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  • Comment: Please note that a redirect exist to Windows Server from the title, so if you are accepting it, please get assistance at wp:RM/TR if you are not a page mover. ToadetteEdit (talk) 07:05, 14 October 2024 (UTC)
  • Comment: Many issues besides notability. Please wait a few months before resubmitting; maybe then there will be some good info and this draft will have improved. If this draft keeps being resubmitted in a short timeframe, I will have to reject it (meaning that it cannot be submitted anymore). thetechie@enwiki: ~/talk/ $ 00:54, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
  • Comment: No improvement made after last decline. Kindly address the comments and then resubmit. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 10:38, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
  • Comment: Currently there doesn't seem to be enough information about WS2025 publicly available (besides the trial versions) to form a good article, maybe in a few months... Urban Versis 32KB(talk / contribs) 02:44, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

Windows Server 2025
Version of the Windows NT operating system
DeveloperMicrosoft
Written inC, C++, C#, Assembly language
OS familyWindows Server
Working stateIn development/Unreleased
Source modelClosed-source
Latest release10.0.26236.5000 / June 12, 2024; 4 months ago (2024-06-12)[1]
Marketing targetBusiness
Available in110 languages
Update method
Package managerWindows Package Manager
Platformsx86-64, ARM64
Kernel typeHybrid (Windows NT kernel)
Default
user interface
Windows Shell
LicenseProprietary
Preceded byWindows Server 2022 (2021)

Windows Server 2025 is an upcoming version of Windows Server that is similar in design to Windows 11.[2] The first build of Windows Server 2025, build 26040, was released on Windows Insider on January 26, 2024,[3] with the preview expiring on September 15, 2024.[4] The latest build, Windows Server 2025, build 26304, was released on Windows Insiders on October 11, 2024.[5] Windows Server 2025 is expected to be released in the second half of 2024.[6]

Microsoft announced that the sudo command feature would be available for the Windows Server 2025; however, with the release of Windows 11 build 26052, it later confirmed that the feature would be available exclusively on Windows 11. Nevertheless, some users found sudo command traces on the preview. Microsoft stated that it was added by accident and would be disabled in future releases.[7]

Windows Server 2025 is also the first Windows Server operating system to support ARM64 architecture.[citation needed]

Features

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Windows Server 2025 has the following features:

  • Server Flighting[3]
  • Pay-as-you-go subscription[8]
  • SMB over QUIC[8]
  • Hotpatching[9]

Hardware requirements

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Minimum hardware requirements for Windows Server 2025[10][11]
Hardware Minimum requirement
CPU x86-64-v2 processor, or ARMv8.1 ARM64 processor
RAM 512 MB for Server Core or 2 GB for Server with Desktop Experience
Hard disk space At least 32 GB free space
Display 1024 x 768 pixels resolution (only required for certain features)
Network * A wireless adapter that supports 802.11, or
  • An Ethernet adapter capable of at least 1 Gbit per second throughput, or
  • NIC card with a minimum bandwidth of 1 Gbit
Firmware UEFI 2.3.1c-based system and firmware that supports secure boot (only required for certain features)

ARM64 versions of Windows Server 2025 requires UEFI firmware with ACPI protocol

Security Trusted Platform Module 2.0 (only required for certain features)

References

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  1. ^ RM, StaceyCL. "Announcing Windows Server Build 26236". Microsoft Tech Community. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
  2. ^ Lee, Brandon (September 19, 2023). "Windows Server 2025: Initial Glimpse with New Domain Functional Level". Virtualization Howto. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Windows Server Preview Build 26040 adds Server Flighting; Windows Server 2025 branding". Neowin. March 13, 2024.
  4. ^ "Windows Server updates can now be installed automatically". Techzine Europe. January 29, 2024.
  5. ^ "Announcing Windows Server Preview Build 26304". Microsoft Tech Community. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
  6. ^ "Microsoft Server 2025; Important information about Windows Server 2025". June 28, 2024.
  7. ^ Udin, Efe (February 12, 2024). "Microsoft confirms sudo command will not be available on Windows Server". Gizchina.com.
  8. ^ a b "Windows Server 2025 Insider Preview Now Released -- Redmondmag.com". Redmondmag.
  9. ^ "Windows Server 2025: Everything we know". softtrader.eu.
  10. ^ "Hardware requirements for Windows Server". Windows Server Portal. Microsoft. August 2, 2024. Retrieved October 12, 2024 – via Microsoft Learn.
  11. ^ "Windows Server 2025 system requirements?".