Clustering improvements in Windows Server 2022

The clustering feature has been around for a while and every new release of Windows Server comes with some improvements and new features, but they often fly under the radar. There were some good changes in 2019, and more followed in 2022. Some of these improvements wrapped into Server 2022 directly from Azure Stack HCI, bringing cloud capability back into our datacenters. Let’s review some of those so you can see the ways that Microsoft continues to be committed to improving our datacenter resiliency.

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Many administrators don’t even pay attention to Active Directory Sites and Services because many only have one site to deal with, but even if you have multiple physical sites that include servers, it is often true that most Windows Server technology will work just fine even if you leave all of your servers plugged into the default AD site. Failover clustering is one of the roles that can now take advantage...