Windows Server vs Regular Windows - How Are They Different?
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0:00 - Intro
2:42 - Server Installation Differences
3:35 - Interface First Impressions & Differences
4:18 - The Server Manager & "Services"
5:43 - Service Examples
6:24 - Tools Exclusive to Windows Server
7:07 - The Admin Center
8:01 - Should You Use Windows Server?
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My school runs 10 users off one PC with Windows Server 2007, that has i7 870, 6GB DDR3 and a GT 210. That PC is really slow, but the cool thing is the ability to run multiple users at the same time.
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I recommend first installing the free standalone Hyper-V server. Then install Admin Center on Win10/11 and connect to the Hyper-V server to manage it. With that done you can now install almost any version of windows as a Virtual Machine on Hyper-V. Linux can also be installed, but requires more work.
did you buy it for this video?
The things that are not said on this price page, is that it's just for 16 cpu core, if you want to have more core with your server, you need more licences, and let's not forget VM that also need the full core count for licensing (it's all obscure calculations), and we must also remember the need for CALs, and the license price depend on the server version. There are 3 versions of windows server, the basic one that is used in this video, sql server and exchange server that MS want to kill so everyone move to 365, but some company don't want things in the cloud. The server part of windows is a juicy business, there are licenses for everything and they are pricy.
The most common use case for Windows Server is an Active Directory domain. Most companies and schools allow you to use the same login details on all computers on their network, and even allow universal access to all your files. That's all done through Active Directory. It's more commonly known through the term domain, not to be confused with a domain on the internet. A domain is a single network of user accounts. One company might have multiple domains on their network infrastructure.
How to do this
not fully detailed as lots of different menus but not much is needed to have it setup
Yeah. Edu N is lite windows 10. Makes it seem it needed pdc, but could use workgroups. Does. I use it. No candy crush! Among other bullshit. Add your own bullshit as needed like it should be.
Great explanation. In my case the domain includes about 200k work machines and the active directory handles the security for everything from mail, calenders, sso control, application assignment, licensing, and much more. I personally am not in the group that manages it, but I regularly work with them so I get a good overview.
Yup! For those who actually want to learn some of this stuff NetworkChuck and older Eli the Computer Guy videos are great for learning the theory.
interesting tip: even the "headless" windows server will have a GUI it will just be a lot more limited than normal desktop experience (it will show just the background and the cmd window) it won't be as "headless" as linux can be
Got to say that is sad
and this is why i say linux is far superior for server, windows is just too integrated with the gui
@@kim-hendrikmerk4163 Yeah. The interface is basically a part of the kernel.
@@dylon4906 whats wrong with gui?
@@Maxawa0851 its unnecessary in a lot of server use cases, just uses unnecessary resources and can be complicated
You can definitely enable Bitlocker on Windows server! You enabled the feature yourself in the video.
windows backup too!
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just goes to prove he meant it when he said he didnt know anything about windows server. Edit: especially the fact that when he brought up prices, he totally disregarded any CAL pricing that would be required per user or device that would access that pc/server services such as printer or file server services.
@@michaelhanson5773 right... CAL pricing and quoting always confuses the heck out of clients
@@GameGeek128 ikr.. in college i worked at a pc sales and repair store. We would get called to quote out servers and do consults. The hardest part of any of that was the CAL pricing and explaining how it worked and us trying to remember rules and how things like virtualization licensing worked for client VM depending on the server versions.
Those price points are exactly why ISPs overwhelmingly use Linux.
And also the game servers and other servers
Linux are much more light-weighted than windows so it the best for the server environment. Unless I have to deal with active directory or windows specific application...
@unsubtract well they won't since they also know that pirates are the only way they can track data and make money
@@wsv8818 People do. Welcome to the Internet
@@wsv8818 Exactly. Well some people do. Mostly 'influencers'.
The IIS Manager (and IIS as a whole) is in the consumer version of Windows: you have to enable it through the optional features menu.
