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So Windows Server Insiders is only the Core Version. How About Next Month the Full Server Is Avail..
The Semi-annual Channel will release with Server Core and Nano for container runtime. See this doc which discusses:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/get-started/semi-annual-channel-overview
A Full desktop experience version is not planned. If this is important for your adoption, this is a great forum to leave that feedback.
Thanks!
Elden
It is out, the first preview of Windows Server 2019, LTSB, with Desktop Experience. Installed it already, exploring it now. RDS seem changed indeed, RDSH seems to be gone or to have been renamed.
Unlikely that GUI is just for the betas. There are previews of RDS roles, I do not believe thoose will work without a GUI.
Will the Desktop Experience continue to be supported in Windows Server Insider builds going forward? Or only until Windows Server 2019 actually ships?
- Elden_Christensen
Microsoft
Windows Server 2019 preview is now available in the Insiders program, including with a desktop install option. Learn more here:
https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/windowsserver/2018/03/20/introducing-windows-server-2019-now-available-in-preview/Thanks!
Elden I guess the full version is in Octomber, until then, we have the preview available since then. It is moving faster then WS 2016, that is for sure, and there are some glitches, like explorer.exe restarted about two times. The download is up for grabs and this means Microsoft has listened to their customers, Who stated pretty clearly that the GUI on Windows Server is still necessary, at least on LTSB releases. Flash Player seems present, but the the ways to enable it from WS 2016 do not work. I would be curious if anyone can try installing a scanner on it, WS 2016 had some restrictions on it.