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How to preview: Azure Arc-connected Hotpatching for Windows Server 2025

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Sep 20, 2024
As you may recall we had recently announced a public preview of Hotpatching on Windows Server 2025 VMs in Azure.  With this latest preview we are moving towards fulfilling a top request by customers ...
Selecting 64-bit edition ISO of Windows Server 2025 from the Evaluation Center
Updated Nov 19, 2024
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Mar 11, 2025

Azure Arc connected Windows Server 2025 Evaluation SKUs will no longer support hotpatching. Windows Server 2025 Datacenter and Standard are now generally available and support hotpatching as an option if Azure Arc connected. The prerequisite for the machines to have Virtualization Based Security enabled and running remains.