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Windows Server 2025 is Microsoft's latest server operating system, bringing new features and enterprise-focused improvements. Discussions on WindowsForum.com cover a range of topics including missing Windows Security app after clean installation, security vulnerabilities like CVE-2025-33073 bypassing SYSTEM shell mitigations, and fixes for WUSA .msu network share bugs in Patch Tuesday updates. Enterprise adoption is highlighted by AWS automated in-place upgrades from Windows Server 2016, support for DNS over HTTPS for encrypted resolution, and performance benchmarks showing AMD EPYC processors delivering up to 3x OLTP throughput. Compatibility updates from software vendors like LucideaCore and issues with JScript globals persistence are also discussed, reflecting the platform's evolution in enterprise IT environments.
  1. oldsports

    Windows Security app is missing from Windows Server 2025 Standard installation

    I downloaded Windows Server 2025 Eval to test it out prior to making the commitment to convert my 2016 Essentials server ahead of the January 2027 deadline. I performed a clean-install and tested it out - everything I wanted to do worked fine, so I decided to convert. Instead of upgrading, I...
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    Synacktiv Bypasses CVE-2025-33073 Mitigation for SYSTEM Shells on Patched Windows Server

    A newly published Synacktiv proof-of-concept shows how attackers could bypass Microsoft’s CVE-2025-33073 mitigation and obtain NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM shells on patched Windows Server 2025 systems by abusing SMB authentication reflection over arbitrary TCP ports before Microsoft patched the...
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    • authentication reflection ntlm relay smb signing windows server 2025
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    June 9, 2026 Patch Tuesday Fixes WUSA .msu Network Share Bug (ERROR_BAD_PATHNAME)

    Microsoft’s June 9, 2026 Patch Tuesday updates finally close a Windows Update Standalone Installer bug that caused Windows 11 24H2, Windows 11 25H2, and Windows Server 2025 systems to fail when installing .msu packages from multi-file network shares. The fix matters because the broken path was...
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    • patch tuesday windows 11 24h2 windows server 2025 wusa .msu updates
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    • Forum: Windows News
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    KB5105752 Fix: JScript Globals Persistence Broken on Win 11 24H2

    Microsoft published KB5105752 on June 18, 2026, warning that JScript globals, polyfills, and execution context loaded across multiple scripts may not persist on Windows 11 24H2, Windows 11 25H2, and Windows Server 2025 unless administrators enable a registry-controlled compatibility feature. The...
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    • application compatibility enterprise it it administration it registry policy jscript persistence jscript9legacy security hardening windows 11 24h2 windows 11 25h2 windows server 2025 windows updates
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    • Forum: Windows News
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    LucideaCore v4.5.0 Adds Windows Server 2025 and SQL Server 2025 Support

    Lucidea announced LucideaCore v4.5.0 for ArchivEra, Argus, and SydneyDigital in Vancouver, British Columbia, with general availability planned for later this summer and headline changes including a refreshed menu design, interface improvements, and support for Windows Server 2025 and SQL Server...
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    • enterprise software lucideacore sql server 2025 windows server 2025
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    • Forum: Windows News
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    AMD EPYC 4545P on Windows Server 2025: Up to 3x OLTP Throughput vs Intel Xeon

    AMD and Principled Technologies said on June 16, 2026, that a Windows Server 2025 database server using an AMD EPYC 4545P processor delivered up to three times the OLTP throughput of an older Intel Xeon E-2400 system and outperformed a newer Xeon 6300-class comparison system. The headline number...
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    • amd epyc 4005 oltp performance small business server windows server 2025
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    How AWS Automated In-Place Upgrades from Windows Server 2016 to 2025 for 2,000+ EC2

    A large financial-services customer upgraded more than 2,000 Amazon EC2 instances from Windows Server 2016 to Windows Server 2025 by choosing an automated in-place upgrade path built around AWS Systems Manager, after AWS ruled out fresh migrations and clone-based cutovers as too disruptive at...
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    • aws systems manager ec2 in-place upgrade windows server 2016 end of support windows server 2025
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    Windows Server 2025 DNS over HTTPS: Encrypted Port 53 Resolution for Enterprises

    Windows Server 2025 gained production-ready DNS over HTTPS support for the Windows DNS Server service with Microsoft’s June 2026 security update, extending encrypted client-to-server DNS resolution to server environments that have long depended on clear-text port 53 traffic. That sounds like a...
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    • dns over https network security windows server 2025 zero trust
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    Fix Windows Server 2025 WinRE USB Input Bug After KB5066835—Patch to KB5070773

    If your Windows Server 2025 machine installed the October 14, 2025 security update KB5066835, update it to KB5070773 from October 20, 2025 or any later cumulative update before a BitLocker recovery event forces you into Windows Recovery Environment with no working USB input. The immediate admin...
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    • bitlocker recovery kb5070773 windows server 2025 winre usb input
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    Windows Server 2025 DNS Over HTTPS (DoH) GA: Encrypt Internal DNS Queries

