Windows Server Roadmap

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Windows Server is Microsoft’s OS for deployment on server hardware and for use within VMs. It is a prerequisite for most Microsoft server applications such as SQL Server, Exchange Server, and SharePoint Server, and it continues to provide on-premises infrastructure for identity management (Active Directory), virtualization (Hyper-V), storage and file services, and other tasks. Windows Server 2025, released in Nov. 2024, is the latest version of Windows Server.

See “Windows Client” for the Windows Client OS and other client OS versions.

Product: Windows Server

Licensing: Windows Server Licensing

Near Term (2025–2026)

Since its launch in Nov. 2024, Microsoft has produced a steady stream of security and bugfix updates, with at least one update per month. Customers may want to consider enrolling in Windows Server hotpatching as a way of minimizing downtime and increasing the speed at which they deploy these updates.

Windows Server 2025 Azure Edition is currently available in preview via the Windows Server Insider program.

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