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More info To learn more about Service Fabric and what it can do for you, go to 
https://azure.microsoft.com/documentation/articles/service-fabric-overview/
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Azure Hybrid Use Benefit 
As we previously mentioned, Windows Server 2016 will help you in countless ways when it comes to 
your journey to the cloud. Microsoft has also built a licensing offer to support this journey so that you 
can truly maximize the benefit of your on-premises licenses and use them in Azure to help you control 
costs while running in a public cloud. 
Azure Hybrid Use Benefit (AHUB) gives customers who are using Windows Server with Software 
Assurance a mechanism to bring those licenses to Azure. This means a reduced rate can be applied to 
their Windows Server Virtual Machines running Azure. Essentially, you are paying just for the base 
compute rate, which can equate up to a 41 percent savings on a D2 VM. 
More info For more information about AHUB, go to 
http://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/hybrid-
use-benefit
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Nano Server 
Nano Server is an exciting new installation option for Windows Server 2016 that has an even smaller 
footprint than the Server Core installation option. 
Understanding Nano Server 
Nano Server is a new, small-footprint, headless installation option for Windows Server 2016. It is a 
deep refactoring of Windows Server that is optimized for the cloud. As such, Nano Server in Windows 
Server 2016 is ideal for the following scenarios: 
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Compute Host for Hyper-V or part of a Windows Failover Cluster 
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Container Host 
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Storage Host for a Scale-Out File Server (SOFS) 

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CHAPTER 3 | Application platform 
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DNS server 
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Web server running IIS 
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Application Platform for apps that are built using cloud development patterns and run in a 
container and/or VM guest 
Nano Server is fully headless; thus, it might require some changes to management and operations 
procedures for organizations that aren’t fully managing their current server deployments remotely. 
Windows Server customers have provided this feedback: 
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Reboots have a negative impact on my business—why do I need to reboot because of a patch to 
a feature I never use? 
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When a reboot is required, my servers need to be back in service as soon as possible. 
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Large server images take a long time to deploy and consume a lot of network bandwidth. 
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If the operating system consumes fewer resources, I can increase my virtual machine density. 
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We can no longer afford the security risks of the "install everything everywhere" approach. 
Nano Server addresses these problems by including just the functionality required for its proposed 
use cases and nothing more. This minimizes the attack surface area, thus eliminating reboots and 
minimizing the footprint, which provides faster deployment and reboot time and frees up resources 
for other uses.