Windows Server 2025
The latest Windows Server 2025 coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Emergency Windows Updates Fix 0x8007007F Upgrade Failures and Broken Recovery Tools
Microsoft shipped three out-of-band cumulative updates on August 19, 2025, targeting a pair of serious regressions that had broken in-place Windows upgrades and made built-in recovery tools unusable....
Windows Server 2025 Schema Master Flaw Triggers Duplicate AD Entries, Halts Replication
Administrators deploying Windows Server 2025 domain controllers are grappling with a severe replication failure caused by a bug in the Schema Master FSMO role. The flaw generates duplicate entries...
Microsoft Sets August 2025 Deadline for PowerShell 2.0 Removal from Windows 11 24H2
Starting in August 2025, Windows 11 version 24H2 will no longer include the legacy PowerShell 2.0 engine, with Windows Server 2025 following in September. The removal, already visible in Windows...
Windows Server 2025 KB5062553 Update Sparks IRQL BSOD on AMD EPYC Servers, HPE DL325 Hit
Server administrators managing HPE ProLiant DL325 systems are reporting critical system crashes after applying the July 2025 cumulative update for Windows Server 2025. The update, cataloged as...
PowerShell 2.0 Engine Finally Stripped from Windows 11 24H2, Server 2025 in August
Microsoft is killing off a 16-year-old Windows component next month: PowerShell 2.0 will vanish from clean installations of Windows 11 version 24H2 starting in August 2025, followed by Windows Server...
PowerShell 2.0 Out: Microsoft Forces Windows 11 24H2 and Server 2025 Users to Modernize by August 2025
Microsoft will excise PowerShell 2.0 from Windows 11 version 24H2 starting August 2025 and from Windows Server 2025 in September, retiring a 14-year-old runtime that predates critical security...
Microsoft Sets August 2025 Deadline for PowerShell 2.0 Removal from Windows 11 and Server 2025
Microsoft will begin removing Windows PowerShell 2.0 from shipping Windows images starting with Windows 11, version 24H2 in August 2025 and following with Windows Server 2025 in September 2025. The...
Microsoft’s August Patches Fix Kerberos dMSA Vulnerability That Lets Attackers Escalate to Domain Admin
A newly disclosed vulnerability in Windows Server 2025’s delegated Managed Service Accounts (dMSA) feature allows an attacker with initial access to specific Kerberos secrets to escalate to full...
Windows 11 24H2 to Drop PowerShell 2.0 in August 2025, Shutting a Key Attack Vector
Microsoft will excise the 16-year-old Windows PowerShell 2.0 engine from shipping Windows 11 and Windows Server images beginning with the August 2025 release of Windows 11, version 24H2, and the...
Microsoft Strips PowerShell 2.0 from Windows 11 24H2 and Server 2025 — Here’s What Breaks
Starting in August 2025, Microsoft will begin stripping the aging PowerShell 2.0 engine from fresh installations of Windows 11 version 24H2, with Windows Server 2025 following in September. The move,...
Microsoft Kills PowerShell 2.0 in Windows 11 24H2 and Server 2025: IT Must Migrate Now
The ancient PowerShell 2.0 engine, a holdover from the Windows 7 era, is vanishing from new Windows images starting this month. Microsoft has begun excising the legacy runtime from Windows 11 version...
Microsoft to Strip PowerShell 2.0 from Windows 11 24H2 and Server 2025 Starting August
Microsoft will yank PowerShell 2.0 out of Windows 11, version 24H2, and Windows Server 2025 beginning this August, ending a 16-year run for the legacy scripting engine that has become a persistent...