An overview of Windows Server 2022
Windows Server 2022 (see Figure 2.1) is the latest version of the server operating system from Microsoft, as part of the Windows NT family of OSs. With a preview program rolled in March 2021, Windows Server 2022 was released on August 18, 2021. Furthermore, its general availability was announced on September 1, 2021, followed by a launch event as part of the Windows Server Summit on September 16, 2021. Like Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2022 is also based on Windows 10 code. Therefore, it uses the version number of the November 2021 update of Windows 10, 21H2.
Figure 2.1 – Windows Server 2022 Desktop and Start menu
First and foremost, we live in the cloud era, requiring the server OS to be cloud-capable. With that in mind, remember that when Windows Server 2016 was released, Microsoft named it Windows Server for the cloud. Likewise, that is true for Windows Server 2022, which strains this...