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In-place upgrade possibility planned for Windows Server 2025 Datacenter Azure Edition ?
There is currently no official ISO for Windows Server Datacenter: Azure Edition that supports setup.exe /auto upgrade for in-place upgrades.
Azure Update Manager does not support OS version upgrades for Azure Edition through optional features.
Is anyone aware of a supported workaround?
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+1 on this this is a huge gap, to fill this please consider offering IPU to 2022 Azure Edition via Windows Update. It is technically possible. There is a reason why we do not have ISO images anymore but just marketplace images.
Hi StaceyCL_RM​
Do you know what the following statement means?
"In-place system upgrades are supported for specific versions of Azure Windows VMs. We're working to broaden support of in-place system upgrade (as a Feature Update) to other versions soon."
Is there a roadmap or any official announcement planned regarding broader support?
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/azure/virtual-machines/windows/in-place-system-upgrade#cause
Kind regardsJeff-Woolsey​ & Rob-Hindman​
Any release date or roadmap available for Azure Edition in-place upgrades? 🙂
Currently I only found this article:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/azure/virtual-machines/windows/in-place-system-upgrade#cause
In-place system upgrades are supported for specific versions of Azure Windows VMs. We're working to broaden support of in-place system upgrade (as a Feature Update) to other versions soon.currently only supported until Server 2022 but not for Azure Edition 🥺
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows-in-place-upgrade#powershell-script
StaceyCL_RM​ will that ever be possible? 🙃
