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Microsoft has taken wraps off its latest tools for the modern data center, including a new application container tech for Windows and a micro-sized version of Windows Server that's tailored for cloud deployments. We first heard rumors of Microsoft's so-called Nano Server in March, when a leaked slide deck suggested that …

  1. Mikel

    Hold the phone - stop the presses!

    Microsoft did something praiseworthy. This, if it turns out not to be the dog's breakfast, was the right thing for once. They did some other thing in the late '90s, but it has been so long I forget what it was.

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      1. returnmyjedi

        Re: Hold the phone - stop the presses!

        And the Sidewinder flight stick; that was great.

        1. P. Lee
          Thumb Up

          Re: Hold the phone - stop the presses!

          >And the Sidewinder flight stick; that was great.

          don't forget the mouse they did a few years ago.

      2. Anonymous Coward
        Anonymous Coward

        Re: Hold the phone - stop the presses!

        Bob? That was Cortana's dad right?

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    1. The Original Steve

      From what I've read on the source it's actually Windows with:

      - No GUI, same as server core

      - Managed via PowerShell, and WMI like current Windows

      - Has it's Side-by-Side (SxS) store removed, something you can already do

      - Same API's as current Windows

      Sure, there's other differences, but most of what is mentioned is similar to what a good admin can already do to a 2012 R2 box.

      *BSD is awesome, but it won't play anwhere near as nice with AD, GPO's, my existing management tools and scripts as Server 2012 R2 - plus a large chunk of apps / roles should also work fine.

      Containerisation is new (although App-V doesn't seem off the mark), bit the rest is similar to what a competent admin can already do.

      1. /dev/null

        No GUI?

        Server Core still had a desktop, it just had Windows Explorer and most of the desktop apps removed. Is Nano Server the same or does it REALLY not have a GUI? (Or in other words, a windowless Windows?)

  3. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Perhaps we can look forward to a more modular Windows Server in the future.

    That would be a good step forward.

  4. SecretSonOfHG

    It has taken Microsoft only what, 20 years?

    To realize what they need to do to compete with Linux in the server area?

  5. Dejan

    App-V for Servers is removed from next version of System Center

    Just a heads up that App-V for Server is actualy removed from upcoming version of System Center. This was announced about the same time Microsoft started talking Docker, so my guess at that time was that Microsoft would go all-in on that technology. The document is fairly old, so there is no mention of container but points to templates as a replacement technology.

    Regarding the removal of App-V for servers see: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn806370.aspx

    Now with Hyper-V containers it seems that Microsoft if trying to use existing Windows technology to fill remainding possible use-case with containers as the reason for Hyper-V containers doesn't seem to be a large market for private cloud. My guess is that the largest use-case for Hyper-V containers will be Azure itself, ie for Cloud-services where a single deployment can take 20-30 minutes which our developers find very frustrating or WebServices (now called App) for more efficient use of resources.

  6. Dave Pickles

    92 per cent smaller...

    ... so 92 per cent cheaper? Thought not.

    1. h4rm0ny
      Facepalm

      Re: 92 per cent smaller...

      You see a smaller memory footprint as a negative you should be compensated for? Interesting. You must be greatly disappointed that the latest iPad isn't 5% the cost of those inch-thick old Windows tablets. After all, it's a lot thinner.

  7. P. Lee
    Paris Hilton

    No local login?

    Surely some mistake?

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