ESUs are automatically provided to Azure Arc-enabled servers and non-Azure servers connected to Azure Arc. ESUs can be enrolled at scale using Azure Policy or the Azure portal with no upfront charge.

At its Inspire 2021 conference this week, Microsoft has announced a bunch of enhancements to its Azure solutions and detailed how it is innovating its products to make it easier for organizations to ...

Microsoft issues emergency patch for a critical WSUS flaw enabling remote code execution CVE-2025-59287 allows unauthenticated attackers to gain SYSTEM privileges without user interaction An ...

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Update, April 30, 2025: This story, originally published April 28, has been updated with further information regarding the hotpatching security update service for Windows Server 2025 users, as well as ...

Update March 22: Microsoft has released emergency out-of-band (OOB) updates to fix this known issue. Microsoft confirmed that a memory leak introduced with the March 2024 Windows Server security ...