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Rob Hamm
Copper Contributor
Aug 20, 2018

Windows Server 2019 version info

Preliminary tests have revealed that the version of 'kernel32.dll' found on our current preview build Windows Server 2019 system is of the form '10.0.x.x'. Hence, it would appear that the major/min...
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Mike Jones's avatar
Mike Jones
Copper Contributor
Sep 13, 2018

Thanks Mary.

 

My concern is the ReleaseId value for Server 2016 would be changed to a value above the current 1607. That is, new updates to Server 2016 this year or next year would be 18xx or 19xx. Is this the case? If so, then I can't assume that a ReleaseId value of less than 1803 will indicate that Server 2016 is present.

Or, is this ReleaseId value for Server 2016 fixed no matter how many Server 2016 updates occur?

Mary Hoffman's avatar
Mary Hoffman
Former Employee
Sep 13, 2018

Windows Server 2016 will always be 1607. Once a product is released, that ID will not change.

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    tussinger
    Copper Contributor
    Oct 02, 2018

    Hi,

      we use the function GetVersionEx to determine the version.

      What is the different in Osversioninfoex between Server 2016 and 2019 ?

    thanks

       Richard

  • Mike Jones's avatar
    Mike Jones
    Copper Contributor
    Sep 13, 2018

    Thanks Mary.

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