- Security
 - Secured-core server
 - Hardware root-of-trust
 - Firmware protection
 - Virtualization-based security (VBS)
 - Secure connectivity
 - Secure DNS: Encrypted DNS name resolution requests with DNS-over-HTTPS
 - Server Message Block (SMB): SMB AES-256 encryption for the most security conscious
 - SMB: East-West SMB encryption controls for internal cluster communications
 - SMB Direct and RDMA encryption
 - SMB over QUIC
 - Azure hybrid capabilities
 - Azure Arc enabled Windows Servers
 - Windows Admin Center
 - Azure Automanage - Hotpatch
 - Application platform
 
Windows Server 2022 bygger på den starka grunden i Windows Server 2019 och innehåller många innovationer inom tre viktiga teman: säkerhet, Azure hybridintegration och -hantering samt applikationsplattform.