What's New in Microsoft Windows Server 2025

What's New in Microsoft Windows Server 2025

This course offers IT professionals, system administrators, and solution architects a comprehensive introduction to the latest features and enhancements of Microsoft Windows Server 2025. Designed to help participants quickly understand and implement new features, the course focuses on areas such as security, hybrid cloud integration, storage, networking and management Through a combination of lectures and hands-on lab work, participants will gain hands-on experience with the tools and technologies that make Windows Server 2025 a powerful platform for modern IT environments.

Key topics include integrated ransomware protection , SMB over QUIC for secure file sharing and improved compatibility with Azure Arc and hybrid workloads Participants will also explore improvements in Storage Spaces Direct , data deduplication and Hyper-V scalability , as well as updates to management tools such as Windows Admin Center and PowerShell. The course concludes with an in-depth look at the new deployment and migration tools , which empowers attendees to plan and execute seamless upgrades to Windows Server 2025.

Upon completion of this course, participants will have the knowledge and skills necessary to take advantage of Windows Server 2025 innovations, enabling them to modernize their IT infrastructure, improve security, and optimize operational efficiency. This course is ideal for organizations and individuals looking to stay ahead in today's evolving IT landscape.

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This course is designed for IT professionals, system administrators, cloud architects, and decision-makers responsible for managing and modernizing IT infrastructure in organizations of all sizes. It is ideal for those seeking to understand and implement the latest features and enhancements in Microsoft Windows Server 2025 to optimize security, performance, and hybrid cloud integration.

This course is designed for IT professionals who need to stay up-to-date with Microsoft technologies and adopt modern tools to improve the reliability, security, and performance of their infrastructure. Whether managing on-premises data centers, hybrid environments, or planning migrations, participants will gain practical insights and experience to optimize their IT operations with Windows Server 2025.

Course objectives

Upon completion of this course, participants will have the knowledge and skills necessary to take advantage of Windows Server 2025 innovations, enabling them to modernize their IT infrastructure, improve security, and optimize operational efficiency. This course is ideal for organizations and individuals looking to stay ahead in today's evolving IT landscape.

Course Content What's New in Microsoft Windows Server 2025

Module 1 – Desktop Experience and Upgrade

Session Overview:

• In-place upgrade from Windows Server 2012 R2
  
• Desktop Shell
  
• DTrace
  
• Email and accounts
  
• Comment Center
  
• File compression
  
• Pinned apps
  
• Task Manager
  
• Wifi
  
• Windows Terminal
• WinGet

Practical activity:

• Using and customizing the Windows Terminal in Windows Server 2025.
  
• Windows Server 2025 DTrace
  
• Installing PowerToys using WinGet in the Windows Terminal on Windows Server 2025

Module 2 – Enhanced Security Features

Session Overview:

• Hot patch
  
• Credential Guard
  
• Active Directory Domain Services
  
• Delegated Managed Service Account
  
• Solution for Windows local administrator password
  
• OpenSSH
  
• Security baseline
• Virtualization-based security enclaves

Practical activity:

• Creating a Delegated Managed Service Account (dMSA)
• Lab 2: Installing and Configuring the Windows Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS)
• OpenSSH Configuration
• Implementing a security baseline

Module 3: Hyper-V, AI, and Performance

Session Overview:

• Accelerated networks
  
• Dynamic processor compatibility
  
• Hyper-V Manager
  
• Translation of forced pagination by hypervisor
  
• GPU Partitioning
  
• Network ATC
  
• Scalability
  
• Working group clusters

Module 4 – Storage Improvements

Session Overview:

• Block cloning supportDevelopment unit
  NVMe
• Storage Replica Compression
  
• Improved storage replica logging
  
• ReFS Native Storage Deduplication and Compression
  
• Thin provisioned volumes
  

Practical activity:

• Setting up a development unit

Module 5: Azure Arc and Hybrid

Session Overview:

• Simplified Azure Arc Configuration
  
• Pay-per-use licenses
  
• Windows Server Management Enabled by Azure Arc

Module 6 – Software-defined networks

Session Overview:

• Network controller
  
• Tag-based segmentation
  
• Default Network Policies in Windows Server 2025
  
• SDN Multisite
  
• Improved performance of SDN Layer 3 gateways

Module 7 – Other features

Session Overview:

• Windows Container Portability
  
• Windows Server Insider Program

Prerequisites

Participants must have:

• A solid understanding of Windows Server 2019/2022 architecture and features.
  
• Experience in administering and configuring Active Directory, Hyper-V, and file services.
  
• Basic knowledge of Azure services and hybrid cloud environments is recommended, but not required.

Language

• Course: English