Windows Server 2019 coming later this year, out now in preview

Enlarge / Project Honolulu user interface, one of the new features in Windows Server 2019. (credit: Microsoft)

The next version of Windows Server will be branded Windows Server 2019, and it'll be out in the second half of the year.

This isn't tremendously surprising, as it fits with the schedule Microsoft has already committed to that splits Windows between a Long Term Servicing Channel (LTSC), with 10 years of support and a release every three years, and a Semi-Annual Channel (SAC) with 18 months of support and a release every six months. Windows Server 2019 will be an LTSC release, and it'll also have a corresponding Windows 10 release.

Highlights of the next version will be the new Project Honolulu Web-based interface, the integration of the Windows Subsystem for Linux, and greater support for containers.

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