| Features |
Windows Server 2019
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Windows Server 2022  |
| New Windows Admin Center |
| Automatic Windows Admin Center Updates |
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| Automated Extension Lifecycle Management |
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| Event Workspace to track data |
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| Detachable Events Overview Screen |
Configurable |
Built in |
| Configurable Destination Virtual Switch |
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| Customizable Columns for VM Information |
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| Upgraded Hyper V Manager |
| Action Bar |
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| Live Storage Migration |
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| Affinity and Anti-Affinity Rules |
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| VM Clones |
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| Running Workloads Between Server |
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| New Partitioning Tool |
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| Enhanced Security |
| Hypervisor based code integrity |
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| Secured-core server |
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| Hardware-enforced Stack Protection |
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| TLS |
1.2 Supported |
1.3 Enabled By Default |
| Hybrid Cloud Capabilities |
| Azure Arc |
Supported |
1.3 Enabled By Default |
| Storage Migration Service |
Supported |
Simplified Deployment & Management |
| Improved Platform Flexibility |
| Uncompressed Image Size |
3.7 GB approx |
2.7 GB approx |
| Virtualized Time Zone |
Mirrors Host Timezone |
Configurable Within Container |
| Group Managed Service Accounts (gMSA) Requires Domain Joining |
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| DSR Routing |
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| Better Kubernetes Experience |
| Multiple Subnets Per Windows Worker Node |
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| HostProcess containers |
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