System Center 2025

Microsoft announce that System Center 2025 is generally available from 1 November, 2024. The licensing is exactly the same as for System Center 2022, but licences are 10% more expensive – you can find the licensing summarised on a handy 2-page datasheet here: https://bit.ly/40xXqar.

The announcement article is here: https://bit.ly/4fc1TE3, and that’s where you’ll also find a list of some of the new features.

Windows Server 2025

Microsoft announce that Windows Server 2025 is generally available from 1 November, 2024. From a what’s-the-same perspective, there are still Standard and Datacenter editions which differ by a couple of technical features but mainly by their virtualisation licensing rights, and CALs are still needed for users or devices. From a what’s-new perspective, there’s now a PAYG licensing option through Azure Arc, and prices are increased by 10%.

Find the (low-key) announcement here: https://bit.ly/40DqRHY, and early information on the PAYG option here: https://bit.ly/3YxtfgP.