Windows Server build 25099

Windows Server build 25099 is the fifth Insider Preview build of Windows Server based on the Copper codebase. It was released to Windows Insiders on 20 April 2022.

File Explorer

 * The Quick Access page has been renamed to Home, with the former name being repurposed for the Pinned/Frequent folders section.
 * The Pinned files section in Home page has been renamed to Favorites.
 * The ability to search recent and pinned online files (e.g. Office files) in the search box has been added.
 * The performance of loading Home page has been improved.

Shell

 * The default theme and the Command Prompt's background on the Server Core installation have been updated in order to align with the design aesthetics of Windows 11.
 * The Search on the taskbar has been updated to show highlights such as daily content, Microsoft Rewards offers, and trending queries.
 * When pressing ⊞ Win to open the snap layouts, the associated numbers will be shown on each layout to help users quickly select the desired layout using the number keys.
 * The design of the app folders in Start menu has been updated so that they're a little bigger.
 * The tooltip on the volume icon on the taskbar has been updated to inform users when using spatial sound.
 * The tablet-optimized taskbar will stay visible over full screen apps when expanded and only hide when collapsing it.
 * When tabbing into naming a folder in Start menu with the keyboard, user can tab back out instead of having to hit Esc.
 * The names of some of the months in the Simplified and Traditional Chinese lunar calendar have been renamed to be more accurate.
 * If keyboard focus is on the chevron for a collapsible region on a Settings page (for example, the Snap windows section under Multitasking page), users can now use the left and right arrows to expand and collapse the area.
 * The reliability for showing app icons in the system tray when opening again has been improved.
 * The performance of launching the touch keyboard on the login screen has been improved.
 * The performance of rearranging taskbar icons has been improved.

Input

 * The input indicator will only show one row of text when the tablet-optimized taskbar is in a collapsed state.
 * The touch keyboard button has been updated so that pressing it always shows the touch keyboard, rather than hiding it if it's visible.
 * The Backspace key has been returned to the touch keyboard's small layout when using Chinese (Traditional) language.
 * The reliability of launching the touch keyboard on the login screen has been improved.
 * The Pashto keyboard layout has been updated so that  and   are directly accessible on the keyboard.
 * As part of this change,  and   is now done by holding ⇧ Shift and pressing the aforementioned letters, respectively.
 * The ADLaM keyboard layout has been updated to add access to brackets and Hamza character.

Accessibility

 * Narrator will read out the word minutes with the duration times listed in Settings for focus options.
 * Live captions will remember the chosen settings for position across sessions.
 * The border of the live captions window will match the style of all other borders in contrast themes.
 * The voice typing error message "Voice typing is limited on this app" has been updated to "Some voice typing features might not work in this app".
 * The reliability of voice typing has been improved.

Settings

 * Settings will remember the taskbar's auto-hide setting more consistently.
 * The text description for voice typing under Speech page has been updated in the Japanese language.

Miscellaneous

 * A 5-minute increments for everything under a half hour has been added to focus session length options.
 * Some improvements have been made to help with search indexer thread and memory usage for users with a very high number of indexed items.
 * The system will notify users if the memory integrity feature in Windows Security is turned off.
 * If the font size on the currently installed system is increased in the Settings app and users launch, the text displayed in the Setup window will also be increased to match users' preferences.

General

 * Users may encounter the  bugcheck when booting into Windows or the installation media of this build.
 * If using an hypervisor, setting the processor as single-core will allow the build to boot fine.
 * Pressing ⊞ Win may cause  to crash due to an unknown exception   in.

Shell
The text rendering in Win32 applications may not work correctly in East Asian languages.

Safe mode

 * Quick Settings and date/time clock on the taskbar may be missing due to the  service not running.
 * Clicking Bluetooth & devices and Personalization pages may crash the Settings app due to an overrun of a stack-based buffer.