Last November, our most innovative, secure, and performant release to date was made generally available: Windows Server 2025. Incorporating input and feedback from customers, our Windows Server engineering team delivered a release that can enable customers to safeguard their data and infrastructure, handle their most demanding workloads, and help enhance their operational flexibility and connectivity, all with advanced security, cloud agility, and improved performance. As we continue to build and innovate, our team looks forward to engaging and learning from you at every opportunity to help ensure Windows Server continues to enable customers to accelerate innovation in their businesses.

As we reflect on over 30 years of innovation and our most recent release, we are thrilled to invite you to the Windows Server Summit 2025, held on April 29th and 30th on Microsoft Tech Community. This is a premier event for Windows Server professionals eager to stay involved and ahead of the curve. This year’s summit features a lineup of sessions designed to provide deep insight into the latest innovations and best practices in Microsoft Windows Server and Azure.

How to sign up

This event does not require registration, but you should be a member of Microsoft Tech Community to join us live and ask questions via chat during the sessions. We have tons of great content spanning two days, April 29—30th, each day starting at 7 AM PST. Visit this page for details on how to join and add the event to your calendar

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Meet the experts

You will have the opportunity to meet Windows Server engineering leaders, including Ian LeGrow, CVP PM. Ian leads the Operating Systems Division product management team, responsible for Windows Server and all Windows-based OS at Microsoft. Throughout the event, product managers will share how they have taken your feedback to deliver improved features and one of our most innovative and secure releases of Windows Server yet. They will also provide an exclusive look behind the scenes at what’s coming next in Windows Server, Azure, and hybrid cloud innovations.

Session highlights

After the keynote, you can listen or watch all the way through or pick and choose from mostly 30-minute sessions according to your interests. Here is a small sample of the sessions we have planned:

• Upgrades made easy with Windows Server 2025: Discover why Windows Server 2025 is the easiest version to upgrade ever. Join Rob Hindman and Jeff Woolsey as they delve into media upgrades and feature updates.
• Securing Active Directory: Join Active Directory Program Manager Cliff Fisher for a deep dive into new security features, policies, and defaults for Windows Server 2025. Learn about the new Windows Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) features, Delegated Managed Service Accounts, and more.
• Windows Server Hyper-V Architecture, features, GPUs, and more! Explore the new GPU partitioning innovation in Windows Server 2025 Hyper-V. This session will cover use cases and hardware considerations.
• Modernize server management and connectivity with Azure Arc: Connect Windows Servers across hybrid, multicloud, and edge environments to Azure. This session will showcase connectivity options and highlight Azure capabilities focused on SCCM modernization.
• What’s next for advanced storage: Discover the major improvements to storage in Windows Server 2025 and get a sneak peek at innovations like Native NVMe (nonvolatile memory express) and rack-aware clustering.
• Fine-tuned host networking for Windows Server 2025: Transform your network setup and management for Windows Server 2025 clusters with Network ATC and Network HUD. Learn how to achieve peak network performance for your workloads with AccelNet.
• SDN magic—Windows Server 2025 innovations: Uncover the power of software-defined networking on Windows Server 2025, including effortless deployments with native SDN (Software-defined networking) and enhanced security posture for your applications.
• Harden security and build resiliency with Windows Server 2025: Stay up-to-date with the latest security features and best practices for securing Windows Server. Learn about Microsoft Defender for Cloud and more.
• Hotpatching and update management for Windows Server with Azure Arc: Learn about the popular new hotpatching feature in Windows Server 2025 and watch demos on managing updates with Azure Arc.
• The Support Case Files—Windows Server troubleshooting tips: Join our Windows Server support engineers as they break down your most requested support cases.
• From on-premises to cloud with Azure File Sync: Learn how to use Azure File Sync to employ hybrid topologies and migrate seamlessly from on-premises to cloud.

Don’t miss out!

Windows Server Summit is a special virtual event with a community-driven, educational focus, and Microsoft engineers as featured speakers. While most of the sessions are advanced and assume good Windows Server experience, you will get something out of this event, whether you are a seasoned IT professional or just starting your journey. We hope you will join us live so you can participate in the Q&A, but if you cannot, sessions will be available on demand a few days after the event. Sign up now and join us for two days of learning together.

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Stay ahead of the curve and learn about the latest innovations and best practices in the world of Windows Server. Session recordings from the Windows Server Summit 2024 virtual event sponsored by Intel^® are available on-demand.

Designed for experienced IT professionals and IT leaders, the event will help deepen knowledge and skills of Windows Server and managing Windows Server workloads in hybrid cloud environments. The event includes talks by Microsoft product engineers, Intel® experts, and Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs) sharing insights and tips to get the most out of Windows Server. You won’t want to miss the sneak peek of exciting features and enhancements coming in Windows Server 2025, the next major release of Microsoft’s server operating system!

