You asked and we delivered: Standard and Datacenter edition server hotpatching - security updates without reboots - is ready for your evaluation in Windows Server 2025 Azure Arc-enabled Hotpatch publ...
Updated Sep 20, 2024
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Hari_Pulapaka I believe this feature will come at cost for Windows Server 2025 (Arc-enabled Servers).
Q1: Are there plans to bring this for free as AHB when Windows Server 2025 Standard and Datacenter is running on Azure Stack HCI 23H2+ (Azure Stack HCI Arc VMs) ?
Q2: While not named in the article is hotpatching for Windows Server 2025 running on Azure Stack HCI included in the preview?
Q3: Do we need require some manual registry editing to enable Hotpatching like with Windows Server Datacenter Azure Edition ISO (unlike the same OS image from Azure Market Place)?
Q4: For each, will Windows Server 2025 and Azure Edition VMs running on-premises support distribution of hotpatching updates via Azure Update Manager?
Last time I have tested it I couldn't enable hotpatching outside Azure VMs, e. g. Azure Stack HCI VMs on 22H2.
Thanks for your time and the great news!
I would appreciate if the topic of hotpatching will be mentioned in licensing terms for VL and MCA, in future.