Nano Server roles and features
In this section, we will dive deeply into covering all the roles and features that are part of Nano Server in Windows Server 2016. In the table, you can see the various roles and features, and the deployment type (physical or virtual machine), including a short description that will help you to choose the right role for your environment:
Following is the description for each role:
Compute-Package: It is the Hyper-V role which is applicable primarily for physical machines, however starting with Windows Server 2016 and Windows 10 build 10565 and later, Microsoft introduced Nested Virtualization where you can leverage this feature and host Nano Server with the compute role in a virtual machine.FailoverCluster-Package: It is a straightforward role. It can be used with Hyper-V or with file servers. The cluster role works either if Nano Server is hosted in a VM or on a physical machine.Storage-Package: It will add the necessary file server services and other storage...
