Event details
Join us for our March 9 “Ask Microsoft Anything” chat about Windows Server updates and upgrades. We’ll cover your questions on how to stay more secure by upgrading older servers (2008 and 2012 versions), the importance of running regular updates, and security features for Windows Server 2022 and Windows Server on Azure.
Please take a look at our recent blog for some additional context and information: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/4-bestpractices-to-keep-your-windows-server-estate-secure-and-optimized/
For this March 9 AMA we’ll have members of Windows Servicing and Delivery team, Windows Server engineering, and security product managers available to answer your questions via chat.
This AMA is text only – meaning there will not be any video nor audio.
An AMA is a live online event similar to an “Ask Me Anything” on Reddit. This AMA gives you the opportunity to connect with members of Microsoft trainers and the product engineering team who will be on hand to answer your questions and listen to feedback.
Feel free to post your questions anytime in the comments below beforehand, if it fits your schedule or time zone better, though questions will not be answered until the live hour.
126 Comments
- hoyty76Iron ContributorAlready installed 2022 on most of my servers. I have a few though that I can't complete the in-place upgrade from 2019. It fails on reboot with an error and rolls back. Whenever I ask for help the response I get "not recommended you should rebuild" but the upgrade is a supported scenario right? See https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/916816/server-2019-)-2022-in-place-upgrade-failure for more details.
- Scottmca
Microsoft
Hi Brian, Could be issue I have seen possibly. It first occurred back in June of 2022. It was fixed in November of 2022. Make sure you are using the December or later Windows Server 2022 ISO and you have dynamic update enabled when you run setup Setup.exe /auto upgrade /dynamicupdate enable- hoyty76Iron ContributorThanks, that worked! Got the latest ISO and my servers that wouldn't upgrade have now done so.
- Charles TranIron ContributorFinally, we do have good updates on Windows Server 2022. Let's have fun.
- Jeff-Woolsey
Microsoft
Thanks for the question! As Windows Server 2012/2012R2 End of Support is 7 months away, we're getting a TON of questions about Windows Server 2022. This thread is full of links for you.
Windows Server 2022 documentation here:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/get-started/whats-new-in-windows-server-2022
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Windows Server comparison that includes Windows Server 2022:
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Windows Server 2022 Datasheet
https://t.co/Ge5ZL6xaeg----
Windows Server 2022 includes a bunch of cool under-the-hood improvements for modernizing your apps. Here are some examples…
Secured-core Server
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/security/secured-core-server----
TLS 1.3: Enabled by default on Windows Server 2022
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2020/08/20/taking-transport-layer-security-tls-to-the-next-level-with-tls-1-3/----
TLS Cipher Suites in Windows Server 2022
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/secauthn/tls-cipher-suites-in-windows-server-2022----
TLS and .NET
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/network-programming/tls----
SMB Encryption
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/file-server/smb-security----
SMB Compression
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/file-server/smb-compression?tabs=powershell%2Crobocopy%2Cgroup-policy----
Storage Migration Improvements
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/storage-migration-service/overview----
Single Node Caching/Tiering
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Hyper-V: Nested AMD Support
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/hyper-v-on-windows/user-guide/nested-virtualization
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Hyper-V: TCP HyStart++ Enabled. Automatically provides smoother network data flow with better performance.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/get-started/whats-new-in-windows-server-2022
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Hyper-V: Enhanced RSC Support
Hyper-V Virtual Switches coalesce packets & process as one larger segment. Improves performance to external traffic & between VMs while reducing CPU use.https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/get-started/whats-new-in-windows-server-2022
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ReFS File Level Snapshots.
ReFS now includes the ability to snapshot files using a quick metadata operation. Especially useful for Hyper-V VHD/VHDX files. ReFS snapshots are unique in that they take a constant time irrespective of file size.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/get-started/whats-new-in-windows-server-2022
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Scalability improvements. Support for up to 48 TB of RAM and 2048 logical processors. (Not a typo. 48 TERABYTES of RAM)
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Massive UDP perf improvements. Support for UDP Segmentation Offload and UDP Receive Side Coalescing.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/get-started/whats-new-in-windows-server-2022
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Dozens of Container improvements
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/windowscontainers/about/whats-new-ws2022-containers