
Content type: Announcements


Windows Server 2025 now generally available, with advanced security, improved performance, and cloud agility
Windows Server 2025 builds on our mission to deliver a secure and high-performance Windows Server platform tailored to meet customers’ diverse needs.
Gain enhanced security and performance with Windows Server 2025—now in preview
We are excited to announce that Windows Server 2025 is available in public preview and ready for you to download in the Evaluation Center.
How Hotpatching on Windows Server is changing the game for Xbox
Learn how Microsoft has been using Hotpatch with Windows Server 2022 Azure Edition to substantially reduce downtime for SQL Server databases.
New options for Windows Server 2012/R2 end of support from Azure
In July 2023, we celebrated an incredible 30-year anniversary of Windows Server. We continue to innovate with new features to meet the needs of our customers.
Preview of Windows Admin Center for Azure Arc-enabled infrastructure
We are excited to announce that Windows Admin Center can now manage your Microsoft Azure Arc-enabled infrastructure from the Azure portal.
5 new capabilities to automate Windows Server management with Azure Automanage
Customers of all sizes trust Windows Server to run their business and mission-critical workloads. With the launch of Windows Server 2022, we’ve added new capabilities that bring the best of Windows Server and Azure together. Whether you’re migrating to the cloud, modernizing applications, or managing a hybrid environment, you can take advantage of unique innovations
Plan your Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 End of Support
Customers can migrate their workloads to Azure and get free Extended Security Updates for three more years, only in Azure.
Announcing public preview of Windows Admin Center in the Azure portal
This post was authored by Hari Pulapaka, Partner Group Program Manager, Windows Windows Admin Center, your favorite server management tool, is now available in preview in Azure. This new capability enables seamless and granular management of your Windows Server Azure IaaS virtual machines (VMs) from within the Azure portal. Here is a short video highlighting some
Announcing Windows Server 2022—now in preview
Windows Server 2022 includes advanced multi-layer security, hybrid capabilities with Azure, and a flexible platform to modernize applications.
First update rollup for System Center 2019 released
This blog post was authored by Vithalprasad Gaitonde, Principal PM Manager, System Center On March 14, 2019, Microsoft announced the availability of System Center 2019 for Windows Server 2019 to support management of Windows Server 2019 and a host of other new management capabilities. Today we are announcing that the first update rollup release (UR1)