microsoft Support. Microsoft.
  4. ^ "Microsoft Product Lifecycle". Microsoft Support. Microsoft. Archived from the original on October 2, 2019. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
  5. ^ "Announcing availability of Windows Server Technical Preview and System Center Technical Preview". Hybrid Cloud. Microsoft. March 17, 2015. Archived from the original on August 2, 2017. Retrieved April 1, 2015.

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