Installation:
First Run:
On first run, Windows Server requires you to create a strong admin password before proceeding to the desktop and server setup
Initial Configuration:
Empty Desktop:
In a break from tradition, Windows Server 2016 shares the same desktop wallpaper and window theme as the consumer editions of Windows 10.
Desktop with Applications:
Notepad:
Wordpad:
Calculator:
The traditional calculator app from Windows 7 is included, and the new "metro" style version is omitted entirely.
Clock and Calendar:
Media Player:
After being absent in the last 4 releases of Windows Server, Windows Media Player is once again included. The new Windows 10 metro apps (Grove Music & Music and TV) are not included.
Volume:
Browser: (Internet Explorer 11)
Microsoft Edge is absent from Windows Server as well.
On Screen Keyboard:
Settings:
The new Settings app is one of the only "Metro" apps that was not stripped from the server release.
Appearance:
Display:
Keyboard:
Mouse:
Mouse and Keyboard (Metro):
Date and Time:
Date and Time (Metro):
International:
International (Metro):
Accessibility:
Accessibility (Metro):
Power Management:
Power Management (Metro):
Application Manager (Start Menu):
File Manager:
Running Applications (Taskbar):
Task Manager:
Help:
Oddly enough, Windows Server 2016 does not include any sort of central help center for the operating system.
Search:
As a side note, the last several editions of Windows Server did not include Disk Cleanup as a standard feature, though it could be added later. It was included in the default install of Windows Server 2016
Recycle Bin:
Run:
Command Prompt:
Boot Screen:
Login Screen:
Shutdown:
Shutdown Event Tracker:
Logoff:
Shutdown:
About Windows:
Server 2016 is based off the 1607 release of Windows 10. While it receives security updates and hot fixes, it does not get any of the standard feature updates that Windows 10 received twice a year.
About Application:
Font Selection:
Open File:
Color Selector:
Wrong Password:
