Microsoft releases its first Windows Server Insider Preview build
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Last month, Microsoft promised to accelerate the release schedule of Windows Server, revealing its plan to have new versions out twice a year. In preparation for the fall release, Redmond has rolled out Windows Server Insider Preview Build 16237. Among other things, the new build focuses on improvements to virtualization and containers.
Concerning virtualization, Build 16237 exposes volumes on non-volatile DIMMs to Hyper-V virtual machines, letting the VMs take advantage of the performance characteristics of low-latency persistent memory. Additonally, a new feature called Battery Passthrough lets VMs share the ...