Windows Server 2022 Standard

Description

• • Online activation
  • No connection to your Microsoft account
  • Cannot be reactivated / transferred to another computer
  • Immediate delivery – 2 - 60 minutes
    
  • Permanent activation
  • Region: Worldwide
  • Multilingual
  • Updates possible
    
  • Live chat or email support

Download URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-server

Note: To convert Windows Server from the evaluation version to the full version, use this DISM command:

1. Open CMD (Command Prompt) as administrator

2. You can check the current version of your system with the following command: DISM /Online /Get-CurrentEdition

3. Use this command to convert Windows Server from the evaluation version: DISM /online /Set-Edition: ServerStandard /ProductKey: XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX /AcceptEula

Given the growing number of cybersecurity threats and the rapidly escalating impact of incidents, security is a top priority for our customers. Windows Server 2022 includes new security features such as Secured Core Server and secure connectivity.

Secured Core Server

Powerful threat protection provides multi-layered security for hardware, firmware, and the operating system. It uses Trusted Platform Module 2.0 and System Guard to securely boot Windows Server and minimize the risk of firmware vulnerabilities. Secured Core servers also include virtualization-based security (VBS) features such as Credential Guard and Hypervisor-Protected Code Integrity (HVCI).

Credential protection

Preventive protection for sensitive assets such as credentials and HVCI applies hardware-based security to prevent advanced malware from tampering with the system. Secured connectivity adds an additional layer of security during transport for enhanced protection. Windows Server 2022 improves connection security with faster and more secure encrypted Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.3, enabled by default. Customers can also further secure server communications with industry-standard AES-256 encryption, which now supports the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol and enhanced controls.

Hybrid functions with Azure

We're offering new capabilities that help customers leverage their on-premises investments to benefit from cloud innovation. Azure Arc and Storage Migration Service are two key hybrid capabilities that work best with Windows Server 2022.

Azure Arc enables customers to manage, secure, and govern Windows Server on-premises, at the edge, or in multi-cloud environments from a single control plane in Azure. Through Azure Arc, customers can easily leverage Azure management features such as Azure Policy, Azure Monitor, and Azure Defender for these servers. Furthermore, you can connect to Azure Arc with a few simple clicks in Windows Admin Center. We've also enhanced Windows Admin Center v2103 with significantly improved virtual machine management, a simpler event viewer, and many other updates. Windows Admin Center is also available in the Azure portal.

Windows Server 2022

Improves seamless connectivity from on-premises file servers to file servers in Azure. Updates to Storage Migration Service enable customers to migrate file servers from certain Network Access Storage (NAS) and Windows File Servers to Windows Servers in Azure. By using Storage Migration Service to migrate data to servers, customers can maintain low latency while reducing their on-premises storage footprint.

Flexible application platform

Customers use Windows Server to run large-scale and distributed applications, so we've worked tirelessly to deliver platform features and tools that improve developer velocity and support for mission-critical workloads like SQL Server. In this release, we're adding several platform enhancements for Windows Containers, including application compatibility and the Windows Container experience with Kubernetes. One key improvement is a reduction in Windows Container image size, resulting in faster download times and better performance. Additionally, you can now run applications that depend on Azure Active Directory with group-managed Managed Service Accounts (gMSA) without requiring a domain to join the container host. There are also several other enhancements that simplify the Windows Container experience with Kubernetes. These enhancements include support for host process containers for node configuration, IPv6, and consistent network policy implementation with Calico.

In addition to platform improvements, we have an updated Windows Admin Center tool that makes it easy to containerize .NET applications. Once the application is in a container, you can host it in Azure Container Registry and then deploy it to other Azure services, including Azure Kubernetes Service.

Windows Server 2022 supports mission-critical and large-scale applications such as SQL Server, which require 48 TB of memory and 2,048 logical cores running on 64 physical sockets.