Download Windows Server 2022 preview

Dust off your home labs or get your CC out for Azure. Get a leg up by making yourself familiar with Windows Server 2022.

Download Windows Server 2022 it is now available in preview. This is Microsoft’s next release which will be available later this year. It builds on Windows Server 2019 by including advanced multi-layer security, hybrid capabilities with Azure, and a flexible platform to modernize applications with containers.

Windows Server 2022 Features

Microsoft stated that Windows Server 2022 and SQL will now support large-scale applications that would require 48tb of Ram and 2,048 cpu cores.

Kuberneties will have a smaller foot print which would be better for performance and deployment speeds.

Windows Server 2022 will have adequate built-in security capabilities that will be using https and TLS 1.3 by default. What is really being focused on right now is that Windows Server 2022 will also have a technology called secured-core protection.

What is Secured-Core Protection?

Windows Server 2022’s Secured-Core protection brings the capability of providing security protection at a firmware level with qualified hardware.

This is a big deal because it will use TPM 2.0 and it will have the technology to prevent rootkits during bootup. The Secured-core technology is also getting pushed to Microsoft’s Azure Stack HCI product, plus “Azure-certified IoT devices,” which Microsoft stated in this announcement by David Weston.

David also stated, “You can expect to see new Secured-core systems from Dell EMC, HP Enterprise, Lenovo and others later this year,”.

The current Windows Admin Center release has a new “Security” tool that will show you “the current state of Secured-core features.” It also provides administrators to enable Secured-core features, if compatible.