IIS isn't available in windows 10 Home only in Pro.
@@nipstyler I have Home and I have it.
This is true for IIS and other things like SQL server (just download and install it). But they both have benefits when using with active directory, e.g. using domain account for authentication\authorization.
@@nipstyler it's available!
I had done this on my laptop
Some of the windows services explained below. - Active directory domain services This is what you'll find in your school or anywhere where you can logon to every windows pc with the same username and password. Mostly manages security access control. - DHCP Basically enables the server to function as a dhcp (subpart of a router) and assign ip addresses on the network. - DNS Enables the server to act as a recursive domain name lookup server for the local network. - File and storage services This one is used to host and manage file shares as well as workfolders if required. - Hyper-V This is a hyper visor service by windows. Basically let's you host VMs, kind of like VMware. - Print and document services Can manage multiple printers and make them accessible to the local network. - web server Let's you host websites on the server.
There's another version of Windows that has some of the features of Server and additional features useful to regular users eg. Resilient File System, Persistent Memory, RAM addressability to 128Gb etc. It's called Windows for Workstations
@333Orobas 666 Must have had a brain fart LOL, should have said up to 6TB Ram and up to 4 CPUs
@@MichaelPowellAus we have all had brain fart's for the last to years
@Michael Powell yeah, i got angry when my w10pro was downgraded so they could sell this at many, many, times the cost. Lately i use the N version of the educational edition. Its the lightest desktop oriented one. Workstations is heavier, and i got used to no more refs. It wants you to use a domain as well, but doesn't care if you use a workgroup. Server 2003 was my favorite pre x64 windows. Before vt-x, it was very useful to slim down sabdbox windows that can be put under a single process on the host. I hosted 5000 torrent seeds. Among othervstuff as it was the wan facing aspect of my pc. A proxy to get around censorship at work (why block Slashdot.... for tech guys?)
It used to be significantly different. Usually on servers you could find Windows NT and you would find the other MS-DOS built versions of Windows in homes. Ever since windows 2000, both server and home Windows worked relatively the same. It's just that home versions of windows have their kneecaps broken
windows xp is when all versions became NT based (the home versions kernel was abandoned), and I don't know what you mean by "home versions" - but Pro is not kneecapped, and home is not either given who its intended for. In terms of Modern windows - home has most of Pro and Pro has most of Pro for Workstations.
@@TheGameMakeGuyNt is the old pro windows and the Windows kernel from XP
@@TheGameMakeGuyNo, NT is "Windows New Technology" AKA: not DOS. NT is Windows 98 and everything since
@@mgord9518NT is everything XP and above in terms of home use.
Thank you for sharing your insight as I enjoy your videos . Stay safe!
Data deduplication is a very nice feature in the File System manager, you can also see all network shares there aswell, quick and consolidated access for all your storage and drive needs
wait... data what now?
Thank you, this was actually helpful!
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I learned about Windows Server when I'm taking the Computer Systems Servicing Certificate exam when I was in my senior high school year... The test is to create an Active Directory/domain, print server, and remote desktop... it's quite hard to do troubleshoot because you can't use the internet to find errors...
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IIS is actually a feature that comes in most installs of windows 10 and 11, it is very hidden and obscured in windows, although if you know what you are doing you can re-enable it in the registry editor, it essentially is a network server, you can run websites off of it and it has features like the ability to create a media wiki page locally its a pretty handy app, it's just most people wouldn't see a use case for this.
you can turn that on is the windows features area
@@xBINARYGODx yea you can, completely forgot about that
Thanks man. Good stuff. Just what I was looking for.
Great video, thank you. I was just about to install a test version to learn anoit servers, then i saw your video :)
I used to teach in a school where they used Windows MultiPoint Server. It's a pretty niche version of Windows that lets many users use the same PC at the same time, each with their own monitor + keyboard + mouse. I've never seen that version of Windows elsewhere.
