Windows Server 2025 build 26080
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| OS family | Windows 11 (NT 10.0) |
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| Version number | 10.0 |
| Build number | 26080 |
| Build revision | 1 |
| Architecture | AMD64, ARM64 |
| Build lab | ge_release |
| Compiled on | 2024-03-08 |
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| Timebomb | 2024-09-15 (+191 days) |
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Windows Server 2025 build 26080 is an Insider Preview build of Windows Server 2025. It was released to Windows Insiders on 13 March 2024, along with its client counterpart.
Editions and keys[edit | edit source]
| Edition / SKU | Key |
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| Standard Server | MFY9F-XBN2F-TYFMP-CCV49-RMYVH |
| Datacenter Server | 2KNJJ-33Y9H-2GXGX-KMQWH-G6H67 |
| Datacenter Azure Edition | N3FPV-KQP4R-4M6H6-7Q8TK-HYMDX |
New features and changes[edit | edit source]
- The placeholder "Sudo for Windows" option under System > For developers in the Settings app has been removed.
- A thin line has been added to the colored progress bar under taskbar's app icons.
- A new option has been added for choosing to apply selected action (skip or replace) for all conflicts when extracting files in File Explorer.
- Compact view incorrect shrinking was fixed.
- Speak for Me application has been removed from Desktop Experience version.
- This build and newer builds (also client counterpart) now strictly requires SSE4.2 (SSE4a is no longer working) to boot [1]. If it isn't available, system will just reboot on Windows/UEFI logo [2].
Bugs and quirks[edit | edit source]
- When upgrading to this build via Windows Update, the download process may stuck at 0%.
- The installation media of this build doesn't boot correctly with UEFI on VMware, VirtualBox and Hyper-V (Gen 2) virtual machines. To fix that, switch virtual machine settings to use BIOS.
- Cleaning image of bootable Windows PE media on
Diskpartwill not working due to access denied error. - The label name of this build in Windows Update incorrectly references "Windows 11" even though it's still install its server version.
- Moving and clicking the mouse for the first time may cause overlapping rectangle voids in WinPE and WinRE. To bypass this issue, use keyboard inputs only.
- Applying the
WinPE-Powershelloptional component may not properly install Powershell in WinPE. - The Feedback Hub app may not work properly due to known issues.
- Archiving eventlogs with
wevtutil alcommand may cause the Windows Event Log service to crash, and the archive operation to fail. - Updating from Windows Server 2019 or Windows Server 2022 will not working due to the intermittent upgrade failures that introduced in this build.
- Installing this build with Secure Launch/DRTM code path enabled will not working due to unknown reason.
