- Security
- Secured-core server
- Hardware root-of-trust
- Firmware protection
- Virtualization-based security (VBS)
- Secure connectivity
- Secure DNS: Encrypted DNS name resolution requests with DNS-over-HTTPS
- Server Message Block (SMB): SMB AES-256 encryption for the most security conscious
- SMB: East-West SMB encryption controls for internal cluster communications
- SMB Direct and RDMA encryption
- SMB over QUIC
- Azure hybrid capabilities
- Azure Arc enabled Windows Servers
- Windows Admin Center
- Azure Automanage - Hotpatch
- Application platform
Windows Server 2022 is built on the strong foundation of Windows Server 2019 and brings many innovations on three key themes: security, Azure hybrid integration and management, and application platform.