Integration services for Windows guests distributed through Windows Update.Hyper-V Manager: Alternate credentials support, down-level management, WS-Management protocol.New, more efficient binary virtual machine configuration format (.VMCX extension for virtual machine configuration data and the.Storage quality of service (QoS) to centrally monitor end-to-end storage performance and create policies using Hyper-V and Scale-Out File Servers.The cluster continues to function at a Windows Server 2012 R2 feature level until all of the nodes in the cluster have been upgraded and the cluster functional level has been upgraded. Rolling Hyper-V cluster update: Unlike upgrading clusters from Windows 2008 R2 to 2012 level, Windows Server 2016 cluster nodes can be added to a Hyper-V Cluster with nodes running Windows Server 2012 R2.
Hyper-V Network virtualization: Programmable Hyper-V switch (a new building block of Microsoft's software-defined networking solution) VXLAN encapsulation support Microsoft Software Load Balancer interoperability better IEEE Ethernet standard compliance.Network Controller: A new server role to configure, manage, monitor, and troubleshoot virtual and physical network devices and services in the datacentre.IP address management (IPAM): Support for /31, /32, and /128 subnets discovery of file-based, domain-joined DNS servers new DNS functions better integration of DNS, DHCP, and IP Address (DDI) Management.Windows Server Gateway now supports Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) tunnels.DNS Server: DNS policies, new DDS record types (TLSA, SPF, and unknown records), new PowerShell cmdlets and parameters.DNS client: Service binding – enhanced support for computers with more than one network interface.DHCP: As Network Access Protection was deprecated in Windows Server 2012 R2, in Windows Server 2016 the DHCP role no longer supports NAP.Web Application Proxy: Preauthentication for HTTP Basic application publishing, wildcard domain publishing of applications, HTTP to HTTPS redirection, Propagation of client IP address to backend applications.Failover Clustering: Cluster operating system rolling upgrade, Storage Replicas.It periodically replicates snapshots, and the replication direction can be changed. It's not multi-master, not one-to-many and not transitive. Storage Replica replicates blocks instead of files files can be in use. Storage Services: Central Storage QoS Policies Storage Replicas (storage-agnostic, block-level, volume-based, synchronous and asynchronous replication using SMB3 between servers for disaster recovery).Remote Desktop Services: Support for OpenGL 4.4 and OpenCL 1.1, performance and stability improvements MultiPoint Services role (see Windows MultiPoint Server).Windows Defender: Windows Server Antimalware is installed and enabled by default without the GUI, which is an installable Windows feature.