

In other words, all the optional Microsoft security features that you could turn on for a normal PC, but all enabled out of the box.

If you haven’t heard of Secure-core, think of marrying a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0 chip for securely storing secrets, Bitlocker for full volume drive encryption and Virtualization Based Security (VBS) to protect credentials while the system is running.

Compromising systems before they start up through boot kits or root kits is becoming more popular and building on the work Microsoft’s done for Secured Core PCs, Windows Server 2022 brings Secured Core Servers. It’s no secret that most businesses worldwide are struggling with IT security – as organizations and society becomes more and more reliant on digital systems there are just too many avenues for increasingly sophisticated attackers to find a way in. This is not huge news as we can follow the direction that Windows Server is heading through the Semi-Annual Channel (SAC) releases that come out twice a year, however, there are some interesting features of note and in this article, we’ll take a look at them. At the recent Ignite 2021 conference Microsoft announced the preview of the next version of Windows Server 2022.
