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    Windows OOBE Now Applies Quality Updates at Day One (KB5065847)

    Microsoft’s August 29, 2025 OOBE update (KB5065847) marks a deliberate pivot in how Windows 11, version 24H2 and Windows Server 2025 handle day‑one security and servicing: managed devices that meet the eligibility rules can now check for and install Windows quality updates during the final...
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    KB5065378 Setup Dynamic Update for Windows 11 24H2 and Windows Server 2025

    Microsoft published a new Setup Dynamic Update package, KB5065378, for Windows 11, version 24H2 and Windows Server 2025 on August 29, 2025 — a narrowly scoped but important backstage update that refreshes the setup binaries and SafeOS components used during feature updates and installations. The...
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    Windows DNS Cache Poisoning Mitigation: Set MaximumUdpPacketSize to 1221 (ADV200013)

    Microsoft has updated guidance in its Security Update Guide advisory ADV200013 — the advisory that covers DNS resolver spoofing and cache‑poisoning attacks — and is explicitly telling administrators that in addition to older server builds the mitigation applies to newer releases such as Windows...
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    Windows Server 2025: Automation, Hotpatching, and the KB5044284 Lesson

    Microsoft’s latest move to automate and AI‑assist Windows Server 2025 upgrades promises to cut the friction and risk that have long dogged enterprise patch cycles, but the effort is also a reminder that automation without clear metadata and robust controls can make things worse as quickly as it...
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    Windows Server 2019 EOL: ESU to 2029 and Migration Paths

    Windows Server 2019 has entered a new phase of its lifecycle: mainstream support ended on January 9, 2024, and Microsoft will provide security-only updates during the extended support period through January 9, 2029. After that date the product reaches full end of life (EOL) and will no longer...
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    A Tech Feature in International Daily News: Examining Microsoft's Overlooked Gems: IIS, WSUS, and Windows Server 2025

    A recent technical feature in International Daily News highlighted some of the most overlooked yet critical components in the Microsoft ecosystem: the interaction between IIS (Internet Information Services) and the Windows Server platform, common post-installation errors in WSUS (Windows Server...
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    Microsoft IIS and Windows Server 2025: A Comprehensive Guide to Security and Operations

    Microsoft's Internet Information Services (IIS) and its relationship with Windows Server have once again become a focus. Recent reports from Hong Kong and international media, along with practical feedback from community forums, show that as Microsoft continues to release security patches and...
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    Microsoft fixes Windows upgrade error 0x8007007F with OOB updates (Aug 2025)

    Microsoft has quietly closed a painful upgrade gap: after days of user reports and frantic troubleshooting, the Windows Setup error that surfaced as 0x8007007F during certain in‑place upgrades has been resolved and recovery/reset regressions have been mitigated with targeted out‑of‑band updates...
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    Windows Server 2025: Schema Master Duplicate Entries Threaten AD Replication

    A subtle but dangerous bug in Windows Server 2025’s Schema Master FSMO role is causing duplicate schema entries that can break Active Directory replication and trigger schema-mismatch errors on older domain controllers — the issue is being discussed by administrators and reported in the field...
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    July 2025 Windows Server 2025 Update Crashes AMD EPYC DL325 with IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

    An HPE ProLiant DL325 class server running Windows Server 2025 has been reported to crash to a Blue Screen of Death with the stop code IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL (what failed: ntoskrnl.exe) after applying the July 2025 cumulative updates (KB5062553 and follow-ons), sparking fresh warnings for server...
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    PowerShell 2.0 Removed From Windows 11 24H2 and Windows Server 2025

    Microsoft has confirmed that Windows PowerShell 2.0 — the legacy engine introduced with Windows 7 and officially deprecated in 2017 — will be removed from the Windows OS image in upcoming releases: it will be absent from Windows 11, version 24H2 beginning in August 2025 and from Windows Server...
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    PowerShell 2.0 Removal in Windows 11 24H2 and Windows Server 2025

    Microsoft has set a firm date to excise a long‑running compatibility relic: Windows PowerShell 2.0 will be removed from shipping Windows images beginning with Windows 11, version 24H2 (rollout starting August 2025) and will follow in Windows Server 2025 (September 2025) — a change already...
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    PowerShell 2.0 Removal on Windows 11 24H2 and Server 2025: Security and Migration

    Microsoft is executing the long‑announced end of Windows PowerShell 2.0: starting with Windows 11, version 24H2 in August 2025 and following with Windows Server 2025 in September 2025, the legacy PowerShell 2.0 engine will be removed from shipping Windows images as part of a platform cleanup...
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    August Patchday 2025: dMSA Kerberos Flaw Could Unlock Domain Admin — Patch Now

    Microsoft’s August Patchday reads like a wake‑up call: a newly disclosed Kerberos-related weakness tied to the delegated Managed Service Account (dMSA) feature in Windows Server 2025 can — under the right conditions — let an attacker escalate to domain‑admin control, and a clutch of additional...
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    PowerShell 2.0 Removal in Windows 11 24H2: Migration to 5.1 or 7.x

    Microsoft has begun removing the legacy Windows PowerShell 2.0 runtime from shipping Windows images — a deliberate end to an engine Microsoft deprecated years ago — and the change is already visible in Insider builds and documented in the company’s removal guidance for Windows 11 and Windows...
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    PowerShell 2.0 Removal in Windows 11 24H2 and Windows Server 2025

    Microsoft’s long‑standing compatibility concession for legacy automation has come to an end: Windows PowerShell 2.0 is being removed from shipping Windows 11 and Windows Server images, beginning with Windows 11, version 24H2 in August 2025 and Windows Server 2025 in September 2025. This change —...
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    PowerShell 2.0 Removal from Windows Images: Inventory, Test, Remediate

    Windows PowerShell 2.0 is being removed from Windows images, and the change—announced in an August 11, 2025 Microsoft support bulletin—begins rolling into production builds in late summer and early fall 2025; organizations that still depend on the legacy PowerShell 2.0 engine must inventory...
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    Microsoft Removes PowerShell 2.0 from Windows Images — Timeline and Migration Guide

    Microsoft has begun removing Windows PowerShell 2.0 from shipping Windows images, marking the end of a legacy runtime that has lingered in the OS for more than a decade and signaling a firm push toward a smaller attack surface and a simpler PowerShell ecosystem. rShell 2.0 first shipped in 2009...
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    Windows 11/Server 2025 Drop PowerShell 2.0: Migrate to PowerShell 5.1 or 7.x

    Microsoft has confirmed that Windows PowerShell 2.0 — the legacy scripting engine first shipped with Windows 7 — will be removed from shipping Windows images as part of the upcoming Windows 11 and Windows Server 2025 releases, a change that closes a long‑running deprecation and removes a known...
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    Microsoft Removes PowerShell 2.0: Migration Guide for Windows 11/Server 2025

    Microsoft is removing Windows PowerShell 2.0 from current Windows releases — a deliberate, security-first cleanup that closes a long‑standing legacy loophole and signals a firm end to an engine that was deprecated in 2017 but remained present for compatibility. The official Microsoft support...
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