dns migration

Microsoft has quietly fixed a date for the end of an era: Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) — the NetBIOS name-to-IP mapping service first shipped in the mid‑1990s — will not be included in Windows Server releases following Windows Server 2025, and the WINS components that remain in Server...

Microsoft has formally put the final nail in the coffin for Windows Internet Name Service (WINS): the company announced that WINS will be removed from all Windows Server releases after Windows Server 2025, leaving administrators a finite migration runway that effectively ends native WINS support...

Microsoft has confirmed a firm end point for a decades‑old piece of Windows networking: Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) will not be included in Windows Server releases after Windows Server 2025, and WINS functionality that remains in Windows Server 2025 will be governed by that product’s...

Microsoft has announced that Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) will be removed from Windows Server releases that follow Windows Server 2025, making Windows Server 2025 the final Long‑Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) release to include WINS, and urging organizations to migrate NetBIOS/WINS...

Microsoft's decision to remove Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) from future Windows Server releases marks the end of a two‑decade migration away from NetBIOS‑based name resolution toward a DNS‑first architecture — a timetable that gives organizations a long runway to modernize, but also...

Microsoft's roadmap for Windows Server continues its long march away from legacy networking, with an explicit notice that Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) will not survive beyond Windows Server 2025 — a change that gives organizations a defined runway to replace NetBIOS-era name resolution...

Microsoft has confirmed that Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) will not survive beyond Windows Server 2025 — the product team has updated public guidance to make Windows Server 2025 the last Long‑Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) edition to ship WINS, and the feature will be removed from any...

Microsoft has confirmed a formal timeline to remove Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) from future Windows Server releases — and it has altered the public wording in the official guidance to clarify that WINS in Windows Server 2025 will remain under the product’s standard support lifecycle...