<b>Strengthen your security</b><br><br>Help prevent malicious attacks and detect suspicious activity where it matters: your operating system and workloads. Rely on security features built into Windows Server 2016 to control privileged access, protect virtual machines, and harden the platform against emerging threats. <br><br><b>Software-defined datacenter</b><br><br>Bring flexibility and control to your datacenter while lowering costs with software-defined compute, storage, and networking.

Run your datacenter with an automated and resilient operating system, and access many of the same cloud-efficient features found in Microsoft Azure datacenters. <br><br><b>Cloud-ready application workloads</b><br><br>Securely deploy and run your existing applications on Windows Server 2016 to transform them into new cloud-native models. Help developers to innovate and create on-premises and cloud applications using the latest technology—containers, microservices, and Nano Server.