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Microsoft Windows Server 2019 is the self-hosted version of Microsoft's server OS. Microsoft Windows Server 2019 includes all the updates for Microsoft Windows Server 2016 formerly offered exclusively via Microsoft's Semi-Annual Channel (SAC). Windows Server 2019 features significant improvements in capacity, performance, management, security and compliance, application compatibility, Linux co-existence, Kubernetes networking, and hybrid integration of on-premises and cloud assets.
Top new features of Windows Server 2019 include Windows Admin Center for centralizing the management of hybrid local/cloud deployments, System Insights for taking advantage of modern predictive intelligence to control on-premises environments, Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection Exploit Guard for host-intrusion defense, container orchestration with Kubernetes, Cluster Sets for creating and administering large high-availability scale-out clusters, and Microsoft's Storage Migration Service for streamlining the migration from legacy versions of Windows Server.
Progent can help you to integrate Windows Server 2019 with the latest releases of Microsoft's popular apps by delivering services that include Microsoft Exchange Server expertise, Microsoft SQL Server 2019 integration and development expertise, SQL Server 2017 upgrade services, SharePoint 2019 planning and deployment, and Office 365 integration expertise. Progent's solution design, debugging and training services for Windows Server 2019 are offered remotely and Progent also offers on-premises support in metropolitan areas across the U.S. and Canada.
Hybrid Cloud Solutions with Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2019 makes the Azure stack available to businesses of all sizes for creating onsite networks, private cloud solutions, or hybrid systems that combine on-prem IT assets with resources provided via private and public clouds.
The majority of today's businesses manage a mix of on-premises and cloud-based resources to get the appropriate balance of flexibility, affordability, throughput, availability, and security/compliance they need. In some fields, regulatory compliance demand that specific types of resources and data be retained internally. In other cases, corporate policies or compatibility issues necessitate mission-critical software to be hosted from a local data center. Microsoft Windows Server 2019 provides a cloud-friendly solution that permits you to build and administer productive hybrid ecosystems that seamlessly access resources distributed across local data centers and the cloud.
Planning, building and administering optimized hybrid environments with Windows Server 2019 calls for a wide range of knowledge and experience. This is beyond the comfort zone of most in-house IT groups in smaller organization. Progent's roster of subject-matter experts (SBEs) gives you on-demand access to the skills you need for any facet of hybrid network deployment and management. Progent's Microsoft-certified and Cisco-certified consulting experts, project managers, and cybersecurity professionals can help you to determine the advantages of Windows Server 2019 for your organization and create a hybrid environment based on Microsoft Windows Server 2019 that delivers maximum business value.
A Good Moment to Upgrade
The release of Microsoft Windows Server 2019 coincided with the notification of End-of-Support status for Microsoft's popular Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 platforms. This means there will be no more security fixes onsite, no non-security enhancements, no free support options, and no downloadable technical updates. Because of this, security and compliance will be more challenging, maintenance costs may go up, and network reliability may go down.
If your organization wants guidance upgrading to Windows Server 2019 from WS 2008 or another legacy version of Windows Server, Progent offers the skills to make your migration smooth, economical, and on-schedule. Progent's Windows experts can help you:
- Identify your apps and server roles on your existing Windows Servers
- Migrate your VMs to the Progent Cloud or upgrade to the latest version of self-hosted Windows Server or to Microsoft Azure
- Optimize your resources to minimize costs, manage assets, and enhance data security across hybrid applications
Windows Server 2019 is available in the value-priced Standard edition and the high-end Datacenter version. The Datacenter version permits unlimited server virtualization while the Standard edition allows two virtual machines. The Datacenter edition also includes powerful features like Shielded Virtual Machines, Network Controller automation, Host Guardian Service, Storage Replica disaster recovery, Software-defined Networking, and Storage Spaces Direct pooled storage. Most of these technologies are discussed in Windows Server 2016 consulting services.
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 has two installation options: Server Core and Server with Desktop Experience. The Server Core option features a minimal attack surface and has no local interface but supports all server roles. This so-called "headless" mode is designed to be managed remotely, e.g. with Power Shell or RSAT. The Server with Desktop Experience option is a complete installation and features a rich graphical user interface for local management. Progent's experts can help you to select the editions and installation options most appropriate for your environment, comprehend Microsoft's licensing requirements, and choose an optimal onsite, cloud-based, or hybrid deployment architecture.
