Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Standard Edition Windows Server Core Functionality Windows Server 2016 System Requirements: Based on the Tp5 release, here are the expected system requirements for Windows Server 2016: Processor Requirements: 1 . 1.4 Ghz 64-bit processor or faster 2 . Compatible with x64 instruction set 3 . Supports NX, DEP, CMPXCHG16b, LAHF/SAHF, PrefetchW and Second Level Address Translation (EPT or NPT) RAM Requirements: 1 . 512 MB of RAM or greater 2 . ECC