Learn about security in Windows 2025. Hotpatch (preview) Hotpatch is now available for Windows Server 2025 machines connected to Azure Arc after Hotpatch is enabled in the Azure Arc portal. You can use Hotpatch to apply OS security updates without restarting your machine. To learn more, see Hot...
Windows Configure devices to stay on the latest OS version using declarative device management (DDM)As part of the Settings Catalog, you can now configure devices to automatically update to the latest OS version using DDM. To use these new settings in the Microsoft Intune admin center, go to...
Once Windows Server Datacenter: Azure Edition is installed, it isn't possible to switch the OS back to a non-Azure Edition OS. If this occurs, reinstalling the previous OS is required. To learn more about creating virtual machine using Azure or Azure Local, seeCreate a Windows virtual machin...
What is a virtual machine? A virtual machine (VM) is a virtual representation or emulation of a physical computer that uses software instead of hardware to run programs and deploy applications. By using the resources of a single physical machine—memory, CPU, network interface and storage—VMs...
Explore the benefits and features of virtual machines (VMs). Learn how VMs enhance cloud efficiency, scalability, and security while reducing costs.
But, why so many subfolders and why keep so many different versions of the same dll, exe, or other files? As mentioned, Windows stores the old dlls and library components in the WinSxS folder. If a newer version of this file is part of the OS, but a particular application requires an...
Happy new year everyone! Last month, before the holidays I wanted to run a Windows 11 VM on Hyper-V to run a few tests on Windows containers in a different environment than my local machine. However,... UPDATE: I reset the VM and it launched the installer. ...
Creating a VM is faster and easier than installing an OS on a physical server because you can clone a VM with the OS already installed. Developers and software testers can create new environments on demand to handle new tasks as they arise. ...
Virtualization is possible through a hypervisor. A hypervisor is computer hardware, software, or firmware that creates and runs virtual machines (VM) by separating the underlying physical hardware from a computer’s operating system and applications. The computer system on which the hypervisor runs is...
This version brought additional updates to AD, better group policy implementation, and new services. It also provided better server access to users in remote locations with DirectAccess and BranchCache. Windows Server 2012: This version is the fifth edition of the Windows Server operating system. ...