Windows Server 2022 is officially released!

The official launch of Windows Server 2022 is an important milestone for the Windows Server community and the broader ecosystem. It brings many innovations and functional improvements in the Windows Server container platform, application compatibility and containerization tool This version also introduces a new Server container image to support better application compatibility.

In what ways have been upgraded?

Multi-level security system

Microsoft has always put security in the first place, so many security-enhancing features have been introduced in Windows Server 2022. IT and SecOps teams can use Secured-core server's advanced protection functions and preventive defense functions to strengthen system security across hardware, firmware, and virtualization layers. The new version adds faster and more secure encryption Hypertext Transfer Protocol Security (HTTPS) and industry standard AES-256 encryption, and supports the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol.

Powerful mixing ability

Now you can get cloud services on the local Windows Server 2022 by connecting to Azure Arc. In addition, in Windows Server 2022, you can take advantage of File Server enhancements, such as SMB Compression, to improve application file transfer by compressing data during network transfer. Windows Admin Center can help you experience modern server management, such as providing a new event viewer and gateway proxy support in the connection to Azure scenarios.

Flexible application platform

In this version, we can also see some improvements in Windows containers. Windows Server 2022 improves the application compatibility of Windows containers, including the HostProcess container for node configuration. It supports IPv6 and dual protocol stacks, and also supports the use of Calico to implement a consistent network strategy.

The most surprising part is...

In order to ensure the efficient integration of Windows Server 2022 with the entire cloud ecosystem, Microsoft is actively cooperating with the Kubernetes community to introduce Windows Server 2022 to Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Azure Kubernetes Service on Azure Stack HCI (AKS-HCI) , And support the entire ecosystem to adopt. So far we have achieved good results, more and more developers are contributing to the community, you are welcome to join us!

As dockershim is about to be deprecated in Kubernetes, we intend to support containerd as the only container runtime for Windows Server 2022 on Microsoft's first-party Kubernetes services (ie AKS and AKS-HCI). Starting from Windows Server 2022, this will be more in line with the development direction of the cloud ecosystem, and we will also provide customers with a more powerful and higher-performance experience.

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reference link:

• What’s new for Windows Containers on Windows Server 2022
• Announcing a New Windows Server Container Image Preview