{"id":1701,"date":"2015-09-02T23:19:10","date_gmt":"2015-09-03T03:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adsecurity.org\/?p=1701"},"modified":"2015-09-10T16:15:53","modified_gmt":"2015-09-10T20:15:53","slug":"windows-server-2016-technical-preview-3-download-release-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adsecurity.org\/?p=1701","title":{"rendered":"Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 3 Download &#038; Release Information"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Looks like we are getting closer to Windows Server 2016 RTM!<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft released Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 3 in late August (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/evalcenter\/evaluate-windows-server-technical-preview\">Download <\/a>&amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/Dn765472.aspx\">Release Notes<\/a>).<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The biggest advances in Windows Server 2016 include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Containers<\/li>\n<li>Nano Server<\/li>\n<li>Active Directory: group membership time limits &#8211; The user&#8217;s Kerberos ticket is limited to the amount of time the user is allowed to be in the group. This means a an account can be added into a group for 2 hours and after 2 hours, the user&#8217;s Kerberos ticket expires. When the user gets a new ticket, the account is no longer a member of that group.<\/li>\n<li>Active Directory: <a href=\"https:\/\/adsecurity.org\/?p=1535\">Microsoft Passport <\/a>Support<\/li>\n<li>Hyper-V advances: Nested Hyper-V (run Hyper-V in Hyper-V), Virtual TPM, Shielded VMs (encrypted VMs the Hyper-V admins can&#8217;t access), PowerShell Direct (PowerShell directly from Hyper-V host to VM without PowerShell remoting over the network), and more!<\/li>\n<li>Antimalware built-in and enabled<\/li>\n<li>PowerShell v5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/Dn765472.aspx\">What&#8217;s New in Windows Server 2016 TP3<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"sectionblock\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<ul class=\"nobullet\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/virtualization\/windowscontainers\/containers_welcome\">Windows Server Containers<\/a>: Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview now includes containers, which are an isolated, resource-controlled, and portable operating environment. They are an isolated place where an application can run without affecting the rest of the system or the system affecting the application. For some additional information on containers, see <a href=\"http:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/17\/containers-docker-windows-and-trends\/\">Containers: Docker, Windows and Trends<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/mt163897.aspx\">What&#8217;s new in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) in Windows Server Technical Preview<\/a>. Active Directory Domain Services includes improvements to help organizations secure Active Directory environments and provide better identity management experiences for both corporate and personal devices.<\/li>\n<li>What\u2019s New in Active Directory Federation Services. Active Directory Federation Services (AD\u00a0FS) in Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview includes new features that enable you to configure AD\u00a0FS to authenticate users stored in Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directories. For more information, see <a href=\"https:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/hh831502.aspx\">Active Directory Federation Services Overview [Role\/Tech Overview]<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/dn765474.aspx\">What&#8217;s New in Failover Clustering in Windows Server Technical Preview<\/a>. This topic explains the new and changed functionality of Failover Clustering. A Hyper-V or Scale-out File Server failover cluster can now easily be upgraded without any downtime or need to build a new cluster with nodes that are running Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/dn765471.aspx\">What&#8217;s new in Hyper-V in Technical Preview<\/a>. This topic explains the new and changed functionality of the Hyper-V role in Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview, Client Hyper-V running on Windows 10, and Microsoft Hyper-V Server Technical Preview.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/dn765478.aspx\">Windows Server Antimalware Overview for Windows Server Technical Preview<\/a>. Windows Server Antimalware is installed and enabled by default in Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview, but the user interface for Windows Server Antimalware is not installed. However, Windows Server Antimalware will update antimalware definitions and protect the computer without the user interface. If you need the user interface for Windows Server Antimalware, you can install it after the operating system installation by using the Add Roles and Features Wizard.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/dn765476.aspx\">What&#8217;s New in Remote Desktop Services in Windows Server 2016<\/a>. For the Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview, the Remote Desktop Services team focused on improvements based on customer requests. We added support for OpenGL and OpenCL applications, and added MultiPoint Services as a new role in Windows Server.