Security
Helps secure access by granting timefenced administration credentials for specific tasks
Keep unauthorized users from extracting credentials from a machine
Prevent unauthorized applications and devices from accessing your systems
Performance
Improves server utilization – run more workloads
Supports up to 6X more physical (host) memory and up to 12X more virtual machine memory than Windows Server 2012
Supports up to 240 VPs per VM, 3.75X Windows Server 2012 R2
Flexibility
Easily connects to devices and solutions on other platforms with open source compatibility
Enables more connections and improve graphics experience as part of desktop virtualization
Provides advanced analytics
Upgrading to Server 2016 from Older Versions
It is strongly recommended that systems running on Windows Server 2008 or older versions upgrade to the Server 2016.
Using the Windows Server 2008 Version?
On Jan. 14, 2020, Microsoft ended support for the widely used Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system. Support and security updates are no longer provided since this date. All Windows 2008 appliances are now vulnerable to attacks due to Microsoft no longer releasing security patches.
