by Alexandru Poloboc
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Published on August 17, 2022
- If you are a Windows Server 2022 Insider, there’s a lot to look forward to.
- Microsoft just released a new Insider Preview Build for this OS version.
- Check out the changes, improvements, and fixes that come packaged.
The new Insider Preview Build for the Windows 11 Release Preview Channel (KB5016691) isn’t the only new software that Microsoft released today.
Microsoft also released a cumulative update, which is actually a C release, for the Windows Server 2022 OS in the form of build KB5016693 (build 20348.946).
You should know that this new software brings improvements to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, file compression, and storage replica.
Furthermore, we are also looking at some long overdue fixes in TPM and BitLocker, among others, as you are about to see below.
What’s new in Windows Server 2022 build 20348.946?
Let’s start by saying that the tech company stated that there are absolutely no known issues with this release, which is an added bonus.
However, users are probably bound to stumble upon one after testing this brand new Insider build for Windows Server 2022.
Let’s have a closer look at the release notes and discover what this new software version brings to the table:
- Enhances Microsoft Defender for Endpoint’s ability to identify and intercept ransomware and advanced attacks.
- Compresses a file regardless of its size if you have configured Server Message Block (SMB) Compression.
- Improves storage replication that occurs over low bandwidth or congested wide area networks (WAN).
- Addresses an issue that prevents the Startup Task API from working as expected for certain apps.
- Addresses an issue that causes Kerberos authentication to fail. The error is 0xc000009a (STATUS_INSUFFICIENT_RESOURCES “Insufficient system resources exist to complete the API”). This occurs when a client uses the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) to connect to a device that has enabled Remote Credential Guard.
- Addresses an issue that causes ServerAssignedConfigurations to be null in a few full configuration scenarios.
- Addresses an issue that prevents a private virtual LAN (PVLAN) from providing tenant and virtual machine (VM) isolation.
- Addresses an issue that delays a client’s acquisition of the Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) address for extended periods in an IPv6 environment.
- Addresses a known issue that causes Microsoft Edge to stop responding when you use IE mode. This issue also prevents you from interacting with a dialog.
- Addresses an issue that might generate error 0x1E when you shut down or restart a device.
- Addresses an issue that affects the installation of Microsoft Store apps when you have enabled Control-flow Enforcement.
- Addresses an issue that prevents virtualized App-V Microsoft Office applications from opening or causes them to stop working.
- Addresses an issue that might cause the deployment of the Windows Hello for Business certificate to fail in certain circumstances after you reset a device.
- Addresses an issue that degrades BitLocker performance.
- Addresses an issue that might prevent Windows from taking ownership of a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) …….