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Announcing ReFS Boot for Windows Server Insiders

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Feb 26, 2026

Resilient, Scalable, High-Performance Boot Volumes

We’re excited to announce that Resilient File System (ReFS) boot support is now available for Windows Server Insiders in Insider Preview builds. For the first time, you can install and boot Windows S...
Updated Feb 26, 2026
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JanMischo
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Feb 27, 2026

I'd love to see boot from (mirrored) Storage Spaces like Surface Pro 2017 does (from striped volume). That would be awesome in Windows Server!