Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 3 now available

It’s been a while since Microsoft released a new Windows Server 2016 technical preview. Today, the company is finally releasing a new preview – preview 3. The latest Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview  comes with a lot of new features and improvements. Here are just some of the important things:

• Windows Server Containers: Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview now includes containers, which are an isolated, resource-controlled, and portable operating environment. They are an isolated place where an application can run without affecting the rest of the system or the system affecting the application. For some additional information on containers, see Containers: Docker, Windows and Trends.
• What’s new in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) in Windows Server Technical Preview. Active Directory Domain Services includes improvements to help organizations secure Active Directory environments and provide better identity management experiences for both corporate and personal devices.
• What’s New in Active Directory Federation Services. Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) in Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview includes new features that enable you to configure AD FS to authenticate users stored in Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directories. For more information, see Active Directory Federation Services Overview [Role/Tech Overview].
• What’s New in Failover Clustering in Windows Server Technical Preview. This topic explains the new and changed functionality of Failover Clustering. A Hyper-V or Scale-out File Server failover cluster can now easily be upgraded without any downtime or need to build a new cluster with nodes that are running Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview.
• What’s new in Hyper-V in Technical Preview. This topic explains the new and changed functionality of the Hyper-V role in Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview, Client Hyper-V running on Windows 10, and Microsoft Hyper-V Server Technical Preview.

There are a lot of other improvements and new additions in the latest preview, and you can find out more info about that here. It’s worth mentioning that, just like the latest client build, the latest Windows Server 2016 Preview is Build 10514, which is a build from the TH2 (Threshold 2) branch.

Windows Server 2016 Preview 3 is available for download already, and you can download it here.

Source: Microsoft