{"id":2613,"date":"2016-11-26T22:42:47","date_gmt":"2016-11-27T06:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coretechnologies.com\/blog\/?p=2613"},"modified":"2024-02-01T09:02:48","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T17:02:48","slug":"server-2016-test-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coretechnologies.com\/blog\/windows\/server-2016-test-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows Server 2016 Test Drive: We’re Fully Compatible"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Windows Server 2016<\/a> was quietly released on October 12th. This new operating system extends Microsoft’s reach into modern cloud technologies (with Nano Server<\/a> and Docker<\/a>) and introduces a host of under-the-hood improvements in security, networking and automation. This Technet article<\/a> digs into the details.<\/p>\n

Anything New for Window Services?<\/b><\/h2>\n

No — at least nothing that we could find.<\/p>\n

Unlike Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2016 was not accompanied by an update to the underlying Services API<\/a>. There are no new capabilities available to applications built on top of those mission-critical functions supporting 24×7 operation.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Indeed, the reliable Services Control Panel application<\/a> remains the same as we saw in the previous generation, Server 2012 R2:<\/p>\n


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Nevertheless, we were still very curious to see if any of our applications would run into trouble on Microsoft’s latest and greatest!<\/p>\n

AlwaysUp Windows Services Work Well on Server 2016<\/b><\/h2>\n

We easily installed AlwaysUp 9.7<\/a> on our Server 2016 test machine. And with no major changes for Windows Services, it was no surprise to see AlwaysUp running applications like Dropbox<\/a>, Box Sync<\/a> and Skype<\/a> reliably in the background:
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Service Protector Monitors your Important Server 2016 Services<\/b><\/h2>\n

Our team encountered zero issues installing, running and evaluating Service Protector 5.3<\/a> over a two week period. Advanced features such as CPU hog detection, scheduled restarts and email alerts all operated without a hitch.
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Our Free Utilities are Compatible with Windows Server 2016 Too<\/b><\/h2>\n

Thankfully Service Trigger Editor<\/a>, ServiceTray<\/a>, Switch to Session 0<\/a> and all our other products performed flawlessly on the new OS as well. No problems were found.
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But Server 2016 Contains a Bug: No Keyboard and Mouse in Session 0<\/b><\/h2>\n

We discovered this problem when we tested Windows 10<\/a> last year, and it now appears to have taken hold on Microsoft’s Server operating systems as well. The folks in Redmond are aware of the bug and claim to have a fix<\/a> but several of us who rely on Windows Services have been impatiently awaiting a resolution for over a year now. \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n

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So to sum up, we are pleased to report that our entire suite of applications is compatible with Windows Server 2016<\/b>. Best of luck running Server 2016 in your business!<\/p>\n

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Additional Windows Server 2016 Information<\/b><\/h2>\n