Windows Server 2025

Next-generation file services

Help secure data in transit over trusted connections with additional file server security from Windows Server.

Modern, scalable identity management

Experience improved scale and performance in Active Directory Domain Services. Windows Server 2025 offers a new domain controller with a 32,000-page database.

Virtualization: Hyper-V and virtual machines

Hyper-V offers robust hardware-based virtualization and isolation, virtualization-based security, and advanced capabilities such as GPU partitioning and failover clustering. Windows Server VMs are more scalable than ever, with support for 240 TB of RAM and 2048 virtual processors.

Develop, deploy, and manage containers

Deploy containers easily and efficiently with reduced container size and container base image portability.

Network configuration and management made easier

Save time with enhanced networking capabilities including:

• Network ATC: One-click deployment of host network configuration across the cluster.
• Network HUD: Always-on alerting and remediation of network issues can help take hours off network setup and management tasks.

Added features through Azure Arc

By connecting your on-premises Windows Servers to Azure Arc, you can subscribe to additional services that bring cloud innovations to your datacenter*. Examples include:

• Subscribe to receive hotpatching for on-premises and multicloud Windows Servers to minimize reboots.
• Access additional Azure Arc management services, including best practices assessment and disaster recovery.
• Pay-as-you-go pricing option for on-premises Windows Server.