14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft has recently announced the new Nano Server, an operating system based on Windows Server, which comes to excel in terms of speed, agility, and resource consumption.
Redmond says that Nano Server was designed from the very beginning with Modern apps and cloud computing in mind, so it has a small footprint on resources and offers remotely managed installation.
The best thing about Nano Server is that it requires fewer patches and updates, which means that systems would have to restart less often. This obviously translates into reduced downtime, which in the end helps users get a continuous experience on their devices.
According to Microsoft itself, Nano Server was designed to work with born-in-the-cloud applications and offer support for multiple programming languages and runtimes, while also working with Microsoft Cloud Platform infrastructure and technologies such as compute clusters running Hyper-V and storage clusters running Scale-out File Server.
“Because Nano Server is a refactored version of Windows Server it will be API-compatible with other versions of Windows Server within the subset of components it includes. Visual Studio is fully supported with Nano Server, including remote debugging functionality and notifications when APIs reference unsupported Nano Server components,” Microsoft explains.
First demo at BUILD 2015
Nano Server will install only the components it needs, which would obviously save space on target systems and contribute to overall increased performance.
The company says that Nano Server has 93 percent lower VHD size, 92 percent fewer critical bulletins, and requires 80 percent fewer reboots.
The first public demonstration of Nano Server will be made at BUILD 2015 this month, while more information will be provided later this year, as work on this project advances. This year’s BUILD 2015 developer conference kicks off on April 29, so in case you don’t attend the conference in person, check out the official webcast to see the project in action.