That is now a role in Windows Server called Remote Desktop Services (Terminal Services in older versions).
@@andrewzasidko6595 No, multi-point server allowed you to attach multiple sets of keyboards, mice, and monitors to one physical computer, and use them to run different sessions. With Remote Desktop Services, you need to use separate computers which might be something as simple as a Chromebook, and access the sessions over the network.
@@katbryce oh, didn't know that difference. Do you know how it would've been done in a classroom? From what I've seen in my uni, there were some thin client look-alike at each workstation, although they might've been clients of networked KVM switch (then it's hard for me to imagine amount of video outputs the Multi-point server machine should have)
@@andrewzasidko6595 Probably a USB hub and a wired-through display connection. It might convert the signals to work over an ethernet cable, and convert them back at the other end, to benefit from the longer distance limits offered by network cables - increasing from about 10 meters up to about 100 meters. You probably need that to get from one end of the classroom to the other. These days you could do everything on a single USB-C cable, but that is a pretty recent thing and likely wasn't an option at the time.
@@katbryce Yes, that's how IP-KVM works, common server stuff. I wondered if Multi-Point server requires so much video outputs then. I believe 1 single slot card can handle up to 2-3 VGA's max, then we need 10 videocards to supply typical classroom. Or, closer to reality - up to 6-8 work spaces on single machine unit.
I love how your easy to listen to . I actually learn things from listening to you. Thank You!
Thanks. It's been years since I installed and used a Windows Server Edition. I think Windows Server 2008 was the last I used. However, you can't talk about Windows Server without discussing the power of Active Directory, Remote Installation, etc. Basically all the things you can do to workstations and user who log in to the domain. You can change computer settings (how their desktops look and other settings), install windows remotely with preset settings, etc and this for different user and computer group - think departments in an organization). Windows Server is best when you have thousands of clients.
Thank you for this info! ❤️
I use windows server on a everyday basis and I love it! Thanks for covering a basic overview of what windows server is, I'm sure someone studying might find this video useful.
is it any good for gaming ?? I might update to windows server as my mane operating system. I don't like Windows 11 so I'm still on Windows 10. The problem is that at some point Microsoft is going to get rid of windows 10 and I will be forced to use windows 11, so I'm thinking as a way to get around this why not use windows server as its basically the same as Windows 10 :)
@@kinkykane0607 you shouldn't use windows server on a main pc. If you really want to get rid of windows 10 but not running windows 11 then try windows 10 ltsc but it's hard to get a legal license for it
@@ioneocla6577 thanks for the info. I'll look into it :)
@@kinkykane0607 it depends which games you are refereeing too, if you need to use modern gaming, with Store services, Xbox live and stuff like that, is a No No, but if you are a retro gamer, with emulators , Retroarch, old PC gaming...and things like that is Ok..
it's interesting to note, that back in the day of WindowsNT Server 4.0, we could install it on a laptop and it actually did perform better than NT Workstation 4.0, presumably because it ran very lean with regards to services.
You can still do this. Just need to disable things like the shutdown event tracker etc.
I used to daily Windows Server before switching back to Linux and it most definitely is still the case
That is still the case now.
Hey Thanks for the great Video! Did you try to logout from the admin center? It seems impossible to logout from the web based windows server admin center.... Happy to hear a solution!
Looking at the Server Manager brought instant nostalgia from when I used to mess around with it on my high school's computer lab
Thanks for this video! It was educating and wonderfull.
The web administration panel looks interesting. At work we have Windows Server running on a dedicated server to host all of our virtual servers.
7:05 RSAT can be installed on windows client OSes to manage the server roles meaning you can technically get server manager on windows 10 you just need a server to actually manage... if that makes sense
6:53 You can actually download the IIS feature in regular Windows
Thanks you so much it knowledgeable video. Keep making these type of video.
What VM machine did you use? (VMware, Virtualbox). I think it said Hyper-V. Can you get the ISO free online?
