Software-Defined Networking with Windows Server 2016

Windows Server 2016 takes a big step toward SDN, with the Network Controller server role handling centralized management, monitoring, and configuration of network devices and virtual networks. It can also be controlled with PowerShell and is particularly interesting for Hyper-V infrastructures.

By Thomas Joos

Updated Nov 12, 2026 9:08 AM / Published Apr 22, 2017 3:00 AM 19 min read

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Thomas Joos

Thomas Joos is a freelance IT consultant and has been working in IT for more than 20 years. In addition, he writes hands-on books and papers on Windows and other Microsoft topics. Online you can meet him on: https://www.thomas-joos.com.