Nano Server

Nano Server is a new headless deployment option for Windows Server.

Microsoft has announced that the Nano Server is a deeply refactored version of Windows Server with a small footprint and remotely managed installation, optimized for the cloud and a DevOps workflow, and focuses on two scenarios:

1.Born-in-the-cloud applications – support for multiple programming languages and runtimes. (e.g. C#, Java, Node.js, Python, etc.) running in containers, virtual machines, or on physical servers.
2.Microsoft Cloud Platform infrastructure – support for compute clusters running Hyper-V and storage clusters running Scale-out File Server.

Resources:

• The introduction to Nano Server can be found on the Windows Server blog.
• Windows IT Pro also has an article entitled Top Ten: What You Need to Know about Microsoft Nano Server
• The Nano Server blog can be found here, with details on how to try it out as well as links to video demos.

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