Microsoft announce that hotpatching for Windows Server 2025 will be generally available as a subscription service on 1 July, 2025, costing $1.50 per CPU core per month. This new way of installing updates that doesn’t require a reboot after installation has been available for the Azure Edition of Windows Server Datacenter, but is now available to servers running outside of Azure, as long as they’re connected to Azure Arc.
Find the (excellent) announcement article here: https://bit.ly/4k0GGPJ.
There’s a new (January 2025) Subscription License Suites document. It’s a slightly modified version of what you’d find in the Product Terms to document what components are in which suites, but more usefully organised.
Find this document here: https://bit.ly/3PZEryW.
Customers with Google’s G Suite legacy free edition must move to a paid Google Workspace subscription from 1 May, 2022.
Alternatively, they can avail of a new Microsoft offer which allows them to purchase a 12-month Microsoft 365 Business Basic, Business Standard, or Business Premium subscription with a 60% discount, simply by confirming their eligibility with a support agent at this site: https://bit.ly/3Dm73eM.
You can find the announcement here: https://bit.ly/3DqnV3X