Server Management
The latest Server Management coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Your Windows Servers Can Now Join the Same Management Console as Your PCs
Omnissa quietly brought Windows Server into its Workspace ONE Unified Endpoint Management platform this May, giving enterprises a single cloud-native console to configure, patch, inventory, and...
Windows Server 2025 Upgrade Returns: IT Must Plan for Optional Update
Microsoft has reintroduced an optional in-place upgrade to Windows Server 2025 via Windows Update, offering a streamlined path for Windows Server 2019 and 2022 systems. The feature reemerged in late...
Native RSAT for Arm Windows 11 Arrives: IT Admin Tools Now Installable on Arm64 Devices
Microsoft has delivered on its promise to bring native Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) to Arm-based Windows 11 devices. The long-awaited support, previously listed as a roadmap item, is now...
Windows Server Longhorn Beta: How Server Manager & PowerShell Revolutionized Administration
The Longhorn-era screenshots and management-console previews that once circulated as "Windows Server 'Longhorn'" remain essential viewing for anyone who wants to understand how Microsoft...
KB5072033 Update Silently Changes AppXSVC, Slowing Windows 11 and Server 2025 Boot Times
Microsoft's December 2023 cumulative update KB5072033, intended to deliver critical security patches and reliability improvements for Windows 11 and the upcoming Windows Server 2025, has instead...
MSMQ Blocked by December 2025 Patch: Security Changes, Mitigations & Rollback Guide
Microsoft's December 2025 Patch Tuesday has introduced significant security changes to Message Queuing (MSMQ) that are causing widespread operational disruptions across enterprise environments. The...
Minecraft's Year-Based Versioning: What Builders, Modders & Server Admins Must Know
Minecraft, the world's best-selling video game, is undergoing a fundamental shift in how it communicates updates to its massive community. While players won't find new blocks or mobs appearing in...
Don’t Expose Your Server: How to Enable Remote Desktop on Windows Server 2019 the Secure Way
Microsoft shipped Windows Server 2019 with Remote Desktop disabled by design. That decision wasn’t an accident — it was a response to years of ransomware gangs, brute-force bots, and accidental...
Omnissa Overhauls Windows Management with New Agent, Paves Path for Intune Coexistence
Omnissa jettisoned the aging OMA‑DM protocol at its Omnissa ONE 2025 conference, introducing a next‑generation agent‑based architecture that lets IT teams run Workspace ONE alongside Microsoft...
IIS on Windows Server: Three Paths to a Hardened Web Host and When to Use Each
When it comes to standing up a web server on Windows, Internet Information Services (IIS) has been the default answer for decades. Yet, despite its deep integration into Windows Server, the role...
Microsoft Recommends MaximumUdpPacketSize Registry Fix to Harden Windows DNS Servers – Complete Setup Guide
Microsoft is urging administrators to apply a registry tweak that forces Windows DNS servers to handle oversized responses over TCP instead of UDP, closing a long-standing door for...
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...