Windows Server IoT 2025

What is Windows Server IoT 2025?

Windows Server IoT 2025 is a full version of Windows Server 2025 that delivers enterprise manageability and security to IoT solutions. Windows Server IoT 2025 shares all the benefits of the world-wide Windows ecosystem. It is a binary equivalent to Windows Server 2025, so you can use the same familiar development and management tools that you use on your general-purpose servers. However, when it comes to licensing and distribution, the general-purpose version and IoT versions differ. Windows Server IoT 2025 is only licensed through the OEM channel under special dedicated use rights.

Windows Server IoT-utgåvor

Windows Server IoT-utgåvor följer den fasta livscykelpolicyn.

Windows Server IoT 2025 Key Highlights

Microsoft Windows Server 2025 prepares you for tomorrow while delivering the security, performance, and flexibility you need today. Be more productive with easier networking, faster storage, and hybrid cloud capabilities that adapt to your needs. Get ahead of what’s next with forward-looking security, and AI-ready compute.

Some key improvements include:

• Hybrid:
  Adapt quickly across hybrid, cloud and edge. Easier to connect to Azure Arc to bridge on-premises and cloud-based servers.
  Deliver Azure capabilities to your on-premises servers.
• Security:
  Hardware and software-level security to deter cyberattacks; next-generation Active Directory that improves security and scalability.
  Enable a tailored security baseline and  configure drift protection from the start.
• Modern, future-ready platform:
  Windows Server 2025 is now easier to upgrade and scale, with better-than-ever app compatibility.
  Windows Server 2025 desktop brings consistent client and server UI experience, plus conveniences like WiFi and Bluetooth.
• Performance:
  Faster and easier networking and storage; live hotpatching for reduced downtime; GPU partitioning for inferencing at the edge.
  Improvements in flash-based storage make Windows Server an even better platform for SQL Server.

Enhet för fast ändamål

See your licensing agreement for complete guidance on all Windows Server IoT 2025 usage scenarios. If you do not have this licensing agreement, ask the OEM you work with for the commercial agreement.
Windows Server is well known as the server operating system used by small businesses and enterprises world-wide. What is less well known is that for years, Windows Server has also powered many dedicated solutions in retail, manufacturing, healthcare, and more. Windows Server IoT 2022 allows you to build fixed purpose solutions with specific allowances and restrictions in the license agreement.

Kanal för långsiktig service (LTSC)

This is the release model you’re already familiar with, formerly called the “Long-Term Servicing Branch”, where a new major version of Windows Server is released every two to three years. Users are entitled to five years of mainstream support and five years of extended support. This channel is appropriate for systems that require a longer servicing option and functional stability. Deployments of Windows Server IoT 2025 and earlier versions of Windows Server will not be affected by the new Semi-Annual Channel releases. The Long-Term Servicing Channel will continue to receive security and non-security updates, but it will not receive the new features and functionality.

AI, Performance, and Scale

Windows Server IoT 2025 is built to power demanding workloads, from traditional applications to AI and machine learning. Its enhanced performance, scalability, and storage innovations make it an ideal choice for modern, data-driven environments:

• Hyper-V, AI, and Machine Learning:
  With native GPU partitioning, Live Migration, and High Availability, Windows Server IoT 2025 efficiently processes large data sets across distributed systems. It provides a high-performance foundation for both conventional workloads and advanced AI applications.

• NVMe Storage Performance:
  Achieve up to 70% higher IOPS compared to Windows Server IoT 2022 on equivalent hardware, enabling faster and more responsive storage operations.

• Storage Spaces Direct and Storage Flexibility:
  Continuing its legacy of broad storage support—local, NAS, and SAN—Windows Server IoT 2025 introduces innovations such as Native ReFS deduplication and compression, Thin Provisioned Storage Spaces, and Storage Replica Compression, now available in all editions.

• Hyper-V Performance and Scale:
  Drawing from Azure’s advancements, Windows Server IoT 2025 delivers major improvements in virtual machine performance and scale, enabling more efficient and powerful virtualization environments. Windows Server IoT 2025 Hyper-V virtual machine maximums:

• • Maximum memory per VM (requires Generation 2 VMs): 240 Terabytes (10x previous)

• • Maximum virtual processors per VM (requires Generation 2 VMs): 2048 VPs (~8.5x previous)

Windows Server IoT SKU:er

Multiple offerings for a variety of use cases
Microsoft offers six Windows Server IoT editions. The table below can help you identify which one may be right for the specific solution you want to deliver to your customers

Microsoft SQL Server IoT

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