Windows Server 2025: Security, Performance, Cloud Agility

We are excited to announce that Windows Server 2025 is now generally available! This latest release from Microsoft brings a host of new features designed to enhance security, performance, and cloud agility, making it an ideal choice for businesses of all sizes.

Advanced Security Features

In today’s digital landscape, security is paramount. Windows Server 2025 introduces several advanced security features to protect your data and infrastructure:

Active Directory Enhancements: Improved protocols, encryption, and new cryptographic support to fortify your environment against evolving threats.
SMB Hardening: Secure access to file shares over the internet with SMB over QUIC, along with protections against brute force, relay, and spoofing attacks.
Delegate Managed Service Accounts (dMSA): Automated password management and specific permission delegation reduce security risks and provide better visibility of service account activity.

Improved Performance

This new operating system version is built to handle demanding workloads, including AI and machine learning applications:

Hyper-V Enhancements: Support for GPU partitioning and the ability to process large data sets across distributed environments;
NVMe Storage Performance: Up to 60% more storage IOPs performance compared to Windows Server 2022;
Storage Spaces Direct: Innovations like Native ReFS deduplication and compression, thinly provisioned Storage Spaces, and Storage Replica Compression.

Cloud Agility

Windows Server 2025 offers advanced hybrid cloud capabilities to enhance operational flexibility:

Hotpatching: Enabled by Azure Arc, this feature allows for security updates with minimal disruption, reducing the need for reboots.
Easy Azure Arc Onboarding: Simplifies the integration of Azure’s powerful capabilities into your datacenter, enhancing operational flexibility.
Software-Defined Networking (SDN): Multisite features offer seamless workload migration and unified network policy management.

Why Upgrade to Windows Server 2025?

With its robust security features, enhanced performance, and cloud agility, this new version is designed to meet the diverse needs of modern businesses. Whether you are operating on-premises, in a hybrid environment, or fully in the cloud, this version provides the tools and capabilities to optimize your IT infrastructure.

Upgrade to Windows Server 2025 today and take advantage of these cutting-edge features to secure, manage, and scale your business operations effectively.

Read the original Microsoft post here.