Nano Server
Leverage Containers to test and debug Native applications on Nano Server
Today we’d like to share improvements in the test and debug workflow while developing native...
Date: 02/24/2017
Nano Server Native Project Template now on Visual Studio Gallery
The Visual Studio project template for developing C++ applications targeting Nano Server is now...
Date: 02/17/2017
Introducing the Nano Server Image Builder
Hi there, Scott Johnson here to talk about the new Nano Server Image Builder tool, my new favorite...
Date: 10/15/2016
Nano Server in the Azure Gallery and VM Agent Support
As part of Windows Server 2016 General Availability, there are new Nano Server images in the Azure...
Date: 10/12/2016
Updating Nano Server
[Edit 3/6/2017]: Information in this post has been added to our official Nano Server documentation...
Date: 10/07/2016
Appreciating the Windows Server 2016 Desktop Experience
We’ve talked a lot about Nano Server in this blog, but we know many customers will still appreciate...
Date: 10/04/2016
Performance data collection on Nano Server
Event tracing and Performance Counters in Windows are powerful mechanisms to debug failures,...
Date: 09/21/2016
Deploying Nano Server to a Bare-Metal Machine using a WIM and WinPE
There are several ways to deploy Nano Server to a physical machine: Dual-boot a Nano Server vhd or...
Date: 07/29/2016
Nano Server Boot Performance
One of Microsoft’s Premier Field Engineers (Jaromir Kaspar) set up a virtual lab to measure Nano...
Date: 06/24/2016
MySQL on Nano Server
One of Nano Server’s core scenarios is to serve as a lightweight OS for born-in-the-cloud...
Date: 06/13/2016
Nano Server White Papers
Microsoft partners have done an amazing job publishing in-depth white papers and articles on Nano...
Date: 06/02/2016
Nano Server TP5 IaaS Image in Azure - Updated 9/22/2016
[UPDATE 9/22/2016] We wanted to let everyone know that on September 22, 2016, we released an update...
Date: 05/27/2016
Python & Django on Nano Server
One of Nano Server’s core scenarios is to serve as a lightweight OS for born-in-the-cloud...
Date: 05/17/2016
Node.js on Nano Server
One of Nano Server’s core scenarios is to serve as a lightweight OS for born-in-the-cloud...
Date: 05/04/2016
Vulnerability Bug Bounty for Nano Server
With the release of Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 5, we are pleased to announce a...
Date: 04/30/2016
NanoServerApiScan.exe updated for TP5
If you developed a 64-bit application, tool, or agent for Windows Server in C/C++, you can use...
Date: 04/27/2016
PackageManagement Support on Nano Server
It has been a year since we initially released PackageManagement (a.k.a. OneGet) feature in Windows...
Date: 04/27/2016
WSA Updates in WS 2016 TP5
In Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 4 we introduced a new installer: Windows Server App (WSA)....
Date: 04/27/2016
Developing Native Apps on Nano Server
Nano Server represents a great opportunity for applications to get the most of available resources...
Date: 04/27/2016
Nano Server TP5 IaaS Image in the Azure Gallery
Please refer to the updated blog post:...
Date: 04/27/2016
Remoting to Nano Server made easy
I find myself typing the following 3 lines over and over every day: $ip = "1.2.3.4" $s =...
Date: 04/12/2016
IIS, ASP.NET Core, Tomcat, and WordPress on Nano Server
In addition to the IIS documentation in the Nano Server Getting Started guide, here are 4 new blogs...
Date: 02/10/2016
Introducing Server management tools
I am Kriti Jindal, a program manager on the Server management tools team. At last year's Ignite and...
Date: 02/09/2016
Updating Nano Server using Windows Update or Windows Server Update Service
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Date: 01/16/2016
Create your WSA using FireGiant APPX Extension on top of Wix Toolset
Check out the Channel 9 video to learn how to create a Windows Server App (WSA) running on Nano...
Date: 01/15/2016
Download just Nano Server in a VHD (Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 4)
It has been great talking to customers at community events over the past few months. One item of...
Date: 01/07/2016
Nano Server Developer Experience - Visual Studio 2015 Update 1 and above
This blog post is now obsolete. Please go to the new blog post here:...
Date: 12/23/2015
Introducing the Nano Server Recovery Console
The Recovery Console is a diagnostic shell which runs locally on Nano Server to help you...
Date: 12/10/2015
Deploying Nano Server to a Bare-Metal Machine using a WIM and WinPE
This post is now obsolete. Please check out the updated...
Date: 12/01/2015
Nano Server IaaS Image in the Azure Gallery
This blog post is now obsolete. Please refer to the TP5 version here:...
Date: 11/24/2015
Nano Server Containers
Check out these blogs to learn how to create and deploy Windows Server and Hyper-V containers to a...
Date: 11/19/2015
Hands-on Packaging and Installing your first Windows Server Apps on Nano Server
In the introduction blog to Installing Windows Server Apps on Nano, I introduced the concept of...
Date: 11/19/2015
Installing Windows Server Apps on Nano Server
The initial public announcement of Nano Server earlier this year aroused a lot of interest and...
Date: 11/18/2015
Native Binary Scanning Tool (NanoServerApiScan.exe) for Nano Server
This blog post is now obsolete. Please go to the new one here:...
Date: 11/15/2015
How to setup Nano Server to send diagnostic messages off-box for remote analysis.
Have you ever personally had to troubleshoot Nano Server but didn’t know where to start...
Date: 10/12/2015
OpenStack and Vagrant with Nano Server
As we hear about interesting information on using Nano Server will post links to them in the Nano...
Date: 10/02/2015
Nano Server Microsoft Virtual Academy Training course
Hi, A few weeks back, Refaat and I spent the day in the studio recording a set of training modules...
Date: 09/23/2015
Tell us how to improve the servicing and deployment of Windows Server
Hi, this is Andrew from the Nano Server team. Do you want your server OS deployment and servicing to...
Date: 09/09/2015
Nano Server Developer Experience and Tools
This blog post is now obsolete. Please go to the new blog post here:...
Date: 08/10/2015
How to use WDS to PxE Boot a Nano Server VHD ... the PowerShell version :)
Check out PowerShell Magazine's cool new post: How to use WDS to PXE Boot a Nano Server VHD with...
Date: 06/29/2015
PowerShell Script to build your Nano Server Image
This script is now retired! It has been replaced with the NanoServerImageGenerator.psm1 module on...
Date: 06/15/2015
How to use WDS to PxE Boot a Nano Server VHD
If you haven’t already, please refer to the “Getting Started with Nano Server”...
Date: 06/02/2015
SSH is coming
Customers have been asking for SSH in Windows Server for a long time and it has been a very common...
Date: 06/02/2015
How to display ipconfig on Nano Server every time it boots
When you read through the “Getting Started with Nano Server” guide, you’ll come...
Date: 05/18/2015
Nano Server Forum
We now have our Nano Server TechNet forum up and running at:...
Date: 05/18/2015
Welcome to the new Nano Server blog
For our first blog post, I’ll start with some links to various resources about Nano Server....
Date: 05/12/2015