


It affected systems where a user profile folder (e.g. On October 6, 2018, distribution of Windows 10 version 1809 (build 17763 ) was paused while Microsoft investigated an issue with user data being deleted during an in-place upgrade. It was released for general availability on October 2 of the same year. Windows Server 2019 was announced on March 20, 2018, and the first Windows Insider preview version was released on the same day. It was succeeded by Windows Server 2022 on August 18, 2021. It was announced on Mafor the first Windows Insider preview release, and was released internationally on October 2, 2018. It is the second version of the server operating system based on the Windows 10 platform, after Windows Server 2016.

Windows Server 2019 is the ninth version of the Windows Server operating system by Microsoft, as part of the Windows NT family of operating systems.
