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Contents 
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. vi
Acknowledgments .................................................................................................................................................................. vi
Free ebooks from Microsoft Press .................................................................................................................................. vii
Errata, updates, & book support ..................................................................................................................................... vii
We want to hear from you ................................................................................................................................................ viii
Stay in touch ........................................................................................................................................................................... viii
Chapter 1: Introduction to Microsoft Windows Server 2016 ............................................................. 1
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................................... 1
Cloud ready with Windows Server 2016 ......................................................................................................................... 2
Security .................................................................................................................................................................................... 3
Software-defined datacenter .......................................................................................................................................... 3
Microsoft loves Linux! ....................................................................................................................................................... 5
System Center 2016 ................................................................................................................................................................ 6