# Windows Environments

## Windows Server 2019

### Storage Spaces Direct

Storage Spaces Direct has [native support for persistent memory](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/whats-new-in-storage#storage-spaces-direct).  Unlock unprecedented performance with native Storage Spaces Direct support for persistent memory modules, including Intel® Optane™ DC PM and NVDIMM-N. Use persistent memory as cache to accelerate the active working set, or as capacity to guarantee consistent low latency on the order of microseconds. Manage persistent memory just as you would any other drive in PowerShell or Windows Admin Center

Microsoft demonstrated Windows Server 2019 with Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory at Microsoft Ignite 2018 - <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WMXkMLJORc>

### Hyper-V

Cmdlets for configuring persistent memory devices for Hyper-V VMs - <https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/virtualization/hyper-v/manage/persistent-memory-cmdlets>

Dell has published step-by-step guides for provisioning NVDIMMs within Windows Server 2019 for use with Hyper-V Guest OS's:

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## Windows Server 2016

Step-by-step details are not available at this time. Microsoft will provide detailed documentation. See the resources listed below for information and a state of the ecosphere by Microsoft.

* [Persistent Memory Summit 2018 - Windows OS Support for PM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J3ussLcv64) \[YouTube] **-**  Tom Talpey, Microsoft delivers an update to Persistent Memory Support in Windows
  * Slides are available [here](https://www.snia.org/sites/default/files/PM-Summit/2018/presentations/06_PM_Summit_2018_Talpey-Final_Post-CORRECTED.pdf)
* [Update on Windows Persistent Memory Support](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcdf7w2v_nw) \[YouTube] - Neal Christiansen, Microsoft @ SNIA Storage Developer Conference 2017
  * Slides are available [here](https://www.snia.org/sites/default/files/SDC/2017/presentations/Solid_State_Stor_NVM_PM_NVDIMM/Christiansen_Neal_Update_on_Windows_Persistent_Memory_Support.pdf)
* [Persistent Memory in Windows](https://www.snia.org/sites/default/files/PM-Summit/2017/presentations/Tom_Talpey_Persistent_Memory_in_Windows_Server_2016.pdf) - Tom Tapley, Microsoft @ SNIA Storage Developer Conference 2017
* [Storage Spaces Direct with Persistent Memory](https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/filecab/2016/10/17/storage-spaces-direct-with-persistent-memory/) \[Blog]


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