or Windows Server 2019, Microsoft Hyper-V Server provides a robust, optimized enterprise-class virtualization platform that enables improved server utilization and reduced costs. This preview release of Microsoft Hyper-V Server includes various updates and fixes including:

• Installation no longer prompts for a product key. Microsoft Hyper-V Server is an enterprise hypervisor that is provided at no additional cost.
• Administrators are now properly prompted to change their passwords when initially signing in.
• Updated installation branding.

Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2019 also includes additional features such as:

• Failover Clustering hardening. Failover Clustering no longer requires the use of NTLM.
• Server Message Block (SMB) hardening. SMB 1.0 is disabled by default.
• Windows Subsystem for Linux is built in.
• Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection is built in.
• .NET Framework 4.7 is built-in. (Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2016 included .NET Framework 4.6).

Finally, Microsoft Hyper-V Server can be fully managed by Windows Admin Center to provide a modern, remote management solution that integrates with Azure Backup, disaster recovery, and more.