By any chance, is there any hidden/secret link to download the evaluation version? I'm trying to download from the evaluation center page, but it redirects me alwasy to a a download page which don't have any reference to windows server
i use alot of dedicated bare metal servers for various things such as game servers, off site backups and more and do use Windows server and other then the Server Manager, i had zero idea about the Admin Center and im glad i know about it know because i always have remote desktop instances up 24/7 for multible diffrent servers to do stuff within the server that now know i can do on the admin center.
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Thank you for finding this would never have known.
Loved this ❤️
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Hi ThioJoe, I need a clarification. Can we install normal exe files or ISO files in Windows Server 2022 such as Microsoft Office, 7-ZIP, etc ?
yes
@TJ why are you trying to use windows server as a normal PC anyway but you would have to download third-party alternatives to replace the missing apps
@TJ For a better alternative to reducing ram usage, please skip to the bottom of this reply. The intention is to be used as a server PC, hence the name Windows Server, so of course it uses less RAM and storage. It is NOT designed to be used as a home PC, with a lot of the general ease of use features being missing, because all server users are powerusers. Also, are you like that poor to just not be able to buy a half-decent DDR3 x2 4GB ramstick??????? Literally anybody can afford a DDR4 x2 8GB Oh, and my PC doesn't even use most of the ram, it hovers around 5GB usage. I do not have any intentions of trying Windows Server because it is not useful for me, neither is it for you unless you are TRYING to setup a server. If your intentions ARE to reduce ram usage, then use Windows 10 1909 LTSC. LTSC doesn't have bloat, and uses less resources. Do not use server as a lite alternative. You can even try Windows 10 Debloated, an even slimmer installation of it.
Man this takes me back to college, I used server 2012 so much and I kinda miss it now
I'm taking Server 2016 right now
You should use Windows Server 2025
can this be installed on a laptop and can it run plex as a server? I'm running my Plex media server on my old Windows 10 home edition laptop. for some reason I can't get headless even with a Dummy HDMI plug using VNC Viewer. Also not sure if I upgrade to Pro, I can RDC headless.
This is always what i wondered
Ok. The ease of setting it all up graphically almost convinced me to run my own data storage server with WinServer - until you showed these astronomically high prizes, that made me stick to ubuntu-server, which you can get completely free.
You can also use Server at no cost. Hint hint, EzWindSLIC.
@@Jon717 How?
@@Lampe2020 Are you asking how it's possible or how to use it? It activates Server using SLIC emulation, can also be used on Vista/7. The script is pretty easy to use. You might want also look at MAS, Microsoft-Activation-Scripts, for Windows 10/11 (including LTSC).
You can install mate desktop for a way to manage it graphically
@@Jon717 Hey, I've already used MAS to activate Win7! But how to download WinServer?
Thank you this is really cool.
Incredible!
This channel is way better than my IT course
Well Ecxplained!
Hello Joe, thanks for the video. I changed my hosting company and moved to a Windows server. Where can I find my files (files manager) of WordPress from the Windows Manager dashboard
hey joe i have a question, can we install Windows Admin Center on WIndows 10 Home/Pro and use it to monitor my home pc via a mobile device for free...??
Good basic overview. Thanks..
Neat video, as someone who has several Windows Server Certifications, you should look into setting up another VM and make a server/client system and learn about Active Directory and Group Policy, that's gonna be what the bulk of your Windows Server installs are, also, the no GUI options is what I normally install on host that need to just do Hyper-V (if the client doesn't let me use VMWare)
I have in fact the IIS manager on my regular windows 10 installation, although I've got no clue what it's used for. BTW, what are the differences between regular and workstation flavours of windows 10.
There are several more changes between Client Releases and Server Releases of Windows. Server Releases of Windows have a some scheduler changes made compared to Client Releases so threads run for longer. The memory limit too has been increased Server editions can use upto 24TB of physical memory. Server edition can also make use of upto 512 CPUs. There are several other changes made such as prefetch being disabled by default.
