# Windows Server 2016 Minimal Installation Reviews
**Vendor:** Tidal Media Inc  
**Category:** [AWS Marketplace Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/aws-marketplace)  
**Average Rating:** 4.5/5.0  
**Total Reviews:** 1
## About Windows Server 2016 Minimal Installation
This Image is hardened with a base profile, suitable for use in HVM instance types only. The image contains just enough packages to run within AWS, bring up an RDP Server, and allow users to login. Windows Server 2016 Minimal Installation is optimized for automated use at scale, with a tiny package set and minimal security cross-section. The Minimal Server Interface is a configuration option that does not include significant aspects of the Server Graphical Shell. It enables most local GUI management tasks without requiring the Server Graphical Shell or Internet Explorer to be installed. This reduces the security and servicing footprint of the server thereby increasing safety and uptime while expanding deployment scenarios.




## Windows Server 2016 Minimal Installation Reviews
  ### 1. All time favourite user friendly OS

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Manikandan A. | Senior Associate Consultant, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** January 05, 2022

**What do you like best about Windows Server 2016 Minimal Installation?**

The best part of 2016 server is minimal installation is RDP CAL user licenses are pretty useful in configuring cyberark.
Many features like ADDS, DNS DHCP WSUS WDS and many more.

**What do you dislike about Windows Server 2016 Minimal Installation?**

The performance of the O's which consumes a cpu lot and reaches 100% even using McAfee or some antivirus and it leads to the incidents and instability of the server often.

**What problems is Windows Server 2016 Minimal Installation solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Centralized AD manegement
DNS and file server features like DFS are useful when creating namespaces.
WDS is to broad cast and install many OS at a time over network.


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## Windows Server 2016 Minimal Installation Features
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- Autonomous Task Execution
- Multi-step Planning
- Cross-system Integration