(Public Beta) Windows Server 2022 with Visual Studio 2022 is now available #3949
Description
Windows Server 2022 availability 🚀
Hello everyone!
We are happy to announce that Windows Server 2022 is available for GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps users 🥳
You can use windows-2022 image label in your YAML to select this image.
GitHub Actions
jobs:
jobName:
runs-on: windows-2022Azure DevOps
jobs:
- job: jobName
pool:
vmImage: 'windows-2022'"Beta" status
The image is marked as "beta" for now. It means some software can be unstable on the new platform. Also there could be queueing issues as the capacity will be balanced only throughout the next weeks.
Known issues:
- Some build software is not compatible with Visual Studio 2022 yet (For example: Bazel)
- Some Azure DevOps tasks don't work on the new platform properly yet: VSBuild, MSBuild, UsePython (PyPy only)
Please report any problems with the new image to this repository.
Any issues related to Azure DevOps tasks should be reported to https://github.com/microsoft/azure-pipelines-tasks.
Software differences
The full documentation of Windows Server 2022 image can be found in image README.
The software set is different between Windows Server 2019 and 2022. We have deprecated some legacy software with low usage and temporarily disabled software that is not supported on the new platform yet. Also, for tools with multiple installed versions we have reconsidered the list of versions based on usage.
Please find differences in the table below:
| Tool name | Windows 2019 | Windows 2022 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows Server | 2019 (10.0.17763 Build 2061) | 2022 (10.0.20348 Build 112) | |
| Visual Studio | 2019 (16.10.31515.178) Workloads: recommended + custom + wix components |
2022 Preview (17.0.31521.260) Workloads: recommended set |
Our policy is installing one VS version per platform. On Windows Server 2022, we install only VS 2022 (it is in Preview for now but will be released in future). If your use-case requires using VS 2019, continue using Windows Server 2019 image. We don't have plans to deprecate it in near future. |
| Python | Default version: 3.7.x Architectures: x64 & x86 Pre-cached versions: 2.7, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9 |
Default version: 3.9.x Architectures: x64 Pre-cached versions: 3.7, 3.8, 3.9 |
On GitHub Actions, actions/setup-python can install any version on-flight so this change doesn't impact users |
| PyPy | 2.7, 3.6, 3.7 | 2.7, 3.7 | Version 3.6 is officially deprecated in favor of 3.7 and is not updated anymore. |
| Ruby | Default version: 2.5.x Pre-cached versions: 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 3.0 |
Default version: 3.0.x Pre-cached versions: 2.7, 3.0 |
On GitHub Actions, ruby/setup-ruby can install any version on-flight so this change doesn't impact users |
| Go | Default version: 1.15.x Pre-cached versions: 1.13, 1.14, 1.15, 1.16 |
Default version: 1.16.x Pre-cached versions: 1.15, 1.16 |
If your use-case requires using any of these versions, consider using tasks to install Go on-flight: - actions/setup-go (GitHub Actions) - Go Tool Installer (Azure DevOps) |
| Java | Default version: 8 Pre-installed versions: 8, 11, 13 |
Default version: 8 Pre-installed versions: 8, 11 |
Our policy is pre-installing only LTS versions of Java. if your use-case requires using non-LTS Java version, please consider using tasks to install it on-flight: - actions/setup-java (GitHub Actions) - Java Tool Installer (Azure DevOps) |
| Android | Build-tools: >= 19.x Platforms: >= 19.x CMake: 3.10.2, 3.18.1 Google APIs: 21, 22, 23, 24 NDK: 21, 22 |
Build-tools: >= 27.x Platforms: >= 27.x CMake: 3.18.1 Google APIs: - NDK: 21, 22 |
|
| .NET Core SDK | 2.1, 3.1, 5.0 | 3.1, 5.0 | .NET Core 2.1 End Of Support is scheduled on August 21, 2021. Please consider using tasks to install any version on-flight: - actions/setup-dotnet (GitHub Actions) - Use .NET Core (Azure DevOps) |
| Az modules | Installed: 6.1.0 Zipped: 1.0.0, 1.6.0, 2.3.2, 2.6.0, 3.1.0, 3.5.0, 3.8.0, 4.3.0, 4.4.0, 4.7.0, 5.5.0, 5.9.0, 6.1.0 |
Installed: 6.1.0 Zipped: - |
If your use-case requires using any of these versions, consider using tasks to install Az modules on-flight: - azure-powershell-action (GitHub Actions) - Azure PowerShell (Azure DevOps) |
| MSYS2 | A lot of pre-installed msys packages | Only pure MSYS2 is installed. No additional packages | On Windows Server 2016 and 2019 we had a lot of pre-installed MSYS2 packages. We had a long discussion about "pre-installing them" vs "installing in runtime and caching". Our recommendation is using official setup-msys2 action to install packages on-flight and cache them. |
The following software were not installed on Windows Server 2022 images by default: Miniconda, Google Cloud SDK, InnoSetup, NSIS, Perl, sbt, Cloud Foundry CLI, BizTalk Server and Client, WebPlatformInstaller, Windows Driver Kit