What method of backup would you recommend on a pc and for mobile devices? Upload everything to the cloud, or have a second hdd? backup everything manually and keep track of what is backed up manually or do you recommend a backup manager. Having a backup is preatty standard and easy for preatty much every kind of user but I see even power users struggle to find a convinient and suitable backup solution, withot having to code one from scratch. Especially considering how complicated it gets when you combine google backups, microsoft backups and various other services from your devices. Would a video about backups be a good idea? Personally, I manually back up my phone photos to the PC because I dislike the behaviour of google photos ore one drive, but then also back up my photos manually to one drive without syncing them to any device. It creates the kind of backup I want but with the negative side that I have to keep track of everything manually.
do the 321 rule. Here's what the 3-2-1 backup rule involves: 3: Create one primary backup and two copies of your data. 2: Save your backups to two different types of media. 1: Keep at least one backup file offsite. (so it doesnt just burn away with others)
Roles: is the part which tells the system what services it is going to do. Features: the optional components and even the management interfaces. You can install the management feature onto a system without the role being installed, so you can manage remote servers. The management parts can be installed on Windows 10 using RSAT package. The are not installed be default, to minimize the attack service (i.e. AD attack vectors don't work on web server, as the server doesn't have AD installed on it, as the role is not installed)
I was wondering if i should Windows 10 or Server 2022 for Win10. For Win8.1 I was wondering if Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2. It was confusing
0:30 Como dato curioso, el administrador del servidor no está disponible solo en Windows Server, también se puede instalar en Windows 10 desde las características opcionales.
I love ur vids, soo interesting ❤
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Can you make a video on mapping a hard drive so all the computers in the network can add them to search index
I'm pretty sure I've used Internet Information Services on windows 10 to make an FTP server before (which you noted was only on windows server) I've also used remote desktop, which likely means remote access management is also available.
Remote desktop client is on all versions of windows, so any version of windows can connect to either Pro or server. Pro versions allow a single RDP connection at a time (officially). Server versions allow more than one, and have additional features such as RD Gateway.
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Proper back ups are. Oncloud, off site, and local ( same building aka house )
Backups should really follow the 3-2-1 principle: • Keep at least three (3) copies of your data • Store two (2) backup copies on different storage media • With one (1) of them located offsite
Do NOT trust the "cloud"! Ever. Always have copies of your data in your own hot, little hands, including offsite. I do use a cloud backup, but only as an additional offsite protection, not my only.
thanks for video !!
Is a Server edition better/faster for running a "game server" on rather then Regular Windows?
My company uses windows server 2012 for all their hosting. Pretty nice and easy to work with
Yeah that trashy metro UI is soooooo easy to work with. I no longer support or manage 2012 and luckily all of the in place upgrades went smoothly.
remote desktop service is actually present in normal windows (pro), and also some group policy stuff
Pro versions allow a single RDP connection at a time (officially). Server versions allow more than one, and have additional features such as RD Gateway.
Windows Server is a good place to run a KMS host for activating many computers on the network.
I use Windows Server 2012 in my school. Let me tell you using the Windows 8 UI is difficult if you didn't use it in years 9:08 actually you can install a backup tool with Windows Server. I used it and actually got it to work at the second attempt. Also a benefit of it is, you can store the backup on different server. I mean imagine all accounts and work was gone and you couldn't load a backup for the server.
My first version was 2012 R2
@@verica4b My first version was Windows Server 2000 👵🏻
@@katbryce nice
for someone who wish to become a network administrator which between window server or linux server is best to start on learning, or which will they interact with
Great video, I'm learning about servers and networks on class now 👍
Licensing for Windows server isn’t always as lenient as desktop Windows. Server 2016 was pretty laid back, but starting with 2019 (haven’t tried 2022 yet) it will let you re-up the trial period a few times, but you will need to activate in order to keep using it. I build a lot of temp servers for work that don’t have a production use, just built and gone in the span of about a month, so we don’t bother activating those.