Top New Features of Windows Server 2019
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 offers enhancements in scale, throughput, administration, Hyper-V virtualization, cybersecurity, hybrid deployment support, availability, container management, Linux co-existence, and other key improvements. Editions of Microsoft Windows Server 2019 licensed under the Semi-Annual Channel (SAC) model are updated twice annually, making new features available more quickly than under the LTSC model.
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 offers significant enhancements in capacity compared to Microsoft Windows Server 2016:
| Scale Limit | Windows Server 2016 | Windows Server 2019 |
| Max raw capacity per cluster | 1 PB | 4 PB |
| Max raw capacity per server | 100 TB | 400 TB |
| Max number of volumes | 32 | 64 |
| Max size per volume | 32 TB | 64 TB |
Additional headline improvements in Microsoft Windows Server 2019 are:
- Cluster Sets is a feature that supports dramatic expansion in cluster node count in a Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) by grouping numerous Failover Clusters into one massive, centrally managed fabric. You can seamlessly migrate virtual machines across the Cluster Set fabric and control every aspect of a Failover Cluster from initial deployment to retirement. Clusters included within a Cluster Set can benefit from extra storage and memory in a separate cluster without requiring you to purchase additional equipment. CPU and storage resources do not need to be identical, and resiliency is as good or better than with conventional Failover Clusters.
Prior to Windows Server 2019, multiple Hyper-V clusters for virtual machines were a hassle to manage and scale 
Windows Server 2019 features Cluster Sets for unified management of failover clusters - Storage Replica has been included in the Standard edition of Windows Server 2019. Storage Replica offers advanced disaster recovery capability and is described in Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Storage Replica expertise. Novel capabilities of Storage Replica in Windows Server 2019 include a test failover option that permits managers to put a target volume online momentarily for verification and backup. Also, you can now control Storage Replica with Microsoft Windows Admin Center, which provides a GUI utility for managing processes like cluster-to-cluster and stretch cluster replication.
- Storage Spaces Direct improvements include duplicate elimination and compression for Resilient File System (ReFS) volumes, native support for storage-class persistent memory, the ability to use a commodity flash drive to act as a witness with dual-server clusters, greater scale (up to 4 PB for each cluster), double the performance for mirror-accelerated parity volumes and storage tiers, outlier detection for abnormal drive latency, and improved availability by selectively delimiting volume allocation. Microsoft's Storage Spaces Direct features are described in Windows Storage Spaces Direct experts.
- Storage Migration Service streamlines the process of migrating the volume data from legacy servers to current releases of Windows Server or Azure. You can utilize Storage Migration Service to move to new hardware or to VMs. The utility inventories servers and their data; relocates files, shares, and security settings to their intended hosts; and allows destination servers to assume the identity of your legacy servers so users and applications can have access to existing data without changing anything. Windows Admin Center's graphical interface can manage many simultaneous migrations.
- Expanded Linux support enables you to host Ubuntu, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on shielded VMs. Microsoft's Shielded VMs capability is described in Windows Server 2016 Shielded VMs consulting.
- Windows Admin Center is a new web-based app installed on-premises for controlling servers, clusters, hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) with Storage Spaces Direct, Windows 10 computers, and Azure-hosted virtual machines. Windows Admin Center can be used to manage Windows Server 2012 and later. Windows Admin Center is an "in-box" tool and therefore can be used to manage servers on private networks not connected to the public Internet. By posting the Windows Admin Center gateway server to the public Internet, you can administer your servers securely from any location.
Windows Admin Center enables you to administer on-premises and Azure-hosted virtual machines from a centralized console - Container networking with Kubernetes, the popular management system for Docker containers, offers improved capability like being able to utilize integrated network security to protect both Windows and Linux services. For a discussion of containers on Windows Server, refer to Microsoft Windows Server containers consulting.
- Duplicate Elimination and Compression for Resilient File System Volumes supports an order of magnitude more data on a specified Resilient File System volume. The ReFS file system, first released in Microsoft Windows Server 2012, combines RAM-level performance tiers for handling hot data along with HDD/SDD capacity tiers for scale and resilience.
- Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection comes with Microsoft Windows Server 2019 as an integrated capability that needs no special license and no agent software to install.
- Encrypted Networks is a function that encrypts data traveling between virtual machines communicating within subnets designated as Encryption Enabled. Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS) on the virtual subnet blocks anyone accessing the physical network from looking at, modifying, or spoofing network data. Data traveling between encrypted subnets is unencrypted.
- A USB Flash Drive plugged into your router can be assigned as a witness in dual-server clusters under Storage Spaces Direct. Using this low-cost, no-hassle solution, if a server fails and then recovers, the USB drive cluster can let you know which of the servers holds the more recent data.
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 permits a USB Flash drive to act as a witness in two-server clusters - LEDBAT automatically reduces network congestion by taking up bandwidth only during periods when the network is being only moderately utilized. LEDBAT allows you to publish massive, important updates across an enterprise network without impacting the responsiveness of business-critical services.
- System Insights uses predictive analytics and machine learning to improve capacity planning. System Insights operates internally on every Microsoft Windows Server 2019 instance and analyses performance stats and events to predict capacity requirements in key areas including utilization for volumes, storage capacity, CPU, and network traffic volume.
- Windows Time Service supports the new time synchronization technique called Precision Time Protocol (PTP) and provides correct time during a leap second. Microsoft Windows Server 2019 also supports time traceability and clock source stability. These features deliver greater accuracy and precision, allow compliance with UTC and other standards such as Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, and meet the requirements of various time-critical applications. Since network configuration requires care to implement the PTP protocol, NTP remains the default time synchronization method for Windows Server 2019.
Progent's Microsoft-certified consultants can assist you to design and implement an efficient migration to Windows Server 2019 using a local network architecture or a hybrid local-plus-cloud architecture. Progent can assist you to use Microsoft's streamlined Storage Migration Service to trim off time and expense from the task of moving from outdated Microsoft Windows Server releases as far back as Windows Server 2003, and Progent can show you how to benefit from new features of Windows Server 2019 to enhance throughput, expandability, uptime, and ease of management. Progent's Exchange Server 2019 support experts can assist you to implement Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 Mailbox and Edge Transport roles and management utilities, which require Microsoft Windows Server 2019. Progent's SQL Server 2019 experts can assist your organization to configure Microsoft's primary database engine with Windows Server 2019 to run your critical workloads in a leading-edge network environment.
Progent's data security experts can assist your company to follow leading practices to build an up-to-date information security solution that is consistent across on-premises and cloud resources and mobile devices. Progent can assist your company to configure centralized and proactive cybersecurity monitoring using an optimal mix of cybersecurity tools and services from Microsoft and other leading vendors. Progent also can run security audits to make sure that your IT environment meets regulatory and industry data security requirements like SOX, PCI DSS 3.2, and FedRAMP.
Progent's team of Cisco-certified CCIE network experts is among the biggest of any independent IT services firm in the U.S. Progent can assist you to design, deploy and maintain a resilient and cost-effective hybrid network infrastructure that incorporates the state-of-the-art high-availability and disaster recovery technologies built into Microsoft Windows Server 2019. Progent's disaster recovery preparedness experts can assist your business create and validate a comprehensive strategy for rebounding rapidly from any foreseen disaster.
To help your business to support your Microsoft Windows Server 2019 and Windows Server Hyper-V environment, Progent can provide a range of services such as Windows Admin Center consulting, PowerShell scripting, SC Virtual Machine Manager hybrid on-prem/cloud management expertise, and SCOM deployment. Progent also offers the ProSight line of remote monitoring and management outsourcing packages that give small and middle-size businesses an affordable and effective option for server and endpoint management.
Progent's Online Consulting and Debugging Services
Progent has two decades of experience delivering rapid, advanced remote IT guidance and debugging expertise and has delivered remote expertise to clients in every state in the US and across Canada. (View Progent's Customer Testimonials.) Progent also provides on-premises support in major U.S. metropolitan areas. Progent offers on-demand support to help your organization to resolve challenging technical issues or comprehensive project management outsourcing support.
If you are looking for immediate remote technical support from a Microsoft-certified consultant, visit Progent's Online Technical Support.
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