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Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Consulting:
Planning, Deployment, Management and Troubleshooting
Windows Server 2019 is the perpetual-license release of Microsoft's flagship server operating system. Microsoft Windows Server 2019 incorporates all the enhancements for Microsoft Windows Server 2016 formerly offered exclusively through Microsoft's Semi-Annual Channel (SAC). Windows Server 2019 offers significant enhancements in scale, performance, manageability, cybersecurity, application compatibility, Linux co-existence, Kubernetes technology, and hybrid combinations of on-premises and cloud-hosted resources.
Top enhancements of Windows Server 2019 are Windows Admin Center for unifying the management and monitoring of hybrid on-premises/cloud resources, System Insights for taking advantage of modern predictive intelligence to manage local networks, Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection Exploit Guard for host-intrusion prevention, container orchestration using Kubernetes, Cluster Sets technology for deploying and managing massive high-availability scale-out clusters, and Microsoft's Storage Migration Service for streamlining the migration from legacy releases of Windows Server.
Progent can assist your organization to integrate Microsoft Windows Server 2019 with the latest versions of Microsoft's popular applications by providing expert services that include Microsoft Exchange Server consulting, SQL Server 2019 integration consulting, SQL Server 2017 upgrade consulting, SharePoint 2019 planning and deployment, and Microsoft 365 hybrid integration expertise. Progent's consulting, debugging and training services for Windows Server 2019 are available online and Progent also offers onsite support in major metropolitan areas throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Hybrid Cloud Solutions with Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2019 makes Microsoft's Azure stack accessible to organizations of all sizes for creating on-premises data centers, private clouds, or hybrid architectures that integrate local IT assets with resources hosted on the cloud.
Most of modern companies deploy a combination of on-premises and cloud-hosted resources to get the appropriate trade-off of flexibility, affordability, throughput, reliability, and security/compliance they need. In some fields, regulatory compliance require that certain types of network resources and data be managed internally. In other instances, company policies or compatibility issues necessitate mission-critical software to be run locally. Windows Server 2019 provides a cloud-friendly solution that allows you to build and manage powerful hybrid networks that transparently utilize resources spread across on-premises data centers and the cloud.
Designing, building and managing optimized hybrid solutions with Microsoft Windows Server 2019 demands a wide range of skills. This can be beyond the expertise of most IT groups in smaller businesses. Progent's roster of subject-matter experts gives you on-demand access to the knowledge you require for any facet of hybrid network implementation and management. Progent's Microsoft-certified and Cisco-certified consulting experts, project managers, and information security specialists can assist you to determine the advantages of Windows Server 2019 for your organization and create a hybrid ecosystem based on Windows Server 2019 that delivers top business value.
A Good Moment to Upgrade
The introduction of Windows Server 2019 was accompanied by the notification of End-of-Support (EOS) status for Microsoft's widely used Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 products. The result is that there will be no additional security patches onsite, no other updates, no free support programs, and no downloadable technical content updates. Consequently, security issues will be increasingly difficult, support costs may go up, and network reliability may drop.
If your company wants help migrating to Microsoft Windows Server 2019 from WS 2008 or from another out-of-date edition of Microsoft Windows Server, Progent can provide the knowledge and experience to make your migration efficient, economical, and on-schedule. Progent can help you:
- Identify your apps and server roles running on your existing servers
- Migrate your virtual machines to the Progent Cloud or move to the current release of on-premises Windows Server or to Microsoft Azure
- Optimize your configuration to minimize spend, manage assets, and enhance security and compliance across hybrid applications
Windows Server 2019 is available in the value-priced Standard version and the high-end Datacenter edition. The Datacenter version supports unlimited VMs whereas the Standard edition allows only two virtual machines. The Datacenter version also offers powerful features like Shielded VMs, Network Controller, Host Guardian Service (HGS), Storage Replica disaster recovery, SDN network management, and Storage Spaces Direct pooled storage. Many of these features are described in Microsoft Windows Server 2016 expertise.
