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Questions about the Move Away from ON 2016 and To ON for Win10
Good question, to https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployoffice/deployment-guide-onenote there is OneNote 2016 on Windows, which is no longer being updated with new features.
"Keep in mind that OneNote 2016 is no longer being updated with new features and there won’t be a OneNote 2019. OneNote 2016 will continue to receive other updates, like critical fixes and security updates, while it’s still supported. Mainstream support for OneNote 2016 ends in October 2020, and extended support ends in October 2025."
OneNote for Windows 10 is the replacement app and only supports cloud storage, no local access to notebooks. There isn't a way to publish OneNote for Windows 10 on TS/RDS as I understand (please someone correct me if this isn't right!) and in fact, https://office365.uservoice.com/forums/264636-general/suggestions/35642482-office-365-support-for-windows-server-2019 has been dropped. However, Office 365 ProPlus will continue to be https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4462769/updates-to-office-365-system-requirements on Windows Server 2016 until October 2025.
There may be some other options in the future for this workload, so it's worth keeping a lookout, perhaps around Ignite timeframe, in September. This post provides some good https://www.brianmadden.com/opinion/Remote-Desktop-Services-fireworks-at-Microsoft-Ignite-2018 on what happened last year.
By the way, Microsoft may just advise using OneNote from a browser if there isn't a supported app on a particular platform.
I can't find where OneNote App for Windows 10 stores backups of your notebooks. Comments in Microsoft Community say you don't need backup, because main notebooks are stored in the cloud. However, if you accidentally delete a section, and don't notice it for a year, and it's no longer in the OneNote recycle bin, you can't get it back without backups. If anyone knows that OneNote App for Windows 10 does do a backup, please post information about how to control the backups (how many backups it stores), where it stores them, and how to restore lost sections from the backups.