Windows Server build 25083

10.0.25083.1000.rs_prerelease.220324-1501

Build of Windows Server, version 23H2
OS family	Windows 11 (NT 10.0)
Version number	10.0
Build number	25083
Build revision	1000
Architecture	AMD64
Build lab	rs_prerelease
Compiled on	2022-03-24
Expiration date
Timebomb	2022-09-15 (+175 days)
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Windows Server build 25083 is the fourth Insider Preview build of Windows Server, version 23H2 based on the Copper codebase. It was released to Windows Insiders on 30 March 2022.

Editions and keys

Edition / SKU	Key
Standard Server	MFY9F-XBN2F-TYFMP-CCV49-RMYVH
Datacenter Server	2KNJJ-33Y9H-2GXGX-KMQWH-G6H67

New features and changes

Shell

• The tablet-optimized taskbar feature, which initially announced in build 25066, has been rolled out to all users.
• The unified hitboxes for Win32 system tray icons and the "show hidden icons" flyout, which initially announced in build 25066, have been rolled out to all users.
  • As part of this change, the drag-and-drop feature for pinning or unpinning the tray icons has been removed.
• The ability to name app folders in Start menu has been added.
• The rounded corners have been implemented into the following UI elements:
  • The message on the dragged apps when dragging them to pin to the taskbar.
  • The border shown around the thumbnails when setting keyboard focus to desktops in Task view.
• The updated Open With dialog box, which was initially introduced in build 25066, has been reverted to its original design due to performance issues.
• The ability to reorder tabs by dragging and dropping them for the tabbed browsing feature in the File Explorer has been added.
• The icons of Quick Assist, Windows Sandbox, Magnifier and the on-screen keyboard have been updated to align with the Fluent design.
• The top border line extending across the entire taskbar will be seen for all users regardless of device type.
• The "Move to top" option in the context menu when right-clicking a pinned app has been renamed to "Move to front".
• Several icons used in the context menu and File Explorer's command bar (e.g. Copy, Open with, Display settings, etc.) have been updated.
• The multi-finger touch gestures has been updated to include animations when using three fingers to swipe left and right and switch between recently used windows.
• The Windows Terminal option in the ⊞ Win+X menu has been replaced with Windows PowerShell.
• The personalized emoji (e.g. the family emoji) will display a small accent colored dot in the bottom corner of their entries in the emoji panel.
• The Start menu or Quick Settings will be displayed with a continued swipe upwards from the tablet-optimized taskbar once it is fully expanded, removing the need for swiping twice from the taskbar.
• The percentage on the flyout design for the hardware indicator for volume has been updated to be centered in the design consistently.
• The consistency of the dismiss animation for snap layouts when dragging a window to the top of the screen and then dragging it back down has been improved.
• The Do Not Disturb icon on the Notification Center has been updated to /.
• The visibility of the battery icon in the Bluetooth section of Quick Settings when a contrast mode was enabled has been improved.
• The size of the area above a notification where clicks weren't being passed through to the underlying window has been reduced so it's the same sized area as the side of the notification.
• The Keyboard Layout section in the Quick Settings has been removed.
• The Print Queue shortcut in the Start menu has been removed.

Settings

• The Activity history subpage under Privacy & security page has been redesigned in order to align with the design aesthetics of Windows 11.
• The "Trade-in or recycle your PC" option under About page will not be shown when performing an in-place upgrade to this build, but will reappear over time.
• The touch keyboard icon option in Taskbar subpage under Personalization page has been updated to a dropdown menu.
• Changes under Sounds page to program events (for example, turning certain system sounds off) will persist on upgrade going forward.

Input

The reliability of showing the touch keyboard on the login screen after tapping the PIN or password field after rebooting or upgrade has been improved.

Miscellaneous

A new group policy for excluding USB removable drives from BitLocker encryption has been added.

• This policy can only be configured via MDM custom OMA-URI in Microsoft Intune.

Bugs and quirks

General

The .ISO image of this build may not boot correctly on VMware, VirtualBox and Hyper-V Gen 2 virtual machines.

Shell

Pressing Ctrl+T in File Explorer may cause the command bar to stack on top of each other if the tabbed browsing feature is not enabled.

Safe mode

• Quick Settings and date/time clock on the taskbar may be missing due to the Capability Access Manager Service service not running.
• Clicking Bluetooth & devices and Personalization pages may crash the Settings app due to an overrun of a stack-based buffer 0xc0000409.

Gallery

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  Server Manager

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  Server Core

External links

• Official announcement