Windows Server 2025 Overview and See What’s New
- 2024.12.02
- azure Windows Virtual Desktop VDI

We’ll explore the latest features in Windows Server 2025, now generally available. With the modern look and feel of Windows 11, Server 2025 delivers enhanced security, improved performance, and upgrades to Hyper-V, NVMe performance, GPU partitioning, and more. It also empowers customers to leverage AI and ML inferencing while maintaining high performance and scalability.
Topics Covered:
Installation, Post Installation, First Login, Desktop Experience, SSH, WINGET (Windows Package Manager), Windows Admin Center v2, Active Directory: New Functional Levels, GPU Partitioning, What’s New Site and Where to Get Media
Applies to:
Windows Server 2025
Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:33 Installation
1:29 Post Install, First Login
2:36 Desktop Experience
4:52 SSH (Secure SHell)
7:06 WINGET (Windows Package Manager)
8:16 Windows Admin Center v2
10:05 Active Directory–New Functional Levels
11:33 GPU Partitioning (GPU-P)
13:10 What’s New Site and Where to Get Media
13:42.Thank you for watching
Glossary:
AD = Active Directory
CPU = Central Processing Unit
GPU = Graphics Processing Unit
IP = Internet Protocol
LTS = Long Term Support
NAT = Network Address Translation
NUMA = Non-Uniform Memory Access
OS = Operating System
SSH = Secure Shell
TAR = Tape Archive
TCP = Transmission Control Protocol
VM = Virtual Machine
WinRM = Windows Remote Management
Links:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/get-started/whats-new-windows-server-2025
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/package-manager/winget/
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/snap-your-windows-885a9b1e-a983-a3b1-16cd-c531795e6241
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/openssh/openssh_install_firstuse?tabs=gui&pivots=windows-server-2025
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/openssh/openssh-server-configuration
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/manage/windows-admin-center/understand/modernized-gateway
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/vgpu-software-driver/
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/get-started/upgrade-overview
https://docs.nvidia.com/vgpu/17.0/grid-vgpu-release-notes-microsoft-azure-stack-hci/index.html