Windows Server 2025
| Windows Server 2025 | |
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| Version of the Windows NT operating system | |
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 Screenshot of Windows Server 2025 | |
| Developer | Microsoft |
| Written in | C, C++, C#, Assembly |
| OS family | Windows Server |
| Working state | Current |
| Source model | Closed-source |
| Released to manufacturing | May 27, 2024 |
| General availability | November 1, 2024 |
| Latest release | 24H2 (10.0.26100.33438) (September 8, 2026) [±] |
| Marketing target | Business |
| Available in | 110 languages |
| Update method | Windows Server Update Services |
| Package manager | Windows Package Manager |
| Supported platforms | x86-64 AArch64 (only available for Microsoft Azure and some OEMs) |
| Kernel type | Hybrid (Windows NT kernel) |
| Default user interface | Windows Shell (graphical) |
| License | Commercial proprietary software |
| Preceded by | Windows Server 2022 (2021) |
| Official website | Windows Server 2025 |
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| Windows 11 |
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Windows Server 2025 is the fourteenth and current major version of the Windows NT operating system produced by Microsoft to be released under the Windows Server brand name. It was released on November 1, 2024, and is based on Windows 11, version 24H2.
Windows Server 2025 is the first version of Windows Server to be based on Windows 11, which was released over three years earlier.
Microsoft announced that the sudo command feature would be available for Windows Server 2025. However, with the release of Windows 11 build 26052, it later confirmed that the feature would be available exclusively on Windows 11. Nevertheless, some users found sudo command traces on the preview. Microsoft stated that it was added by accident and would be disabled in future releases. Upgrade paths to Windows Server 2025 are available for Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, and Windows Server 2022.