Microsoft has announced it will require paid subscriptions for Windows Server 2025 hotpatching, a service that enables admins to install security updates without ...

Microsoft is launching a paid subscription for Windows security updates, but the cost will hit those running Windows Server 2025, not Windows 11. Hotpatching for Windows Server 2025 has been free ...

Since September 2024, Microsoft has been letting interested admins try out hot patching for Windows Server 2025 free of charge. This allows security updates to be applied without the need to ...

Redmond had previously made hotpatching for Windows Server 2025 available in preview in 2024, but ahead of its general availability on July 1, 2025, the company has confirmed it will come at a cost.

Microsoft already offers hotpatching for Windows Server: Azure Edition and version 2022 running in its Azure cloud. The MS-DOS titan says its Xbox team is a big user.

Hotpatching for Windows Server 2025, made available in preview in 2024, will become generally available as a subscription service on July 1st, 2025. One of the key updates in the latest release of ...

In the second week of 2025, Microsoft will publish the first regular hot patch update for Windows 11 24H2 – the group ...

Read more Last Thursday, Microsoft announced a hotpatching subscription for Windows Server 2025, set to launch on July 1, 2025. The company adds that it wants to reduce server reboots while ...

Microsoft has announced its preview of hotpatching for on-prem Windows Server 2025 will become a paid subscription service in July. Hotpatching allows software updates to be applied without requiring ...