Microsoft has announced it will require paid subscriptions for Windows Server 2025 hotpatching, a service that enables admins to install security updates without restarting.

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That's now a thing of the past, at least for Windows Server 2025 installations running the enterprise or small to medium ...

Installing updates without restarting has been available for testing in Windows Server 2025 for months. This will cost extra ...

Microsoft plans to charge companies $1.50 per CPU core each month for a new method of installing Windows Server 2025 ...

Redmond reckons $1.50/core/month hotpatch service is worth it to avoid eight Patch Tuesday scrambles each year ...

With the availability of hotpatching features, Windows Server 2025 users can install updates without the need to reboot the ...

Hitachi Vantara, a subsidiary of Japanese multinational conglomerate Hitachi, was forced to take servers offline over the ...

Update, April 29, 2025: This story, originally published April 28, has been updated with further information regarding the ...

Microsoft has unveiled a new paid subion service for hotpatching in Windows Server 2025, marking the end of its preview phase. This feature allows software updates without requiring reboots, a ...

Now, Janine Patrick, Windows Server product marketing manager, and Artem Pronichkin, a senior program manager at Microsoft, have confirmed that the hotpatch system for Windows Server 2025, which has ...