Windows Server 2025 introduces advanced security, seamless updates, and hybrid cloud integration.
Microsoft has made available Windows Server 2025 with advanced security, enhanced performance, and cloud agility. According to the company, Windows Server 2025 builds on the strong foundation of its predecessor while introducing a range of innovative enhancements to adapt to customers’ needs.
Windows Server 2025 with New Enhancements
Windows Server 2025 offers a suite of security features designed to secure users’ data and infrastructure. The latest enhancements to Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) and Active Directory Lightweight Domain Services (AD LDS) introduce a range of new functionalities and capabilities designed to optimize your domain management experience.
Windows Server 2025 includes file services/server message block (SMB) over QUIC to enable secure access to file shares over the internet. Unlike traditional service accounts, Delegate Managed Service Accounts (dMSAs) don’t require manual password management since AD automatically takes care of it.
With dMSAs, specific permissions can be delegated to access resources in the domain, which reduces security risks and provides better visibility and logs of service account activity.
Windows Server 2025 also introduces several advanced hybrid cloud capabilities aimed at enhancing operational flexibility and connectivity across various environments. Key features include Hotpatching enabled by Azure Arc, Easy Azure Arc onboarding, Software-defined network (SDN) multisite features, and Unified network policy management.
These advanced hybrid cloud capabilities make Windows Server 2025 an ideal choice for organizations looking to optimize their IT infrastructure.
According to the company, Windows Server 2025 is designed to handle the most demanding workloads, including AI and machine learning. Windows Server 2025 delivers up to 60% more storage IOPs performance compared to Windows Server 2022 on identical systems. (Based on 4K randread using Diskpsd 2.2 with Kioxia CM7 SSd), the company said in the announcement.
“Windows Server 2025 delivers major advancements across the board for Hyper-V, GPU integration, Storage Spaces Direct (software defined storage), software-defined networking, and clustering,” Ian LeGrow, Corporate Vice President, Azure Edge + Platform said.
“These improvements make Windows Server 2025 an excellent option for organizations looking for a virtualization solution and for organizations looking to leverage AI and machine learning while maintaining high performance and scalability.”
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