    Microsoft has moved DNS over HTTPS for Windows Server 2025’s DNS Server role into general availability with the June 9, 2026 cumulative update, giving enterprises a supported way to encrypt DNS queries between Windows clients and their own internal resolvers. The change sounds narrow, but it...
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    • active directory dns dns over https network security windows server 2025
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    • Forum: Windows News
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    Windows Server 2025 DNS over HTTPS (GA): Encrypt Internal Name Resolution

    Microsoft has made DNS over HTTPS support generally available for Windows DNS Server in Windows Server 2025 with the latest June 2026 Patch Tuesday updates, giving enterprise networks a Microsoft-supported way to encrypt DNS traffic between DoH-capable clients and their internal resolvers. The...
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    • active directory dns dns over https enterprise security network security pki certificates windows server windows server 2025 zero trust zero trust dns
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    • Forum: Windows News
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    June 2026 Patch Tuesday Fixes WUSA ERROR_BAD_PATHNAME on Windows Server 2025

    Microsoft’s June 2026 Patch Tuesday permanently fixes a Windows Update Standalone Installer failure on Windows Server 2025 through KB5094125, while the corresponding Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2 repair had already arrived in the March 24 preview update KB5079391 and later releases. The distinction...
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    • kb5094125 patch management patch tuesday server 2025 windows server 2025 windows update windows update standalone installer wusa msu
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    • Forum: Windows News
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    June 2026 Patch Tuesday Fixes Windows Server 2025 BitLocker Recovery Boot Issue

    Microsoft’s June 9, 2026 Patch Tuesday updates fix a Windows Server 2025 BitLocker recovery problem that could send narrowly configured systems into recovery after April’s security update changed boot files. The fix lands in KB5094125 for Windows Server 2025 and alongside related Windows client...
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    • bitlocker recovery patch tuesday kb5094125 tpm pcr7 secure boot windows server 2025
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    KB5094127 BitLocker Recovery Key Prompt on Win10: PCR7 and Secure Boot Clash

    Microsoft’s June 9, 2026 Windows 10 cumulative update KB5094127 can trigger a one-time BitLocker recovery-key prompt on some managed PCs when BitLocker, Secure Boot, PCR7 validation, and the 2023-signed Windows Boot Manager transition collide under a specific Group Policy configuration. That is...
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    • bitlocker recovery group policy group policy tpm pcr7 patch tuesday kb5094125 secure boot secure boot update tpm pcr7 secure boot windows 10 windows server 2025
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    • Forum: Windows News
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    Windows Server 2025: PQC in ADCS & Hybrid TLS for Quantum-Safe PKI

    Microsoft has extended post-quantum cryptography into Active Directory Certificate Services, enabling Windows Server 2025 environments with current updates to issue ML-DSA certificates while Windows also gains hybrid post-quantum TLS key exchange support for future-resistant secure...
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    • adcs ml-dsa hybrid-tls post-quantum cryptography windows server 2025
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    Azure Arc Hotpatching Free for Windows Server 2025: Fewer Reboots, More Hybrid

    Microsoft made Azure Arc-enabled hotpatching available at no additional cost for Windows Server 2025 Standard and Datacenter machines on May 19, 2026, extending reboot-light security servicing to on-premises, hybrid, and multicloud servers managed through Azure Arc. The change turns what had...
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    • azure arc hotpatching patch management windows server 2025
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    CVE-2026-34332: Windows Server 2025 Kernel RCE via NVMe-oF (KB5087539)

    Microsoft disclosed CVE-2026-34332 on May 12, 2026, as an Important Windows Kernel-Mode Driver remote code execution vulnerability affecting Windows Server 2025 and Server Core, fixed by KB5087539 or hotpatch KB5087423, with a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.0 and customer action required. The...
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    • cve-2026-34332 hotpatching kernel-mode driver windows server 2025
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    • Forum: Security Alerts
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    Windows Server 2025 Optional In-Place Upgrade via Windows Update: What IT Must Plan

    Microsoft is again offering Windows Server 2025 as an optional in-place upgrade through Windows Update for Windows Server 2019 and Windows Server 2022 systems, after resolving an earlier problem in which some environments saw unexpected or unwanted upgrade behavior. That sounds like a...
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    • in-place upgrade server management windows server 2025 windows update
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    Windows Server 2025 Upgrade via Windows Update: Opt-in Path for 2019 and 2022

    Microsoft is adding an opt-in Windows Update path that lets Windows Server 2019 and Windows Server 2022 systems perform an in-place upgrade to Windows Server 2025 from Settings or SCONFIG after installing the March 2026 cumulative update prerequisites. That sounds like a small delivery change...
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    • in-place upgrade server core windows server 2025 windows update
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    April 2026 Windows Updates: Intune, Copilot Governance, App Removal, Cloud PC

    Microsoft’s April 2026 Windows “news you can use” update bundled enterprise app-removal controls, Intune inventory improvements, Windows 365 reporting previews, Secure Boot planning reminders, accessibility upgrades, Copilot governance changes, and Windows Server 2025 migration hooks for IT...
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    • copilot governance microsoft intune windows 11 windows server 2025
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    • Forum: Windows News
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