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 has two deployment alternatives: Server Core and Server with Desktop Experience. Server Core features a small footprint and no traditional desktop interface but supports all role-based workloads. This so-called "headless" version must be managed remotely, for example with the command line or Windows Admin Center. The Server with Desktop Experience alternative is a complete installation and features a comprehensive GUI for local management. Progent's experts can assist your organization to choose the versions and deployment alternatives best suited to your situation, comprehend Microsoft's licensing requirements, and pick an efficient onsite, cloud-based, or hybrid deployment model.
Top New Features of Windows Server 2019
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 features enhancements in expandability, throughput, administration, Hyper-V virtualization, data security, hybrid deployment support, disaster recovery, container management, Linux compatibility, and other important improvements. Versions of Microsoft Windows Server 2019 acquired under the Semi-Annual Channel (SAC) model are updated two times annually, and so make enhancements available more quickly than with the Long-Term Servicing Channel program.
Windows Server 2019 delivers significant increases in scale vs. Microsoft Windows Server 2016:
| Capacity 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 |
Other notable enhancements in Microsoft Windows Server 2019 include:
- Cluster Sets is a feature that supports orders of magnitude expansion in cluster nodes in a Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) by grouping numerous Failover Clusters into a single large, centrally controlled interconnected topology. You can seamlessly migrate VMs across the Cluster Set fabric and manage every facet of a Failover Cluster from onboarding to decommissioning. Clusters included within a Cluster Set can take advantage of added disk storage and memory in another cluster without requiring that you purchase more hardware. CPU and storage resources do not need to be the same, and resiliency is as good or better than with traditional Failover Clusters.
Before Microsoft Windows Server 2019, multiple Hyper-V clusters for virtual machines were a hassle to manage and expand 
Windows Server 2019 introduces Cluster Sets for centralized control of failover clusters - Storage Replica is now part of the Standard edition of Windows Server 2019. Storage Replica offers advanced disaster recovery support and is discussed in Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Storage Replica expertise. New capabilities of Storage Replica include a test failover function that enables you to put a target volume online momentarily for testing and backup. In addition, you can now manage Storage Replica with Microsoft Windows Admin Center, which provides a graphical tool for controlling processes like server-to-server and stretch cluster replication.
- Storage Spaces Direct enhancements include deduplication and compression for Resilient File System volumes, native support for persistent memory, the ability to use a consumer flash drive as a witness with dual-server clusters, increased expandability (as high as 4 PB for each cluster), twice the throughput for mirror-accelerated parity volumes, outlier detection for drive latency, and improved availability by manually delimiting volume allocation. Windows Server's Storage Spaces Direct features are described in Windows Storage Spaces Direct consultants.
- Storage Migration Service streamlines the process of migrating the volume data from legacy servers to volumes in newer versions of Windows Server or Azure. You can utilize Storage Migration Service to migrate to current hardware or to virtual machines. The tool inventories Windows and Linux servers and their data; moves files, shares, and security configurations to their new hosts; and permits destination hosts to assume the identity of the source servers so users and applications can have access to their data without making any changes. Windows Admin Center's graphical interface can control multiple concurrent migrations.
- Expanded Linux support enables you to host Ubuntu, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and SUSE Enterprise Server on shielded virtual machines. Microsoft's Shielded VMs technology is described in Windows Server 2016 Shielded VMs consulting.
- Windows Admin Center is a web-based app deployed on-premises for controlling servers, clusters, hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) with Storage Spaces Direct, Windows 10 endpoints, and Azure-based VMs. Windows Admin Center can be utilized to manage Windows Server 2012 and later. Windows Admin Center is an "in-box" tool and so can be utilized to manage servers on private networks disconnected from the public Internet. By publishing the Windows Admin Center gateway server to the public Internet, you can manage your servers securely from any location.
Windows Admin Center allows you to administer on-premises and Azure cloud virtual machines from a centralized console - Container networking with Kubernetes, the popular management tool for Docker containers, offers improved capability such as the ability to use integrated network security to protect Windows and Linux services. For a discussion of containers on Microsoft Windows Server, refer to Microsoft Windows Server containers consultants.
