And it’s worth pointing out that Nano Server has no UI, which means no graphical apps. Unless you adopt the Nano Server edition, which fits in to the Current Branch model, Server 2016 takes you back to the old days of updating and upgrading. Interestingly, though, despite being very similar, the Server version of the latest Microsoft operating system operates on Long-Term Servicing Branch only.
Well, there isn’t just Windows 10 on the horizon – Windows Server 2016 has also landed, and the latest iteration of Microsoft’s server-end operating system looks and works very much like its client-side little brother. We’ve already discussed the issues that sit around servicing branches, changes to the Start Menu, and the development of profiles, so what more is there to discuss? Microsoft have nailed their colours to the mast – Windows 10, preferably in its Current Branch/Current Branch for Business format, is going to be the primary desktop client operating system for the foreseeable future.
We are moving inexorably towards a world of Windows 10. VDI is continuously being compared to its older desktop virtualization cousin-variously known as Terminal Server/RD Session Host/Server-Based Computing-and of course the Citrix variants of MetaFrame, Presentation Server, XenApp and now just Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops!Īs we look to the emerging DaaS world, and Microsoft’s new Virtual Desktop offering, we still see the same deliberation over which model is the most economical in terms of CPU/hardware costs versus operational difficulty and application compatibility. RDSH was first published in March 2017 and has been hugely popular, underlining how critical this debate still is over 12 years since VDI started gaining momentum.