Windows Server images for May 2025

Publisher: MicrosoftWindowsServer

Offer: WindowsServer

Support for Windows 10 will end in October 2025

After October 14, 2025, Microsoft will no longer provide free software updates from Windows Update, technical assistance, or security fixes for Windows 10. Your PC will still work, but we recommend moving to Windows 11.

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Windows Server is the operating system that bridges on-premises environments with Azure services enabling hybrid scenarios and maximizing existing investments, including:

Unique hybrid capabilities with Azure to extend your datacenter and maximize investments
Advanced multi-layer security to help you elevate your security posture
Faster innovation for applications enabling Developers and IT Pros to create new and modernize their apps, and
Unprecedented Hyper-converged Infrastructure to evolve your datacenter infrastructure

For more information about Microsoft Windows Server plans and pricing please see the Azure Marketplace.

Note Follow @WindowsUpdate to find out when new content is published to the release information dashboard.

Available images

IMPORTANT The format of the published image information is <Build>.<Revision>.<YYMMDDhhmm>. For example, in 18363.720.2003120536:

The build is 18363.
The revision is 720.
The date and time are 03/12/2020 and 05:36.

Note To view the list of KB articles, click or tap the appropriate version tab.

ACTION REQUIRED: .NET 6.0 end of life on Windows Server 2022 Marketplace media

.NET 6 will reach end of support on Nov 12, 2024. After that, Microsoft will no longer provide updates including security updates or technical support for .NET 6. You need to update to .NET 8 before this date to stay supported.

Azure Marketplace media images for Windows Server 2022 currently include .NET 6, but going forward will not include a .NET version with the image (.NET 8 and later are not included with the image). Therefore, if you previously relied on the Azure Marketplace image to include the .NET 6 runtime then going forward you will need to handle the .NET deployment yourself.  See the following:

- Build, test, and deploy .NET Core apps - Azure Pipelines.

- Overview of the .NET Upgrade Assistant - .NET Core

Based on customer feedback about this breaking change we have decided to provide customers more time to handle the .NET 8 runtime deployment and upgrade to .NET 8. Microsoft will provide security updates for .NET 6 in the Azure Marketplace media image beyond the official end of support date for an additional 6 months through May 13, 2025. .Net 6 will be removed from Marketplace media on June 10, 2025.

Windows Server

For known issues please visit the Windows release health dashboard.

Name	Version	KB	Arch.	Language	Edition	.NET version	Size	Custom
[smalldisk] Windows Server 2025 Datacenter	26100.4061.250510-0021	Cumulative KB5058411 .NET KB5049622 SetupDU KB5059806 SafeOS KB5059442 SSU KB -within the LCU	x64	EN-US	Datacenter	4.8.1	30 GB	N/A
Windows Server 2025 Datacenter	26100.4061.250510-0021	Cumulative KB5058411 .NET KB5049622 SetupDU KB5059806 SafeOS KB5059442 SSU KB -within the LCU	x64	EN-US	Datacenter	4.8.1	127 GB	N/A
[smalldisk] Windows Server 2025 Datacenter Server Core	26100.4061.250510-0021	Cumulative KB5058411 .NET KB5049622 SetupDU KB5059806 SafeOS KB5059442 SSU KB -within the LCU	x64	EN-US	Datacenter Core	4.8.1	30 GB	N/A
Windows Server 2025 Datacenter Server Core	26100.4061.250510-0021	Cumulative KB5058411 .NET KB5049622 SetupDU KB5059806 SafeOS KB5059442 SSU KB -within the LCU	x64	EN-US	Datacenter Core	4.8.1	127 GB	N/A
Windows Server 2025 Datacenter: Azure Edition Hotpatch	26100.4061.250510-0021	Cumulative KB5058411 .NET KB5049622 SetupDU KB5059806 SafeOS KB5059442 Hotpatch KB5058497 SSU KB -within the LCU	x64	EN-US	Azure Edition	4.8.1	127 GB	N/A
[smalldisk] Windows Server 2025 Datacenter: Azure Edition Hotpatch	26100.4061.250510-0021	Cumulative KB5058411 .NET KB5049622 SetupDU KB5059806 SafeOS KB5059442 Hotpatch KB5058497 SSU KB -within the LCU	x64	EN-US	Azure Edition	4.8.1	30 GB	N/A
Windows Server 2025 Datacenter: Azure Edition Core	26100.4061.250510-0021	Cumulative KB5058411 .NET KB5049622 SetupDU KB5059806 SafeOS KB5059442 Hotpatch KB5058497 SSU KB -within the LCU	x64	EN-US	Azure Edition Core	4.8.1	127 GB	N/A
[smalldisk] Windows Server 2025 Datacenter: Azure Edition Core	26100.4061.250510-0021	Cumulative KB5058411 .NET KB5049622 SetupDU KB5059806 SafeOS KB5059442 Hotpatch KB5058497 SSU KB -within the LCU	x64	EN-US	Azure Edition Core	4.8.1	30 GB	N/A
Windows Server 2025 Datacenter: Azure Edition	26100.4061.250510-0021	Cumulative KB5058411 .NET KB5049622 SetupDU KB5059806 SafeOS KB5059442 SSU KB -within the LCU	x64	EN-US	Azure Edition	4.8.1	127 GB	N/A
[smalldisk] Windows Server 2025 Datacenter: Azure Edition	26100.4061.250510-0021	Cumulative KB5058411 .NET KB5049622 SetupDU KB5059806 SafeOS KB5059442 SSU KB -within the LCU	x64	EN-US	Azure Edition	4.8.1	30 GB	N/A

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