Articles by KENNETH

Announcing Windows Server Insider Preview Build 16257 Hello Windows Insiders! Today we are very excited to be releasing Windows Server Insider Preview Build 16257 to Windows Insiders. To access, register at the Windows Insiders for Business program or the Windows Insider program and then navigate to the Windows Server Insider Preview download page. This release also includes the Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) packages. When installed on a Windows 10 client, RSAT allows a user to remotely manage and administer Insider builds of Windows Server via GUI tools. Valid on Windows 10 client builds greater than 16250. General Scenario Highlights Developers and Containers: New base container images (available on Windows Insider Docker Hub repo) Optimized Nano Server base image (over 70% smaller) The .NET team is providing a preview image based on Nano Server with .NET Core 2.0 The PowerShell [ more… ]

Windows Subsystem for Linux on Windows Server The Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is available in Windows Insider builds of Windows Server. Now developers and application administrators can run tools they use in Linux environments alongside Cmd and PowerShell. If you want to jump straight in, the installation guide is available here. Why include WSL on Windows Server? We want Windows, including Windows Server, to be a great place for developers. We know developers, system administrators, people managing services and people building services all occasionally need tools available on Linux.  Many more would like to run Linux tools as part of their workflow as a matter of convenience. Previously, there were a few options: Run something like Cygwin and rely on Win32 ports of common GNU tools. Cygwin is a great toolset but it runs into issues when using tools [ more… ]