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Windows Server Summit has been an annual virtual event for the past three years. This year we responded to feedback on this popular event by including more demos and deeper technical content. All sessions are presented by Microsoft engineering teams and technical leaders from Intel® as well as our highly skilled Microsoft MVPs. Here are some examples of our expert content:

Windows Server 2025 preview

Did you catch the Microsoft Ignite 2023 session with Jeff Woolsey and Elden Christensen in matching purple shirts? That was still early days—there is more to share! In his Windows Server Summit session, Elden will provide an overview of all the new features and improvements to expect in Windows Server 2025 when released in late 2024.

Did you know that while you are playing Xbox at home, the team supporting the backend services uses Hotpatch? Find out how they do it in our session with Vishal Baja and Viraj Desai from Windows engineering and Tim Dreyling from Xbox networking teams.

Is software defined networking (SDN) your thing? You won’t want to miss Cindy Wan, Anirban Paul, Kyle Bisnett, and Samuel Liu of the SDN team for their demo bash session—including how to use upcoming Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS) and network security enhancements.

Are you looking for ways to prepare for AI? Afia Boakye and Nicole Bourain from the core operating system (OS) virtualization team will dive into new features in the Windows Server and Azure Stack HCI covering GPU failover clustering and new GPU partitioning (GPU-P) for GPU virtualization.

Security and hardening Windows Server

What are your thoughts on NTLM? Join Ned Pyle as he walks you through the evolution of Windows Authentication with Windows Server 2025 updates to NTLM and Kerberos improvement.

Eric Woodruff, Security MVP, is sharing his expertise with sessions on taking steps to secure Windows Server Active Directory with the Security Compliance Toolkit and Center for Internet Security (CIS) Benchmarks as well as a session specific to protecting your server from management plane attacks.

Microsoft understands not every server is running the latest version of Windows Server. Still, keeping your servers secure is vital. Join Principal Product Managers Poornima Priyadarshini and Jason Leznek to learn how Azure Arc extends the Azure control plane to on-premises servers and take advantage of Extended Security Updates (ESUs) on a flexible monthly billing model with keyless activation.

Windows Server hybrid and cloud

Are you running Windows Server on-premises or at the edge? Learn how you can leverage Azure automation, PowerShell, run command, and many other Azure management solutions for your on-premises Windows Servers. Thomas Maurer, Senior Program Manager and Chief Evangelist Azure Hybrid, and Ryan Willis, Product Manager for Azure Arc, will share how to automate your on-premises Windows Server from the cloud using Azure Arc.

Upgrades and migrations

Want to understand the details of Windows Server upgrade and update processes? We have the core team responsible front and center to walk you through the “how” and “when” of updates—including the upgrade path from Windows Server 2018 to Windows Server 2025.

Gregor Reimling is a rare, dual category MVP in Azure and Security. He will share his best practices for a successful Azure migration starting with the Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) and look at the Azure Migrate and Modernize program.

Windows Server best practices

Fady Azmy, Program Manager for Windows Server will share practical strategies and best practices for using containers to boost efficiency and simplify deployment while maximizing resource utilization for Windows Server applications.

Interested in host networking on the edge? Join Basel Kablawi, Product Manager for network data plane, and Anirban Paul, Principal Product Manager, as they share what’s new and exciting in networking for Windows Server, highlighting Network ATC, Network HUD, and Accelerated Networking.

Be sure to watch these and other great sessions from our expert speakers!

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However, as many organizations like yours are eager to innovate with AI for various use cases, it is also very important, if not more, to have a solid IT foundation that can support that ambitious AI vision—from a cost, performance, and security perspective. The last thing companies want is to make a big investment in AI and machine learning initiatives too soon, without the bandwidth, guardrails, or necessary performance in place to support it.

At the heart of your IT estate lies strategic investments you have in business-critical workloads like Windows Server and SQL Server that are and have been the foundation of many organizations for more than 30 years now. The question then becomes—how do you modernize these foundational technologies to make you ready to leverage the full power of AI, that will allow you to adopt AI in a secure, responsible way and gain an edge over the competition?

Catch up on sessions from Microsoft Ignite

Whether you missed some of the sessions at Ignite or just want a recap of all things Windows Server and SQL Server, we’ve got you covered. In this blog, we’re going to showcase the main Ignite sessions for Windows Server and SQL Server, where we had various announcements, demos, and customer testimonials.

Windows Server

What’s New in Windows Server v.Next: In this session, we provide a preview of what’s coming next for Windows Server, a platform that enables IT professionals and developers to modernize their applications and enable hybrid use cases. The topics covered were Active Directory, File Server, Storage, Hyper-V, Security, and more.

Do more with Windows Server and SQL Server on Azure: This session highlights how you can reap more technical and business benefits by running Windows Server and SQL Server on Microsoft Azure. You’ll learn how Azure provides optimal cost benefits, performance, and security for these workloads. Get tips and demos on how to extend Azure innovations to your hybrid and multi-cloud environments with Azure Arc.

Migrate to Innovate: Be AI-ready, secure, and optimize operations: This is an immersive session for IT practitioners on how to migrate to Azure. We highlighted practical steps, demos, and guidance on how migrating to Azure can accelerate the impact of AI in your organization. We then highlighted how you can enhance security and optimize operations once in the cloud and take the first step into Azure with Azure Migrate.

