{"id":6701,"date":"2015-08-27T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-27T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-03-07T23:37:55","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T07:37:55","slug":"windows-server-2016-installation-option-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows-server\/blog\/2015\/08\/27\/windows-server-2016-installation-option-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows Server 2016 Installation Option Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, we released Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 3. If you haven\u2019t yet had a chance to check out the new preview, you can download it here and read more about the preview in a recent\u00a0blog post from Mike Schutz. One thing you\u2019ll notice in Technical Preview 3 is an update to the installation options. 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