Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Standard is the all-new cloud-ready operating system that manages your current workload while providing new technologies that facilitate the transition to cloud computing when you're ready. Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Standard establishes the link between devices and manages networks, as well as data transfer and web hosting.

Windows Server 2016 Standard comes with many new features, including a new licensing model, which is no longer based on processors, but on kernels. The Windows Server 2016 Standard Edition is dedicated to non-virtualized or low-density environments.

Therefore, this Standard edition for an enterprise, which uses only one physical server or some virtual machines.