Server 2016's finally here -- should you be excited or not? Server 2012's arrival a few years ago delivered a huge leap in Server capabilities. For the first time, Windows Server offered a virtual compute and storage infrastructure that not only rivalled the competition, but cost far less to implement. Server 2012R2 delivered mainly fixes and small upgrades, as expected, but where does Server 2016 fit in? Mark Minasi, author of the bestselling 23-year series of Mastering Windows Server books, has the answer, in this quick and entertaining look at Server 2016. You'll hear why Nano Server, the amazingly tiny, secure and extremely cool feature is great… but may cost you a bundle in licenses. You'll be surprised to hear about the central Server feature that gets no new improvements at all. You'll be delighted by the introduction of four simple storage features that propel 2016 storage into "ready for prime time" class. Upon learning of the "finally!" improvements to Hyper-V and Windows Containers, you may not be to, um, contain yourself. So don't miss this talk, or you may never know the dark truth about 2016's Server Core.