Application platform
Windows Server 2016 comes with multiple options for deploying and hosting applications. It provides the following:
- Windows Server 2016
- Nano Server
- Windows and Docker Containers
- Hyper-V Containers
- Nested virtual machines
Windows Server as a hosting platform
Windows Server 2016 can be used for hosting applications and consuming server functionalities. It provides the services necessary to make applications secure, scalable, and highly available. It also provides services like virtualization, directory services, certificate services, web server, databases that help in building enterprise scale applications and services.
Nano servers
Windows Server provides a new option to host applications and services called Nano servers. This is a new lightweight, scaled-down Windows Server containing only the kernel and drivers necessary to run as an operating system. They are also known as headless servers. They do not have any graphical user interface and the only way to interact and manage...