Windows Server 2025 emerges as a milestone in enterprise computing, signaling not just another incremental update but a bold leap in Microsoft’s server operating system. For IT professionals, business leaders, and tech-savvy administrators, assessing the scope and value of this Long-Term...
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Kyndryl, the world’s largest provider of IT infrastructure services, has again expanded its strategic partnership with Microsoft, signaling a significant acceleration in hybrid cloud adoption for large enterprises across retail, manufacturing, energy, and healthcare. This development marks a...
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High-availability requirements in enterprise environments have always pushed IT teams to juggle security, updates, and uptime with painstaking precision. For decades, server maintenance windows have meant nervous anticipation, late-night patching marathons, and the perpetual risk of business...
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In today's rapidly evolving digital enterprise landscape, the necessity to seamlessly integrate data, applications, and services across a fragmented array of on-premises, cloud, and edge environments is reaching a tipping point. Enter Kyndryl's latest announcement: an expanded set of Distributed...
The race to modernize business IT infrastructure continues at a breakneck pace, as enterprises grapple with complex hybrid and multicloud environments amid rising demands for agility and cost efficiency. Against this backdrop, the announcement of an expanded collaboration between Kyndryl and...
Kyndryl’s rapid advances in the cloud services sector have become impossible to ignore, particularly as the company forges deeper collaborations with technology titans like Microsoft. This evolution is best embodied by the latest expansion of Kyndryl Distributed Cloud services—an initiative...
Windows Server 2025, Microsoft’s much-anticipated enterprise server platform, has been on the receiving end of significant attention—though not always for positive reasons. While the operating system brings an array of security advancements, hybrid cloud integrations, and ambitious AI-capable...
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Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform has once again taken center stage in the intensely competitive cloud market, posting first-quarter growth statistics that have not only outpaced rivals AWS (Amazon Web Services) and Google Cloud, but have also reignited discussions on the sustainability of its...
Microsoft Azure is once again at the center of the global cloud competition, as the latest quarterly results showcase the company’s reinvigorated momentum in the public cloud arena. According to multiple independent reports, including direct earnings disclosures and consensus analyst commentary...
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Microsoft’s Azure platform has emerged at the center of the global cloud computing conversation, recording a striking 34% year-over-year growth in Q1—a tempo that now surpasses both Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud. This robust momentum is being attributed primarily to the strength of...
For Windows system administrators and business decision makers, news of Microsoft introducing charges for security updates always garners immediate attention—and, as is often the case in the technology world, sometimes confusion. The narrative making the rounds recently is no different, sparking...
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Microsoft’s recent announcements regarding upcoming changes to security update delivery for its operating systems have triggered a wave of confusion across technology news outlets, administrator forums, and social media. The conversation has largely centered around clickbait headlines that...
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The announcement that reboot-free hot patching is set to expand beyond Azure and become a standard feature for non-cloud Windows Server instances signals a notable shift in the management and security landscape for enterprise IT environments. Until now, Microsoft’s hot patching...
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Microsoft’s latest move in Windows Server management strategy has ignited significant discussion in the enterprise computing community. The software giant has revealed that starting July, the much-anticipated hotpatching feature for on-premises Windows Server 2025 will become a paid subscription...
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Microsoft's introduction of a subscription-based hotpatching service for Windows Server 2025 marks a significant shift in how organizations manage server updates. This feature allows for the application of security patches without the need for system reboots, thereby enhancing uptime and...
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From September 2024, system administrators exploring Windows Server 2025’s new hotpatching capabilities have enjoyed a preview period free of charge. Hotpatching—a method that allows certain security and quality updates to be applied to a Windows Server installation without requiring a...
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Microsoft’s forthcoming shift to a paid subscription model for Windows Server hotpatching represents not just a pricing change, but a significant evolution in how enterprise customers will manage server security and uptime. Administrators responsible for keeping mission-critical services running...
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Microsoft's introduction of hotpatching in Windows Server 2025 marks a significant advancement in system maintenance, allowing security updates to be applied without necessitating a system reboot. This feature is particularly beneficial for organizations aiming to minimize downtime and maintain...
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The announcement that Microsoft will begin charging a $1.50 per CPU core monthly fee, starting July 1, 2025, for “no-reboot” Windows security hotpatches for Windows Server 2025 marks a significant shift in how critical updates are delivered to enterprise customers and could redefine the...
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Windows Server administrators and IT professionals face a perennial challenge: how to keep production environments safe and up-to-date while minimizing disruptive reboots that can impact service availability. Microsoft’s forthcoming Windows Server 2025 Hotpatching Service, scheduled for general...
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