- Deduplication and Data Compression for Resilient File System Volumes supports an order of magnitude more data on a specified Resilient File System volume. The ReFS file technology, introduced in Microsoft Windows Server 2012, combines silicon performance tiers for hot data along with HDD/SDD high-capacity tiers for volume and resilience.
- Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection is included with Microsoft Windows Server 2019 as a built-in feature that needs no additional license and no agent installation.
- Encrypted Networks is a new feature that encrypts traffic between virtual machines interacting inside subnets you have designated as Encryption Enabled. DTLS on the virtual subnet blocks entities with access to 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 used as a witness in two-server clusters under Storage Spaces Direct. With this affordable, no-hassle technique, when a server fails and then returns to operation, the USB drive cluster can tell you which of the servers holds the fresher data.
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 allows a USB Flash drive to act as a witness in dual-server clusters - LEDBAT automatically reduces network congestion by taking up bandwidth only during periods when the network is being sparsely used. This allows you to distribute massive, important updates across an enterprise network without impacting the responsiveness of mission-critical services.
- System Insights uses advanced analytics to simplify capacity planning. System Insights operates locally on every Microsoft Windows Server 2019 instance and analyses performance counters and system events to forecast capacity needs in key areas including usage for volumes, storage capacity, processing, and network traffic volume.
- Windows Time Service supports the new time synchronization method called Precision Time Protocol (PTP) and provides correct time during a leap second. Windows Server 2019 also offers software time-stamping and clock source stability. These features deliver greater accuracy and precision, comply with UTC and other regulations such as FINRA, and meet the requirements of various time-sensitive applications. Since network setup requires care to implement the PTP protocol, the older Network Time Protocol remains the default synchronization method for Windows Server 2019.
Progent's Microsoft Gold-certified consultants can assist you to plan and implement an efficient upgrade to Microsoft Windows Server 2019 using an on-prem network model or a hybrid on-premises/cloud-hosted model. Progent can help you to configure Microsoft's new Storage Migration Service to reduce effort and cost from the process of moving from outdated Windows Server platforms as old as Microsoft Windows Server 2003, and Progent can show you how to benefit from new functions of Microsoft Windows Server 2019 to enhance performance, scale, uptime, and manageability. Progent's Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 consultants can help you to configure Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 Mailbox and Edge Transport server roles and management utilities, which depend on Microsoft Windows Server 2019. Progent's SQL Server 2019 consultants can help your organization to configure Microsoft's flagship database engine with Microsoft Windows Server 2019 to run your critical workloads in a leading-edge network environment.
Progent's data security experts can assist you to follow best practices to build an up-to-date information security solution that is consistent across on-premises and cloud assets as well as mobile end points. Progent can help you to configure centralized and proactive data security monitoring using an optimal mix of cybersecurity tools and services from Microsoft and other leading providers. Progent also offers security assessments to confirm that your network complies with government and industry cybersecurity mandates like SOX, PCI DSS 3.2, and FedRAMP.
Progent's roster of Cisco CCIE network consultants is among the biggest of any independent IT services firm in the U.S. Progent can assist your business to plan, configure and maintain a modern and affordable 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 and business continuity (DR/BC) preparedness consultants can help your organization plan and test a comprehensive process for recovering rapidly from any foreseen disaster.
To help your company to manage your Windows Server 2019 and Windows Server Hyper-V virtualized environment, Progent offers a variety of expertise like Windows Admin Center consulting, PowerShell scripting, System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) hybrid on-prem/cloud management consulting, and System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) consultants. Progent also has assembled the ProSight line of remote monitoring and management outsourcing services that provide small and middle-size businesses an affordable and efficient option for server and endpoint management.
Progent's Remote Consulting and Debugging Services
Progent has two decades of background delivering rapid, advanced online technical guidance and debugging expertise and has provided remote support to clients in every state in the US and across Canada. (See Progent's Client Testimonials.) Progent also provides onsite assistance in major U.S. metropolitan areas. Progent offers on-demand expertise to assist your business with occasional technical problems or comprehensive project management outsourcing and co-sourcing help.
If you need urgent online technical support from a Microsoft-certified expert, visit Progent's Remote Technical Support.
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