Suggestion: I think you should do one of your classic 'joke' videos on April 1st
Thanks for resuming
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I installed that in my desktop, the video drivers are not installed properly because it says, OS is not erecognise by the manufaxturer
The server can be configured without the Desktop Environment, the Server Manager has a package called RSAT (Remote Server Administration Tools), to allow for most of the configuration without needing to even sign into the server directly... but do need to be in a domain together.
I haven't tried Windows Server 2022, but 2019 has Windows Server Backup. Did they remove that from 2022?
windows backup working in 2022 too
1:02 That sponsor segway! 😂😂😂 Like those photos and videos you have totally backed up right? Right?
Why isn't bitlocker available on Server? Wouldn't disk encryption make sense for a corporate server? Or is it just deemed not necessary as an OOBE feature maybe…
6:59 IIS Manager can be found on Windows 11 and 10, you just have to add it.
I've been working with Windows Server in a VM to practice IT things and to expand my overall knowledge. I graduate in a month from today and want to be hired by graduation time. I'm nervous and excited at the same time.
'Network load balancing manager, though I dont think many of us would have much of a use for that' I dunno, I had to install a switch to get more than one ethernet connection with my Starlink setup... Might be a good learning experience to load balance the setup between the gaming pcs, the work pcs, and the 'tv' pcs (for watching videos and nothing else).. Would surely be a bit of fun!
at my minuim retail wage job, my managers use it to presumably track hours, set up schedules, payroll, and Truck tracking, and inventory
Headless, to me, always meant no display and no keyboard & mouse. We have a number of the in the company data center. And we also have a mobile table with those devices on it to hook up to a server in an emergency.
I have a strange idea that running server instead as win10 might make for a smoother stream. I stream poker with one PC and it can handle it but would it not run smoother with server. My pc and ram settup alows both but I have never used it. And I can't find a single example of someone streaming with it, maybe OBS don't run on it?
I used to have a domain controller of windows 2000 server on my local network Built it for fun it was ftp/http/dns/dhcp/router and many other functions. Till the hardwarr got too old to bother with. It wqs clealy a long time ago but it was fun. It didnt have anything connected other than power and network. Only got accessed from Telnet/ssh and remote desktop.
Haven't watched you in forever. Good to be back 👍
very good thing indeed
I use to use windows server 2012 for web hosting, using a software called "IIS" which allows the hosting of web services. It was quite intuitive, but ultimately I decided to switch to a Ubuntu server running Plesk, as the windows server was quite slow compared to Ubuntu.
The moment you selected all the roles & features, was the moment i started to cry
Been using it as daily driver on my gaming laptop for years now few months ago updated to 2022 one it's a nice os not really that far from standard windows only major difference I'd say is less crapware and certain things like WiFi interfaces etc are to be installed/enabled through sever manager instead of the usual installers
You covered it well, from a perspective of why you wouldnt bother using it on a desktop at home. All of the services are really for authenticating, managing, controlling a companies computers via Active Directory, DHCP, DNS. Server also allows Windows to be able to address more RAM and cores. The one thing you did miss is the requirement for CALs and the cost associated with it for any device that uses services provided by the server, if you made the server public facing then you would need a different license
8:35 - well, you get a proper start menu though!
Windows Server is updating...You have 15 minutes to close all applications before the system power off automatically.
is windows server would be good for very easy setup for modded minecraft server?
The Admin Center looks very similar to the Azure portal.
isn't azure a service by ms?
@@dhruvakhera5011 Yup, Azure is Microsoft's cloud compute platform (similar to Amazon's AWS).
They probably just reused the frontend code.
They made it similar because it's designed in a way to allow you to tie in with your azure services (if you have any services in azure). It's just to make it more streamlined so you don't have to jump between your local and azure portal.
