Specific Windows Server operating system releases
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What's the Product's Name?
Hyper-V Server, Windows Server Essentials, Windows Storage Server
Describe the product in a single sentence.
- Hyper-V Server: free variant of Windows Server core editions intended for operating system virtualization
- Windows Server Essentials: low-cost edition of Windows Server intended for small businesses; merger of the Windows Home Server, Windows Small Business Server and Windows Essential Business Server product lines
- Windows Storage Server: variant of the Windows Server operating system targeted towards network-attached data storage solutions
When was the product launched? Provide a specific date, if possible.
- Hyper-V Server: product line launched on 1st October 2008
- Windows Server Essentials: product line launched on 1st November 2012
- Windows Storage Server: product line launched on 10th September 2003
When was the product discontinued? Provide a specific date, if possible.
- Hyper-V Server: Replaced by paid Azure Stack HCI operating system on 10th December 2020
- Windows Server Essentials: Replaced by Windows Server Standard edition as part of Windows Server 2022 public release; respective edition (
ServerSolution) removed from Windows source tree during Manganese/Iron dev - Windows Storage Server: Functionality merged into Windows Server 2019 feature set. Final Storage Server release was Windows Storage Server 2016; respective editions (
ServerStorageStandard(Eval),ServerStorageWorkgroup(Eval)) removed from Windows source tree during Manganese/Iron dev
What type of product was it? App, Service, OS, or Hardware?
Operating system
Thank you, Windows Server Essentials was already listed, but the other 2 were missing! 23ade1f