What is Nano Server?
Nano Server is a new installation option for Windows Server 2016 that is similar to Windows Server in Server Core mode. However, although it has a significantly smaller hardware footprint, it has no local sign-in capability and supports only 64-bit apps, tools, and agents. Setup is significantly faster, and after installation, the operating system requires far fewer updates.
Note: Nano Server is not available for selection through the Windows Server 2016 setup wizard. Instead, you must create a virtual hard
drive by using Windows PowerShell. You can then use this virtual hard drive on a virtual machine to support a virtualized Nano Server in Hyper-V, or you can configure your server computer to start from a .vhd file for a physical Nano Server deployment option.
Use scenarios
Nano Server is ideal for use in the following scenarios:
Hyper-V host for virtual machines, either in clusters or not (compute host) USE
As a storage host for a scale-out file server, either in clusters or not
As a DNS server
As a web server running Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)
As a host for applications that are developed by using cloud application patterns and run in a
container or virtual machine guest operating system .ONLY
Server roles available in Nano Server
The following table shows the server roles and features that you can either install when you deploy Nano
Server or subsequently install by using Windows PowerShell on a previously deployed Nano Server.
Role or feature Option to install
Hyper-V role -Compute
Failover clustering -Clustering
Drivers for a variety of network adapters and -OEMDrivers
storage controllers (this is the same set of
drivers included in a Server Core installation of
Windows Server 2016)
File Server role and other storage components -Storage
Windows Defender Antimalware, including a -Defender
default signature file
DNS Server role -Packages Microsoft-NanoServer-DNS-Package
Desired State Configuration Packages Microsoft-NanoServer-DSC-Package
IIS -Packages Microsoft-NanoServer-IIS-Package
Host support for Windows Containers -Containers
System Center Virtual Machine Manager agent
-Packages Microsoft-Windows-Server-SCVMM-
Package
-Packages Microsoft-Windows-Server-SCVMM-
Compute-Package
Network Performance Diagnostics Service -Packages Microsoft-NanoServer-NPDS-
(NPDS) Package
Data Center Bridging -Packages Microsoft-NanoServer-DCB-Package
Boot and run from a RAM disk -Packages Microsoft-NanoServer-Guest-
Package
Deploy on a virtual machine -Packages Microsoft-NanoServer-Host-Package
Role or feature Option to install
Secure Startup -Packages Microsoft-NanoServer-
SecureStartup-Package
Shielded Virtual Machine -Packages Microsoft-NanoServer-ShieldedVM-
Package
While many roles are supported by Nano Server, several important roles and features are not supported, including AD DS, AD CS, and DHCP.
Nano Server is a new installation option for Windows Server 2016 that is similar to Windows Server in Server Core mode. However, although it has a significantly smaller hardware footprint, it has no local sign-in capability and supports only 64-bit apps, tools, and agents. Setup is significantly faster, and after installation, the operating system requires far fewer updates.
Note: Nano Server is not available for selection through the Windows Server 2016 setup wizard. Instead, you must create a virtual hard
drive by using Windows PowerShell. You can then use this virtual hard drive on a virtual machine to support a virtualized Nano Server in Hyper-V, or you can configure your server computer to start from a .vhd file for a physical Nano Server deployment option.
Use scenarios
Nano Server is ideal for use in the following scenarios:
Hyper-V host for virtual machines, either in clusters or not (compute host) USE
As a storage host for a scale-out file server, either in clusters or not
As a DNS server
As a web server running Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)
As a host for applications that are developed by using cloud application patterns and run in a
container or virtual machine guest operating system .ONLY
Server roles available in Nano Server
The following table shows the server roles and features that you can either install when you deploy Nano
Server or subsequently install by using Windows PowerShell on a previously deployed Nano Server.
Role or feature Option to install
Hyper-V role -Compute
Failover clustering -Clustering
Drivers for a variety of network adapters and -OEMDrivers
storage controllers (this is the same set of
drivers included in a Server Core installation of
Windows Server 2016)
File Server role and other storage components -Storage
Windows Defender Antimalware, including a -Defender
default signature file
DNS Server role -Packages Microsoft-NanoServer-DNS-Package
Desired State Configuration Packages Microsoft-NanoServer-DSC-Package
IIS -Packages Microsoft-NanoServer-IIS-Package
Host support for Windows Containers -Containers
System Center Virtual Machine Manager agent
-Packages Microsoft-Windows-Server-SCVMM-
Package
-Packages Microsoft-Windows-Server-SCVMM-
Compute-Package
Network Performance Diagnostics Service -Packages Microsoft-NanoServer-NPDS-
(NPDS) Package
Data Center Bridging -Packages Microsoft-NanoServer-DCB-Package
Boot and run from a RAM disk -Packages Microsoft-NanoServer-Guest-
Package
Deploy on a virtual machine -Packages Microsoft-NanoServer-Host-Package
Role or feature Option to install
Secure Startup -Packages Microsoft-NanoServer-
SecureStartup-Package
Shielded Virtual Machine -Packages Microsoft-NanoServer-ShieldedVM-
Package
While many roles are supported by Nano Server, several important roles and features are not supported, including AD DS, AD CS, and DHCP.
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