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/dn765475.aspx\">What&#8217;s New in File and Storage Services in Windows Server Technical Preview<\/a>. This topic explains the new and changed functionality of Storage Services. An update in storage quality of service now enables you to create storage QoS policies on a Scale-Out File Server and assign them to one or more virtual disks on Hyper-V virtual machines. Storage Replica is a new feature that enables synchronous replication between servers for disaster recovery, as well as stretching of a failover cluster for high availability..<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/dn765473.aspx\">What&#8217;s New in Web Application Proxy in Windows Server Technical Preview<\/a>. The latest version of Web Application Proxy\u00a0focuses on new features that enable publishing and preauthentication for more applications and improved user experience. Check out the full list of new features that includes preauthentication for rich client apps such as Exchange ActiveSync and wildcard domains for easier publishing of SharePoint apps.<\/li>\n<li>What&#8217;s new in the Windows console. The underlying console host (Conhost.exe) has been updated in several ways, adding new and different functionality to the Windows command prompt, the Windows PowerShell prompt, and any other character-mode applications. For details, see <a href=\"https:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/mt427362.aspx\">What&#8217;s New in the Windows Console in Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.windows.com\/buildingapps\/2014\/10\/07\/console-improvements-in-the-windows-10-technical-preview\/\">Console Improvements in the Windows 10 Technical Preview<\/a> , but you should take note of these important changes:\n<ul class=\"unordered\">\n<li>The new console functionality is enabled by default. If an existing application doesn&#8217;t work properly with the new console, you can select <strong>Use legacy console<\/strong> on the <strong>Options<\/strong> tab and then restart your application. You can also control individual aspects of the new functionality with registry keys; see details at the linked topics.<\/li>\n<li>Console windows can be resized dynamically with the mouse. This could cause issues with some console applications.<\/li>\n<li>Quick Edit mode is enabled by default. If this conflicts with your application, you can disable it on the <strong>Options<\/strong> tab.<\/li>\n<li>There are new keyboard shortcuts for copy, paste, and history navigation. If these conflict with your application, you can disable them on the Options tab (look for <strong>Enable CTRL key shortcuts<\/strong> and <strong>Extended test selection keys<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<li>The default font type for new console windows is TrueType. You can still use raster fonts, but they won&#8217;t scale properly on some displays.<\/li>\n<li>Text wraps and reflows by default when you resize a window. If necessary, you can disable this on the <strong>Layouts<\/strong> tab.<\/li>\n<li>In some cases, after upgrade installation, fonts in the console window might be very small. To adjust this, use the <span class=\"label\">Fonts<\/span> tab.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/fwlink\/?LinkID=512808\">What\u2019s New in Windows PowerShell 5.0<\/a>. Windows PowerShell 5.0 includes significant new features\u2014including support for developing with classes, and new security features\u2014that extend its use, improve its usability, and allow you to control and manage Windows-based environments more easily and comprehensively. Multiple new features in Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) are also described in this topic.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/dn823752.aspx\">What&#8217;s New in Networking in Windows Server Technical Preview<\/a>. With this topic you can discover information about new networking technologies, such as Network Controller and Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) Tunneling, and new features for existing technologies, including IP Address Management (IPAM), DNS, and DHCP. Detailed information about what\u2019s new is available for these networking technologies:\n<ul class=\"unordered\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/dn765485.aspx\">GRE Tunneling in Windows Server Technical Preview<\/a>. This preview release introduces a new feature that enables Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) for the Windows Server Gateway.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/dn765479.aspx\">What&#8217;s New in DNS Client in Windows Server Technical Preview<\/a>. Window DNS Client provides enhanced support for computers with more than one network interface.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/dn765482.aspx\">What&#8217;s New in DHCP in Windows Server Technical Preview<\/a>. The DHCP Server role no longer supports Network Access Protection (NAP).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looks like we are getting closer to Windows Server 2016 RTM! 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