Windows Server 2019 Standard

REMINDER: A link for the download and instructions will be provided along with the key in My Orders.

• Windows Server 2019 Standard

  Windows Server 2019 is built on the strong foundation of Windows Server 2016 and brings numerous innovations on four key themes: Hybrid Cloud, Security, Application Platform, and Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI).




• General

  Windows Admin Center

  Desktop experience

  System Insights




• Hybrid Cloud

  Server Core app compatibility feature on demand

  The Server Core App Compatibility feature on demand (FOD) significantly improves the app compatibility of the Windows Server Core installation option by including a subset of binaries and components from Windows Server with the Desktop Experience, without adding the Windows Server Desktop Experience graphical environment itself. This is done to increase the functionality and compatibility of Server Core while keeping it as lean as possible.

  This optional feature on demand is available on a separate ISO and can be added to Windows Server Core installations and images only, using DISM.
  




• Security

  Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)

  Windows Defender ATP Exploit Guard is a new set of host-intrusion prevention capabilities. The four components of Windows Defender Exploit Guard are designed to lock down the device against a wide variety of attack vectors and block behaviors commonly used in malware attacks, while enabling you to balance security risk and productivity requirements.

  Security with Software Defined Networking (SDN)
  

  Shielded Virtual Machines improvements

  HTTP/2 for a faster and safer Web




• Storage

  Storage Migration Service

  Storage Spaces Direct

  Storage Replica




• Failover Clustering




• Application Platform

  Linux containers on Windows

  Built-in Support for Kubernetes

  Container improvements

  Encrypted Networks

  Network performance improvements for virtual workloads

  Low Extra Delay Background Transport

  Windows Time Service

  High performance SDN gateways

  New Deployment UI and Windows Admin Center extension for SDN

  Persistent Memory support for Hyper-V VMs

1. Download the evaluation installer from the official Microsoft website.

             Windows Server 2019 Standard (Alternative link)


             Windows Server 2022 Standard


2. After installing the evaluation version, convert it to full retail version using the key provided in My Orders. 

For the conversion instruction, please refer to How to Upgrade Windows Server 2019/2022 Evaluation to Full.