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Opt-In Windows Server 2025 Feature Update from the WS 2022 and WS 2019 Settings Dialog

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Rob-Hindman
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Apr 29, 2026

Starting in mid-April 2026, customers running Windows Server 2022 and Windows Server 2019 will have the ability to opt-in to the Windows Server 2025 feature update from the Settings Dialog.

This capability allows customers who want to in-place upgrade their servers to Windows Server 2025 to upgrade using the Windows Update service, and without the need for Windows Server 2025 physical m...
Published Apr 29, 2026
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Nino_Bilic
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Apr 29, 2026

Umm... can you please add somewhere:

Check what else is running on the server. Some applications do not support OS upgrades while the application is installed, and preforming an in-place upgrade of the OS might product unexpected results or cause outages. For example - if Exchange Server is installed, in-place upgrade of the OS is not supported by Exchange. This should be checked for both Microsoft 1st party and other vendor (3rd party) applications.

Please and thank you.