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Windows Server 2025 is the easiest to upgrade Windows Server version ever. In this session, Rob Hindman and Jeff Woolsey will discuss media upgrade and features updates in depth.

Speakers: Rob Hindman, Jeff Woolsey

 

This session is part of Windows Server Summit 2025. Have a question? Q&A is open throughout the week. Post your questions and feedback in the Comments below.

 

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Updated Apr 29, 2025

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  • Wedefelt_00's avatar
    Wedefelt_00
    Occasional Reader
    Apr 29, 2025

    Hi, We have some Windows Servers 2022 that we patch through WSUS and the install update settings and reboot are configured through GPO. When we have added a couple of Windows Server 2025 and they are patched the same way and with the same GPO settings, they receive the updates, install as expected but the reboot doesn't happen at the same time as the 2022 instead the reboot is scheduled a week later. Any way to modify this? If so how?

     

    • Rob-Hindman's avatar
      Rob-Hindman
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      Apr 29, 2025

      The reboot behavior of a server should be configurable using GPO, and my understanding is that the behavior should be exactly the same between Windows Server 2022 and Windows Server 2025. Maybe the latest domain group policy has not yet been sync'd (received) by the Windows Server 2025 servers...?

      • Wedefelt_00's avatar
        Wedefelt_00
        Occasional Reader
        Apr 29, 2025

        Thanks for the answer, that is good to hear but I am a bit uncertain what synchronization you refer too? The synchronization between domain controllers after the GPO have been modified or something else?This behavior has been present since we added the 2025 servers in December, so for January, February, March and April it has been behaving like this.

  • Heather_Poulsen's avatar
    Heather_Poulsen
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    Apr 29, 2025

    Welcome to Upgrades made easy with Windows Server 2025 and Windows Server Summit 2025! Have a question? Post it here in the Comments so we can help. Let’s make this an active Q&A!

    If you prefer, you can also watch it on LinkedIn: Upgrades made easy with Windows Server 2025 | LinkedIn

    All of today's sessions will be available on demand immediately after airing. You'll see auto-generated captions during our live broadcasts, and we will update those with human-generated captions by the end of the week. Q&A will be live during the sessions, and we'll leave it open through the end of the week.