Windows Server 2019 Standard – Overview

Windows Server 2019 Standard delivers a secure, reliable platform for modern workloads. It enhances core Windows Server functionality, supports hybrid scenarios, and enables container-based application models while strengthening your security posture.

Table of Contents

• Why Windows Server 2019 Standard?
• Standard Edition Key Features
• Per-Core Licensing
• Technical Capabilities
• Brand & Specifications
• Support & Delivery

Why Windows Server 2019 Standard?

• Deliver enhancements to core Windows Server functionality.
• Enable developers to create cloud-native apps and modernize traditional apps using containers and micro-services.
• Increase security and reduce business risk with multiple layers of protection built into the operating system.

Standard Edition Key Features

• Core Windows Server functionality for versatile workloads
• Hybrid integration for on-premises and cloud environments
• Up to 2× OSEs / Hyper-V Containers
• Unlimited Windows Server Containers
• Host Guardian Service for trusted virtualization
• Storage Replica for single volumes up to 2 TB

Per-Core Licensing

Windows Server 2019 Standard and Datacenter editions are licensed by physical core. Licenses are sold in 2-packs and 16-packs, providing flexible scaling across hosts and clusters.

Technical Capabilities

Windows Server 2019 Standard includes an extensive set of datacenter-grade features for performance, manageability, and security:

• Cluster-Wide Monitoring: Real-time visibility into CPU, memory, storage capacity, IOPS, throughput, and latency with clear alerts.
• Cluster Sets: Create scalable, resilient scale-out clusters with flexible lifecycle management.
• Cluster OS Rolling Upgrade: Seamlessly upgrade nodes from prior versions to Windows Server 2019 Standard.
• Mixed OS Mode Cluster: Operate Windows Server 2012 R2 nodes alongside Windows Server 2016/2019.
• Site-Aware Failover Clusters: Location-aware grouping improves failover, placement policies, heart-beating, and quorum behavior.
• Kernel Soft Reboot: Faster reboot on validated hardware to reduce downtime.
• Persistent Memory: Byte-level access to non-volatile media for significantly reduced storage latency.
• Linux & FreeBSD Workloads: Broad Hyper-V support for non-Windows guests with improved manageability.
• Hot Add/Remove: Add or remove adapters, memory, and disks while VMs are running, including with Dynamic Memory enabled.
• Network Controller: Central automation to manage, configure, monitor, and troubleshoot virtualized networks.
• Virtual Networking: Create overlays on multi-tenant physical fabrics.
• Software Load Balancer (SLB): Cloud-optimized Layer 3/4 load balancing for North-South and East-West traffic.
• Virtual Network Peering: High-speed connectivity between virtual networks in the same datacenter stamp.
• Distributed Firewall & Micro-Segmentation: Stateful controls and network security groups for granular segmentation.
• Hybrid SDN Gateways: Connect to Azure, other Windows Server-powered clouds, high-speed WANs, and on-prem resources.
• Improved SDN Gateway: Up to 3× improvements for GRE tunnels and IPsec site-to-site VPN.
• Converged RDMA: Combine RDMA storage and tenant Ethernet traffic on one NIC team for efficiency and QoS.
• Precision Time Protocol (PTP) & Leap Second: Higher-accuracy time sync and UTC adjustments for compliance and traceability.
• HTTP/2 & LEDBAT: Performance and congestion control improvements for web and background transfers.
• IPAM & DNS: Centralized DNS/DHCP with RBAC across multiple AD forests; features for traffic management and security.
• MultiPoint Services: Lower cost-per-seat multi-session environments on a single machine.
• High-Availability RDS Connection Broker: Fault-tolerant brokering for Remote Desktop Services.
• SDN with IPv4/IPv6: Central software-defined networking with dual-stack addressing support.

Brand & Specifications

• Brand: Microsoft
• Released on: 08-10-2018
• Program type: Windows Server
• Format: Retail License Key
• Compatibility: 32-bit and 64-bit
• Language: EU Multilingual (language can be changed after installation; additional language packs available separately)
• Product code: P73-07788
• EAN/UPC: 0889842425611

Support & Delivery

After order verification, license details and setup guidance are delivered electronically. For assistance or policy information:

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