Microsoft to Charge $1.50 per CPU Core for Windows Server 2025 Hotpatch Updates Starting July 1
Microsoft has announced a significant change to its Windows Server 2025 security update policy. Starting July 1, 2025, businesses running Windows Server 2025 Standard or Datacenter editions on their own hardware will need to pay $1.50 per CPU core each month for hotpatch updates. This new fee applies only to on-premises and non-Azure cloud servers, while Azure-based deployments will continue receiving … Read more