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System Center 2016 Technical Preview 5

Microsoft added new VHDs to Download Center which contain new System Center Technical Preview 5.You can use them to evaluate and explore new features of the latest TP. + @MSDN you can download ISOs
*And now we are waiting for WS 2016 TP5 public release (I predict it is gonna be available soon..may be this week)  Windows Server 2016 TP5 is here.

What’s new in System Center 2016 TP5 (has not been updated yet. please be patient and [technet] now it’s updated to TP5. enjoy!)

[MS Official Blog] What’s new in System Center 2016 TP5

Name LINK
Data Protection Manager Download VHD
Orchestrator Download VHD
Operations Manager Download VHD
Service Manager Download VHD
Virtual Machine Manager Download VHD
Configuration Manager (w/EP) Download EXE

Comparison Guide for vSphere 6, Windows Server and Red Hat

Picture galleries are based on the VMware official comparison guide

Licensing and pricing are not included. Here is the only the technical comparison of vSphere 6 with Operations Management , Windows Server/System Center 2012 R2 and Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.5 . It is also not applicable for upcoming Windows Server and System Center 2016 which bring new Hyper-V advanced features

Update: Windows Server 2016 vs vSphere 6 @channel9 by Matt McSpirit (Microsoft)

Virtualization Platform

Virtualization Platform vSphere 6 vs Windows Server and Red Hat
Virtualization Platform vSphere 6 vs Windows Server and Red Hat
Virtualization Platform vSphere 6 vs Windows Server and Red Hat
Virtualization Platform vSphere 6 vs Windows Server and Red Hat
Virtualization Platform vSphere 6 vs Windows Server and Red Hat
Virtualization Platform vSphere 6 vs Windows Server and Red Hat
Virtualization Platform vSphere 6 vs Windows Server and Red Hat
Virtualization Platform vSphere 6 vs Windows Server and Red Hat

Administration and Management

Administration and Management vSphere vs Windows Server and Red Hat
Administration and Management vSphere vs Windows Server and Red Hat
Administration and Management vSphere vs Windows Server and Red Hat
Administration and Management vSphere vs Windows Server and Red Hat
Administration and Management vSphere vs Windows Server and Red Hat
Administration and Management vSphere vs Windows Server and Red Hat
Administration and Management vSphere vs Windows Server and Red Hat
Administration and Management vSphere vs Windows Server and Red Hat
Administration and Management vSphere vs Windows Server and Red Hat
Administration and Management vSphere vs Windows Server and Red Hat

Operations Management

vSphere Operations Management vs Windows Server and Red Hat
vSphere Operations Management vs Windows Server and Red Hat

Storage

vSphere 6 Storage vs Windows Server and Red Hat
vSphere 6 Storage vs Windows Server and Red Hat
vSphere 6 Storage vs Windows Server and Red Hat
vSphere 6 Storage vs Windows Server and Red Hat
vSphere 6 Storage vs Windows Server and Red Hat

High availability

vSphere 6 High Availability vs Windows Server and Red Hat
vSphere 6 High Availability vs Windows Server and Red Hat
vSphere 6 High Availability vs Windows Server and Red Hat
vSphere 6 High Availability vs Windows Server and Red Hat
vSphere 6 High Availability vs Windows Server and Red Hat
vSphere 6 High Availability vs Windows Server and Red Hat
vSphere 6 High Availability vs Windows Server and Red Hat

Networking

vSphere 6 Networking vs Windows Server and Red Hat
vSphere 6 Networking vs Windows Server and Red Hat
vSphere 6 Networking vs Windows Server and Red Hat
vSphere 6 Networking vs Windows Server and Red Hat