Microsoft has desktop and server versions of the Windows operating system. At first glance, Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 are similar, but each of the two features has different uses and of course different features.

Windows 10 excels at improvements for everyday use, while Windows Server can manage multiple computers, files, and services at the same time. This is why you see that hosting providers offer Windows VPS Hosting in their list services.

Windows 10 and Windows Server have similar code

If you run a clean copy of Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016, it would be easy to confuse them. They can have the same desktop, the same start button, and the same task bar. They use the same kernel and can run the same software. For example, you can install Google Chrome, Firefox, or Microsoft Office on both operating systems.

But the similarities stop there. Microsoft designed Windows 10 for desktop use on people in front of the computer, while Windows Server as a server can run services and applications from people who have access to a network.

Although Windows Server has a desktop, Microsoft recommends that you install the operating system without some graphical user interface (or remove it), leaving only a command prompt. This reduces the resources required to run the server.

So the operating system lets you choose to run Nano Server, which does not have GUI and local login features to use much less space than a normal Server installation.

Windows Server has server software

If you enable gui, immediately after you open Windows Server, a Server Manager program starts that displays the first distinct difference between the two operating systems.

From this panel, you can add to server functions, such as Windows Deployment Services, DHCP services, and Active Directory Domain Services. These features allow you to remotely install an operating system on other machines, create a static IP address for clients, control a network domain to add other computers to one domain and create users per domain.

The above features are not available for Windows 10, although you could install them with third-party software like Apache.

Windows Server also supports features such as SMB Direct for faster file sharing, better support for the Resilient File System. These features can only be done with a server or if you are using Windows 10 Pro for Workstations.

Servers are designed to work in combination, so you may have a server that meets one or two of the above roles and another server that takes on other roles for the same overall project.

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During Microsoft’s press conference in January, details about Spartan were first disclosed; and now an early version of the browser has been packed into the Windows 10 preview build. This article will take you through vital information about this browser that can work as your guide to Spartan.

• The look:

  The latest browser is noticeably slimmer than IE. It does not include the plethora of menus and the settings are pretty simple. Instead, it includes some totally fresh features and is noticeably fast. The look is clean and the navigation bar at the right disappears when not using the mouse.

• Take notes right on the webpages:

  This feature of Spartan is surely going to make the browser a preferred one for online readers and researchers. By simply clicking on the pen and paper button user can annotate any website, and with a touchscreen PC the feature can have the maximum potential to the users.

• Cortana:

  Cortana is known as the Siri of Microsoft and it is embedded into the new Spartan. Cortana will enable the browser to help with the maps and also other features that are yet to be disclosed.

• Offline reading:

  Offline reading is fully supported in Spartan. Once you find something interesting on the web you can simply save it for later reading by clicking a single button.

• Reading mode:

  Increasing number of advertisements on every website is surely becoming a problem for serious readers; but with Spartan, they can now easily shift to the Reading mode of any website to read an ad-free version.

Microsoft claims that Spartan runs a fresh engine built from scratch which has enabled the browser to load complex websites and videos practically without delay.  There are still a few bugs in the browser, but we can expect Microsoft to sort them all out before they actually launch the browser commercially. Eventually, the browser will support different extensions as well, however, IE is not going away from Windows 10, rather it will be present there as the primary browser to ensure that all the websites and apps function properly.