Microsoft has announced it will require paid subscriptions for Windows Server 2025 hotpatching, a service that enables admins to install security updates without ...

Microsoft is launching a paid subscription for Windows security updates, but the cost will hit those running Windows Server 2025, not Windows 11. Hotpatching for Windows Server 2025 has been free ...

Hotpatching for Windows Server 2025 will be generally available from July 1, 2025. This is a subscription model. Microsoft charges 1.50 US dollars per CPU core per month for the function.

Microsoft has announced that the first hotpatch update for Windows 11 24H2 Enterprise LTSC is coming next week.

Microsoft is exploring an option for customers to pay a monthly fee in order to avoid regular machine reboots after it revealed details of an upcoming hotpatching option last year. Redmond had ...

Microsoft is distributing the 24H2 update for Windows 11 to the remaining eligible PCs. The developers are also solving ...

Redmond reckons $1.50/core/month hotpatch service is worth it to avoid eight Patch Tuesday scrambles each year Microsoft has announced its preview of hotpatching for on-prem Windows Server 2025 will ...

In the second week of 2025, Microsoft will publish the first regular hot patch update for Windows 11 24H2 – the group ...

Hotpatching for Windows Server 2025, made available in preview in 2024, will become generally available as a subscription service on July 1st, 2025. One of the key updates in the latest release of ...

For those not familiar, hotpatching is meant to keep devices secure without causing downtime or interruptions. That is because these security updates install automatically and take effect without ...