Exchange 2016 to Windows 2016: No thanks – at least, not for the moment

Exchange 2016 CU3 is the first version to support Windows 2016 as a deployment platform. At least, it was. Microsoft has discovered a problem lurking deep in the bowels of Windows 2016 that causes Exchange 2016 CU3 to crash when deployed in a database availability group (DAG). IIS is tagged as the problem child, but it’s really not.

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Exchange 2016 to Windows 2016: No thanks – at least, not for the moment

Exchange 2016 CU3 is the first version to support Windows 2016 as a deployment platform. At least, it was. Microsoft has discovered a problem lurking deep in the bowels of Windows 2016 that causes Exchange 2016 CU3 to crash when deployed in a database availability group (DAG). IIS is tagged as the problem child, but it’s really not.

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Build a WS2016 Demo/Training Lab on a Single PC

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Get a walkthrough of how to build a test/demo/evaluation lab for Windows Serve 2016, including Hyper-V and failover clustering, on a single machine (including a laptop).

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SCARY: “Atom Bomb” Windows Security Hole said to be Unfixable

Atom Bombing Windows security flaw

Windows has an unfixable security flaw. That’s the frightening conclusion of this researcher, who says he can inject code—at will—into browsers and other Windows apps. It affects all versions of Windows released in the past 16 years, he says. And it can’t be patched, without breaking legitimate desktop apps. It could be bad for containerized server workloads, too…

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Top 5 Reasons to Deploy Windows Server 2016

Microsoft Backs Down From Skylake Support Limits

Explore the main reasons you should consider deploying the now generally available Windows Server 2016 in your network.

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