Windows Server and System Center 2025

Windows Server and System Center 2025 were made generally available by Microsoft on November 1, 2024. This is a useful article (https://bit.ly/3CaBgAO) which gives more information on the new features of Windows Server 2025 including the fact that hotpatching (installing security updates without a reboot) will be available as a monthly subscription for Windows Server 2025 Standard and Datacenter editions.

Find out more about the public preview of Windows Server Hotpatch here: https://bit.ly/40AX1Eb.

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.