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Updated: July 23, 2020 (May 25, 2018)

  Analyst Report

Windows Server 1803 Drops Data Center Roles

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  • Windows Server 1803, the latest Semi-Annual Channel version of Windows Server, no longer includes software-defined data center capabilities.
  • Microsoft now recommends customers use Long-Term Servicing Channel versions of Windows Server for infrastructure roles and enterprise applications.
  • Improvements in Windows Server 1803 focus almost entirely on container-based application development and hosting scenarios.

Windows Server 1803, the latest Semi-Annual Channel (SAC) version of Windows Server, became available on May 7, 2018. Microsoft is focusing SAC versions of Windows Server on container hosting and new application development scenarios, and releases of the SAC no longer include software-defined data center features like Storage Spaces Direct, software-defined networking, and shielded virtual machines. Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) versions of Windows Server are now recommended for infrastructure and data center roles, with the next version, Windows Server 2019, planned for late 2018.

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