{"id":10888,"date":"2022-02-21T00:19:39","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T08:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coretechnologies.com\/blog\/?p=10888"},"modified":"2023-10-17T10:49:21","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T17:49:21","slug":"windows-server-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coretechnologies.com\/blog\/windows\/windows-server-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows Server 2022: A Few Improvements, but No Changes to Windows Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"no-lazy-load\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/windows-server-2022-standard.png\" title=\"Windows Server 2022\" alt=\"Windows Server 2022\" border=\"0\" width=\"186\" height=\"187\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"blog-toc-container\" style=\"margin-top:20px;\">\n<p id=\"blog-toc-title\">In this article&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#what-new\">What&#8217;s new in Windows Server 2022<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#windows-services\">Windows Services: No new features or improvements<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#compatibility\">AlwaysUp &amp; Service Protector are fully compatible with Server 2022<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#more-information\">More information &amp; resources<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:30px\">\nWith surprisingly little fanfare, Microsoft released Windows Server 2022 in August 2021.\n<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t feel bad if you failed to notice &mdash; few people did! Clearly all the hype was focused on Windows 11, which debuted about six weeks later.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, here&#8217;s our technical take on the new operating system.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"what-new\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"blog-caption\">What&#8217;s new in Windows Server 2022<\/h2>\n<p>Server 2022 is more evolution than revolution. In fact, the most significant improvements are all under the hood.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the top 3 enhancements, from our team&#8217;s perspective:<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"blog-caption\">1. Tighter Security<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><b>Firmware attack prevention<\/b>: When Server 2022 boots, it closely monitors boot processes to detect and block firmware-based viruses.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><b>TLS 1.3 is enabled by default<\/b>: The most advanced Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol secures web traffic on Server 2022.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><b>Encrypted DNS protects network conversations<\/b>: The DNS Client now supports HTTPS, to keep your DNS traffic private.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Be sure to check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows-server\/get-started\/whats-new-in-windows-server-2022#security\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">full list of security improvements<\/a> in the official documentation.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"blog-caption\">2. Better control through Windows Admin Center<\/h3>\n<p>Since its launch in 2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows-server\/windows-admin-center\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Windows Admin Center (WAC)<\/a> continues to get better in each version of Windows Server. We&#8217;re fans, and our team makes heavy use of WAC with our testing servers.<\/p>\n<p>Besides controlling the new security features, WAC now includes automatic updates, automated extension lifecycle management and more.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"blog-caption\">3. Faster networking<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Transmission_Control_Protocol\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TCP<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/User_Datagram_Protocol\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UDP<\/a> &mdash; the foundational communication protocols underpinning the Internet &mdash; received some overdue love and attention in Server 2022.<\/p>\n<p>For example, TCP is more efficient on high-speed networks. That leads to smoother (and swifter) downloads.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, UDP packets can now go directly from the CPU to the network adapter&#8217;s specialized hardware. And on the receiving end, packets are coalesced to reduce CPU demands even more.<\/p>\n<p>You should welcome these key performance upgrades &mdash; especially if you&#8217;re running a web server or other network-hungry software.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"windows-services\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"blog-caption\">Windows Services: No new features or improvements<\/h2>\n<p>Microsoft didn&#8217;t alter any of the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/win32\/services\/service-functions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Windows Service functions<\/a> in Server 2022. In fact, the Services API remains exactly the same as it is in Server 2019.<\/p>\n<p>And because the underlying Windows Services functionality didn&#8217;t change, Server 2022 does not revise the popular service-related tools distributed with the operating system either.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"\/blog\/windows-services\/essential-tools-windows-services-msc\/\">Services<\/a> application (a.k.a. &#8220;services.msc&#8221;) looks exactly the same as it does in Server 2019:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"\/blog\/images\/services-windows-server-2022.png\" class=\"zoomPopup\" title=\"Services on Windows Server 2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-padding\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/services-windows-server-2022.png\" title=\"Services on Windows Server 2022 (click to enlarge)\" alt=\"Services on Windows Server 2022\" border=\"0\" width=\"520\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Similarly, the command line options for the <a href=\"\/blog\/windows-services\/essential-tools-for-windows-services-net-command\/\">NET<\/a> and <a href=\"\/blog\/windows-services\/essential-tools-windows-services-sc-exe\/\">SC<\/a> utilities remain frozen in their 2019 state. Here you can see a comparison of SC&#8217;s output in Server 2022 and in Server 2019:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"\/blog\/images\/sc-command-line-diff.png\" class=\"zoomPopup\" title=\"SC in Server 2022 vs 2019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-padding\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/sc-command-line-diff.png\" title=\"SC in Server 2022 vs 2019 (click to enlarge)\" alt=\"SC in Server 2022 vs 2019\" border=\"0\" width=\"520\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><a name=\"compatibility\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"blog-caption\">AlwaysUp &amp; Service Protector are fully compatible with Server 2022<\/h2>\n<p>We&#8217;ve been testing Windows Server 2022 every day for the past 3 months. In that time, we have not detected any incompatibilities with our software.<\/p>\n<p>AlwaysUp launched <a href=\"\/products\/AlwaysUp\/Apps\/RunDropboxAsAService.html\">Dropbox<\/a>, <a href=\"\/products\/AlwaysUp\/Apps\/RunOneDriveAsAService.html\">OneDrive<\/a>, <a href=\"\/products\/AlwaysUp\/Apps\/RunNodeJSAsAService.html\">Node.js<\/a> and everything else we threw at it with zero problems.<\/p>\n<p>To illustrate, here is AlwaysUp running <a href=\"\/products\/AlwaysUp\/Apps\/RunNginxAsAService.html\">NGINX as a Windows Service<\/a>:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"\/blog\/images\/alwaysup-nginx-windows-server-2022.png\" class=\"zoomPopup\" title=\"AlwaysUp running NGINX on Server 2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-padding\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/alwaysup-nginx-windows-server-2022.png\" title=\"AlwaysUp running NGINX on Server 2022 (click to enlarge)\" alt=\"AlwaysUp running NGINX on Server 2022\" border=\"0\" width=\"520\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Service Protector fared just as well. We tested <a href=\"\/products\/ServiceProtector\/Services\/KeepApacheWindowsServiceRunning24x7.html\">Apache<\/a>, <a href=\"\/products\/ServiceProtector\/Services\/AutoRestartPostgreSQLWindowsService.html\">PostgreSQL<\/a> and <a href=\"\/products\/ServiceProtector\/Services\/KeepMongoDBWindowsServiceRunning24x7.html\">MongoDB<\/a> Windows Services, all without incident:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"\/blog\/images\/service-protector-on-server-2022.png\" class=\"zoomPopup\" title=\"Service Protector on Server 2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-padding\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/service-protector-on-server-2022.png\" title=\"Service Protector on Server 2022 (click to enlarge)\" alt=\"Service Protector on Server 2022\" border=\"0\" width=\"520\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><a name=\"more-information\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"blog-caption\">More information &amp; resources<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Watch this instructive video to learn even more about Windows Server 2022:<\/p>\n<div align=\"left\" class=\"video-responsive\" style=\"margin-bottom:20px;\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"520\" height=\"315\" style=\"border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(205,205,205)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x0ShIISEOa0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Did you know that you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows-server\/trial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">try Windows Server 2022<\/a> for 180 days at no charge? Simply download and install. It&#8217;s a great way to test drive the new operating system before paying for an upgrade.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/lifecycle\/products\/windows-server-annual-channel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mainstream support for Windows Server 2022<\/a> ends on October 13 2026. Extended support lasts for another 5 years and concludes on October 14, 2031. 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