At the heart of the Microsoft Cloud Platform, Windows Server brings Microsoft’s experience delivering global-scale cloud services into your infrastructure. Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 5 provides a wide range of new and enhanced features and capabilities spanning server virtualization, storage, software-defined networking, server management and automation, web and application platform, access and information protection, virtual desktop infrastructure, and more.

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TechNet Evaluation Center

If you’re interested in test driving the latest version of Windows Server 2016, you’ll be happy to know that Technical Preview 5 is now available on the Microsoft TechNet Evaluation Center.

You can choose between two downloads:

1. The ISO file for Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 5 Standard and Datacenter
2. The VHD file for Nano Server Technical Preview 5

MSDN Subscription

If you have a MSDN subscription, four Technical Preview 5 downloads await you:

1. Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 5 (x64) – DVD
   en_windows_server_2016_technical_preview_5_x64_dvd_8512312.iso
   4959 MB
2. Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 5 Language Pack (x64) – DVD
   mu_windows_server_2016_technical_preview_5_language_pack_x64_dvd_8512637.iso
   1081 MB
3. Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 5 Symbols (x64)en_windows_server_2016_technical_preview_5_symbols_x64_8519429.msi
   810 MB
4. Windows Server 2016 Essentials Technical Preview 5 (x64) – DVD
   en_windows_server_2016_technical_preview_5_symbols_x64_8519429.msi
   4336 MB

Editions

Choose Standard or Datacenter edition, depending on the features you need:

Windows Server 2016 Standard

Windows Server 2016 Standard offers:

• Up to 2 VM's or Hyper-V containers
• Unlimited Windows containers
• New Nano Server deployment option for "just enough OS"

Windows Server 2016 Datacenter

Windows Server 2016 Datacenter offers:

• Unlimited VM's and Hyper-V containers
• Unlimited Windows containers
• New Nano Server deployment option for "just enough OS"
• Shielded VM's and Host Guardian Service
• Storage features, including Storage Spaces Direct and Storage Replica
• New networking stack

Nano Server

Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 5 offers a new installation option: Nano Server. It is a remotely managed option similar to Windows Server in Server Core mode, but significantly smaller, has no local logon capability, and only supports 64-bit applications, tools, and agents. It takes up far less disk space, sets up significantly faster, and requires far fewer updates and restarts than Windows Server with the full desktop experience.

See Getting Started with Nano Server for full details.

Languages

Available languages for Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 5 are:

• Chinese (Simplified)
• Chinese (Traditional)
• Czech
• Dutch (Netherlands)
• English
• French
• German
• Hungarian
• Italian
• Japanese
• Korean
• Polish
• Portuguese (Brazil)
• Portuguese (Portugal)
• Russian
• Spanish
• Swedish (Sweden)
• Turkish

Version

The buildstring for Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 5 is version 10.0.14300.1010.rs1_release_svc.160415-2143

Preview Disclaimer

As a reminder, these are early pre-release builds. Many of the features and scenarios are still in development. As such, these builds are not intended for production environments, labs, nor full evaluations. This is pre-released software; features and functionality may differ in the final release.