Build efficient, secure, and modern server systems
Windows Server IoT 2022 builds on Windows Server IoT 2019, Microsoft’s fastest adopted Windows Server ever. This release includes advanced multi-layer security, hybrid capabilities with Azure, and a flexible platform to modernize applications with containers. Windows Server IoT 2022 supports business-critical and large-scale applications like SQL Server that require 48TB of memory and 2,048 logical cores running on 64 physical sockets.
Windows Server IoT 2022 can only be licensed through the OEM channel under special dedicated use rights. Fixed-function appliances using Windows Server IoT 2022 will be dedicated to specific information or transaction processing, aggregating data from downstream ‘things’ and analyzing it on-premises at scale; maintaining databases that are too big to transfer to the cloud; serving as a gateway to enterprise IT infrastructures; or leveraging Azure in hybrid scenarios with cloud-native apps managed by Azure IoT Edge.
New Features and Capabilities
Advanced multi-layer security
Windows Server 2022 includes new security capabilities for comprehensive threat protection:
- Secured-core server provides multi-layer security across hardware, firmware, and the operating system
- Secure connectivity offers an additional layer of security during transport for advanced protection
Hybrid capabilities with Azure
New capabilities enable customers to take advantage of cloud innovation with their on-premises investments:
- Azure Arc enables customers to manage, secure, and govern Windows Server on-premises, at the edge, or in multi-cloud environments
- Storage Migration Service feature to migrate data to servers allows customers to maintain low latency while reducing their on-premises storage footprint
Flexible application platform
The new version includes several updates:
- Platform improvements for Windows Containers, including application compatibility and the Windows Container experience with Kubernetes and reducing the Windows Container image size, which leads to faster download time and better performance
- Updated Windows Admin Center tool that makes it easy to containerize .NET applications
