If you have purchased an OEM (from the hardware vendor, like Dell, HP, Lenovo…) copy of Windows Server 2016 it will be version 1609 build 10.0.14393. You likely know that the most recent version of Windows Server 2016 is version 1709 (i.e. September 2017) and want to upgrade prior to putting your servers into production. The short version of this story is, you can’t. Here is the longer version:
Windows Server 2016 does have security/bug UPDATES made available for it, but not UPGRADES. This makes Windows Server different from Windows 10, in that Microsoft does make Windows 10 upgrades available for life. This difference is because Microsoft wants to sell Software Assurance (SA) on their server products (for 1/3rd of the purchase price each year, but you pay every year, forever, whether there is an upgrade or not).
As a result, here are the fun facts related to Server 2016 upgrades:
Note that Server 2016 has some awesome new features you should be aware of including the ability to network your SAN using just USB cables and VM Load Balancing.
Microsoft has also made the following FAQ’s available:
To get a comprehensive view of the key facts about Windows Server, version 1709, you should also review these topics prior to installing it:
- What hardware is needed to run it? See System requirements; the system requirements for this release are the same as for Windows Server 2016.
- What new features and functionality have been added? See What’s New in Windows Server version 1709
- What has been removed? See Features Removed or Planned for Replacement starting with Windows Server (version 1709)
- What issues unique to this release need to be worked around? See Release notes–Important issues in Windows Server, version 1709
Source: docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/get-started/get-started-with-1709
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