Windows Server 2022

Windows Server 2022
Version of the Windows NT operating system
Screenshot of Windows Server 2022
DeveloperMicrosoft
Written inC, C++, Rust, C#, Assembly language
OS familyWindows Server
Working stateCurrent
Source modelClosed-source
General
availability
August 18, 2021 (2021-08-18)[1]
Latest release21H2 (10.0.20348.2966) (December 10, 2024 (2024-12-10)[2]) [±]
Marketing targetBusiness
Available in110 languages
Update method
Package managerWindows Package Manager
Platformsx86-64
Kernel typeHybrid (Windows NT kernel)
Default
user interface
Windows Shell
LicenseProprietary
Preceded byWindows Server 2019 (2018)
Succeeded byWindows Server 2025 (2024)
Official websitemicrosoft.com/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-server-2022
Support status
  • Start date: August 18, 2021 (2021-08-18)[1]
  • Mainstream support: Until October 13, 2026 (2026-10-13)
  • Extended support: Until October 14, 2031 (2031-10-14)[3]

Windows Server 2022 is the fourteenth major version of the Windows NT operating system produced by Microsoft to be released under the Windows Server brand name. It was announced at Microsoft's Ignite event from March 2–4, 2021.[4] It was released on August 18, 2021,[1][3] almost 3 years after Windows Server 2019, and a few months before the Windows 11 operating system.

Windows Server 2022 is based on the "Iron" codebase.[5] It is similar to Windows 10 21H2, but its updates are incompatible with it.[5] Like its predecessor, Windows Server 2019, it requires x64 processors.

It was succeeded by Windows Server 2025 on November 1, 2024.[6]

  1. ^ a b c "Windows Server release information". Windows Server Portal. Microsoft. December 23, 2021. Retrieved September 18, 2022 – via Microsoft Learn.
  2. ^ "December 10, 2024—KB5048654 (OS Build 20348.2966)". Microsoft Support. Microsoft.
  3. ^ a b "Windows Server 2022". Microsoft Lifecycle. Microsoft. Retrieved January 12, 2022 – via Microsoft Learn.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Announcing Server 2022 preview was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ a b Bowden, Zac (December 14, 2020). "Microsoft releases final Windows 10 'Iron' build to Insiders in the Dev Channel". Windows Central.
  6. ^ Woolsey, Jeff. "Introducing Windows Server 2025!". Microsoft Tech Community. Retrieved January 26, 2024.

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