Which version of Windows Server should I choose for training?

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alex_588022020-05-26 16:01:41

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alex_58802, 2020-05-26 16:01:41

Good afternoon. To learn system administration, I built a machine for myself and now I want to install one of the versions there - Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016 or Windows Server 2019. Can you tell me which one is better? Is it worth installing the newest version or the functionality of these three versions is not much different?

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Drno, 2020-05-26
@alex_58802

Put the last one at the moment
Do not forget to buy a license)

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Andrey Ermachenok, 2020-05-26
@eapeap

Put the last one.
Until you learn, 2012 will be removed from support and become irrelevant.

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Alexey Dmitriev, 2020-05-26
@SignFinder

Not much different - take any, but of course the last one is better. Immediately study the new buns that will be in use.

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fpir, 2020-05-27
@fpir

Yep, actually. Jumping to the new one will be easier than getting off to the old one. And about being withdrawn from support: he was in the servo of a certain court. Not the offices of "horns and hooves", not the district hospital, but a completely real regional court. 4 2003x, 3 2008x r2 and 1 2012. It is at the hoster of some thread that you will deploy the latest releases, but on the ground everything is somewhat more mundane.

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pindschik, 2020-05-28
@pindschik

- If in training you plan to go over the topic of the terminal server, and especially with regard to Multipoint and convenient user session management, then keep in mind that this functionality is only available in 2016.
- If you want to simply deal with the Remote App, then it's better to do it in general in 2008 R2 (we're talking about learning and understanding the essence now). You will understand how it works - then you will be able to fill in with other management methods those snap-ins that were removed in later versions.
- If the emphasis is on virtualization - then 2019.
- If the emphasis is on RemoteFX - again 2016 and 2012.
- If you need the topic of roaming user profiles that work on Windows 10, but sometimes "remotely in the terminal" - again 2019.
- But if the user profiles are roaming, but the server and workstations should be different - then 2012
In general, the more you know, the more sorrow :)

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Artem @Jump, 2020-05-28
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Which version of Windows Server should I choose for training?

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