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rtravni42
Dec 02, 2021Brass Contributor
Support for M365 Apps (O365) on Windows 2022
We have a large number of Windows Server 2016 with M365 Apps (O365) and need to upgrade these servers now (end of support for WS2016 is Jan 2022). The next server product to install for us would be ...
- Sep 06, 2022
First off I would like to thank everyone for the feedback and apologize for the delay in responding to this thread. Your feedback has made a difference, and sparked many internal discussions... we have customers running M365 on WS2016 and WS2019 today, and we want to enable staying current and secure being able to upgrade to WS2022.
<UPDATED EDIT> In response to your feedback we have announced support for M365 on Windows Server 2022, please see this link for additional information:
Windows Server end of support and Microsoft 365 Apps - Deploy Office | Microsoft Learn
Again, thank you for your feedback and passion!!
Elden Christensen
Principal Group PM Manager
Windows Server Development Team
JimGaynor
Jan 19, 2023Brass Contributor
Deleted AVD on Stack HCI is in preview, and has been for a while, so Product Terms and finalized pricing aren't available. Currently available details are here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-desktop/azure-stack-hci-overview#pricing
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Jan 20, 2023JimGaynor is there any ETA to GA for this? As you said it is in preview for quite a while and customers are hesitant to plan this option as RDSH / Citrix alternative when they have no visibility about prices and terms. They are unlikely eager to put any workloads in testing or even production stage, even in preview until terms are clear. This mindset differs from customer to customer or region to region. But from what I see AVD in Azure is the only option that is being discussed by deciders as alternative, which is quite sad.
- JimGaynorJan 20, 2023Brass Contributor
Deleted To be clear, I'm an independent analyst who covers RDS, AVD, and W365 (among other things) and not a Microsoft employee. So, no, I have no ETA on general availability of Azure Virtual Desktop on Stack HCI.
- DeletedJan 20, 2023Hi Jim, sorry for misreading your role and thanks for taking the time to bring up your information.
- DeletedJan 23, 2023
Hi -_RH_-
"I'm pretty sure the non-LTSC versions of Server they've released don't have CSP support either."
I agree with you, if this were the case also Azure Stack HCI, especially it is a cloud touched product, would support it but does not afaik. Hence Azure Stack HCI OS and Windows Server Datacenter Azure Edition do support Automanage, so their scope to manage Server OS and Client are still diverged, not only in terms of policies, but also in Terms of Security + Update Management. This is a model I am not agreeing with as it causes complexity for common to SMB and SMC for generic tasks. The target are corporations that have and can afford dedicated teams, and then it is fine also in terms of RBAC. I believe though, that this conception and weaknesses have been brought to attention already and I personally do not believe in a change here, solely as this would imply to redesign the whole Azure platform services, including on-premises via Arc. That's too much to ask.
If we wonder why non LTSC version and named Azure centric OS do not offer CSP, well they have no GUI. Allow me to name a detail, even though it is a command-line, you cannot join WS Core to Azure AD via dsregcmd.exe, while it is present (for unclear reason) in the GUI installation option. This could give you an impression about their heading in this regard. I do not want to speak for them or their design decisions though, just my 2 cents.