Just make sure you don’t open it up too much… I usually don’t even use it since or block remote access to the web-front since I don’t want people to be able to web browse into my core server… XD I then use a program to MFA access to the server.
Some schools/colleges give you access to Azure tools for education. Which gives you free licenses to Window 10, 11, Server and many other Microsoft products. I attended two different colleges so I have two difference licensing instances!
Someone else already mention this but Windows Server is a huge thing in the world of IT with Active Directory alone (which, by the way, is what is used for managing users, groups, policy administrations, etc, for many users and computers). The costs for Windows Server licensing is so high because of the fact that it's aimed at businesses. They've changed their pricing model when Server 2016 came out to be per core now if I recall correctly. A lot of the time, though, a company that needs to license a lot of Windows Servers would usually have an agreement to get a VLK (Volume License Key) or would go through a company like CDW to purchase key or through any number of Microsoft Partnered resellers but usually when you go through a reseller (such as a MSP) you will more likely be renting the key at that point where you're paying monthly so the cost is cheaper to you short term but expensive in the long run. Also up until about a year ago, in order for you to have remote desktop you would need to use Windows Servers and buy additional CALs (Client Access License) since only Windows Server can be enabled as a terminal server to allow more than 2 users connected at any one time. Now you could use Windows 10 Enterprise with Multi-user sessions, although pretty sure that's only an Azure thing at the moment. But anyways, to touch on some other points, the whole point of File and Storage Services is to manage additional hard disks and creating a pool of disks and/or creating file shares. You technically don't need that service installed to share files and folders but having the services installed makes it a whole lot easier to manage which is why it gets installed on a file server. The other point of having it is if you are planning on creating shared drive or act as shared storage device with a pool of disks (similar to how TrueNAS does it, but in Windows way instead of ZFS) from which you can then create a iSCSI connection to share out to your ESXi, Hyper-V, or any other hypervisor hosts for shared storage (although in the real world, you usually don't want to use Windows as your storage device for pooled disks, you would usually use something like a Dell Compellent, HP LeftHand SAN, or Nimble since they handle data a lot better, although there is many many other solutions out there, just depends on the need of the business). Anyways, think I've been rambling off too long as it is. But, anyways, there's a lot of us out here who works in IT that deals with this kind of OS day in and day out that watches your channel (to either learn something new, get a refresher since we've been inside the server world too long that we forgot what the desktop world is like, or just for some good laughs) so if you have questions about a server feature, just reach out.
@sca20 Not bad. What would you suggests as the fastest Windows 11 Server for personal use? Standard or Essential? Is there a lightweight or stripped down version of Windows 11 Server?
@@n.prince2458 There's no thing as Windows 11 Server, are you talking about Windows Server 2022? Or are you talking about Windows 11 for Business? If you're talking about Windows Server 2022, there's pretty much no differences between the 2 other then Essentials is mean for up to to 25 users and 50 devices, it's considered a specialty server aimed for small businesses limited to a single socket up to 10 cores. If you're looking for a slime installation of Server 2022 and don't mind getting your hands dirty with the command line interface and PowerShell on top of installing the management tools on your computer for remote management then you can install Server Core which does not install the GUI.
@scsa20 Best rambling I heard in a long time! (*This is very interesting!) You are quite correct. It is 2022 Server. I didnt diffentiste between Windows 11 Desktop with Windows Server 2022. Two very different Beast (Even though DHCP Promo can be installed. Hope I said that acronym, right) I last remembered 2016 from Network+ and Security + class. Time go by so quickly. Didn't realize how been left behind. Even Windows 11 Desktop was new to me. Anyway, I always found the Sever editions much more stable than consumer editions. TrueNas ...sounds very interesting! I wonder how you would compare it to Nimble? You are very inspiring. You've enticed me to get my old Unix up and running. My main drive have seriously bent pins. Now, I must try to find a repair service to straighten those. I have been away from the computer world much too long. You are more than quite welcome to ramble some more.:)