

Starting with Essentials, we can see the server roles as highlighted below. Previously Essentials provided more of a guided setup experience, but as was mentioned in the announcement, this has switched to be more like Windows Server 2019 Standard. Windows Server Essentials instead doesn’t launch Server Manager automatically, but when you do it pops up the same message. This post will focus on some of the differences between Windows Server 2019 Essentials and Windows Server 2019 Standard for those who are deciding on which is going to be more appropriate for their environment, and is a follow up to a previous post which covered the differences between the Standard and Datacenter editions.Īfter installing one of the immediate differences that is highlighted post setup is that Standard will take you to Server Manager, but with the addition of an extra popup suggesting to try Windows Admin Center, which is the focus area for Windows Server administration moving forward. Back in September over on the Windows Server Blog there were some major changes announced for Windows Server Essentials.