Learn Live: Upgrade and migrate Windows Server IaaS virtual machines: In this online session, you can learn to migrate a workload running in Windows Server to an infrastructure as a service (IaaS) virtual machine and to Windows Server 2022 by using Windows Server migration tools or the Storage Migration Service.

SQL Server

Get superior price and performance with Azure cloud-scale databases: In this session, you can learn how to improve performance with the latest capabilities for Azure SQL Databases, Azure Database for PostgreSQL, and SQL Server enabled by Azure Arc for hybrid and multi-cloud. You’ll learn how customers enabled ongoing innovation by migrating to Azure Database for MySQL. This session will cover tactical ways to get the most from your applications with the databases that are easy to use, deliver unmatched price and performance, support open-source, and enable transformative AI technologies.

Accelerate your SQL migration with Azure Data Migration Service: In this demo, you’ll see how the new Azure Data Migration Service along with Azure Migrate can accelerate your SQL modernization journey. We will showcase Azure Data Migration Service streamlined capabilities for readiness assessment, SKU recommendations based on workload rightsizing, and online and offline data migration across Portal, Azure Data Studio, PowerShell, and command-line interface (CLI) experiences that you need for your SQL Server migration journey to Azure from on-premises.

Migrate to innovate: Modernize your data on Azure SQL Managed Instance: In this session, you can watch new performance enhancements in action and experience the ease of online migration to Azure SQL Managed Instance using the link feature. See how you can continue to modernize on Azure through Microsoft Fabric integration and connections to other Azure services.

Bring enhanced manageability to SQL Server anywhere with Azure Arc: Join this discussion to discover how connecting your SQL Servers to Azure can enhance your management, security, and governance capabilities with live demos. SQL Server enabled by Azure Arc is a hybrid cloud solution that allows you to manage, secure, and govern your SQL Server estate running anywhere from Azure. Our experts will also explore different options for deploying Azure Arc to your SQL Servers at scale.

Next steps to modernize Windows Server and SQL Server

Ready to take the next step in modernizing your Windows Server and SQL Server? Here are some quick resources to get started:

1. Upgrade to the latest versions of Windows Server to take advantage of the latest capabilities. Learn more about Windows Server 2022 and SQL Server 2022.
2. Looking to migrate to Azure? Take the first step with Azure Migrate and Modernize, our offering that has programs, offers, support, free tooling, and expert guidance to confidently migrate to Azure.
3. Join the discussion on our Windows Server Tech Community and SQL Server Tech Community.

¹ ITProToday, Microsoft Ignite 2023 Envisions AI as an Everyday Reality, November 16, 2023.

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We’re excited to invite you to the fourth annual Windows Server Summit digital event, happening on December 6, 2022, at 9:00 AM Pacific Time. This has been a popular digital event among our Windows Server community, attracting thousands of IT managers, chief technical officers, systems administrators, cloud architects, and other IT professionals from organizations of all sizes. We know your time is precious, so here’s a quick preview of what’s in the event for you, and why you should join us:

More demos, fewer slides

Your feedback has been heard. In past events, you’ve expressed interest in seeing features in action, rather than just hearing us talk about them. In this event, you’ll experience clear, step-by-step walk-throughs of Windows Server 2022, Windows Admin Center, and Azure Arc as well as new products like Azure Automanage.

Focus on the practical, while looking ahead to what’s possible

In each of our sessions, we have tried to stay grounded in the practical challenges you need to manage today, like keeping your IT environment secure, giving your team better capabilities for working remotely, managing your IT estate, and determining what to do next with older technology, like Windows Server 2012 (reaching end of support October 10, 2023). In addition to these essential topics, we’re excited to offer a few sneak peeks at what is coming next and share with you ways to migrate and modernize to take advantage of Azure capabilities.

Hear from Microsoft experts and get your questions answered

Attendees of the December 6 event will have a chance to get their questions answered by Windows Server and Azure experts through live chat. You’ll hear from Roanne Sones, Corporate Vice President of Azure Edge and Platform on her vision for Windows Server and hybrid cloud. Of course, we have sessions led by familiar Microsoft personalities including Jeff Woolsey, Sonia Cuff, Rick Claus, Ned Pyle, Thomas Maurer, and the list goes on.

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If you want to learn with the Windows Server community, or just want more information about Windows Server 2022, Azure Kubernetes Service, Azure Arc, or cloud migration, please sign up for the Windows Server Summit to join us.

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Azure Hybrid Benefit expansion

As customers are increasing cloud adoption to run virtual machine (VM)–based and containerized applications, they also need to keep some workloads on-premises. At Microsoft, we are committed to meeting customers where they are. Azure Hybrid Benefit is a program that enables customers to reduce the costs of running workloads in the cloud. At Microsoft Ignite, we’re introducing new additions to Azure Hybrid Benefit to bring the value of Azure to where customers are.

As part of our updates, customers with Windows Server Software Assurance or a Cloud Solution Provider subscription will be able to use Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) on Windows Server and Azure Stack HCI in their own datacenters or edge infrastructure at no additional cost. This will enable customers to containerize their applications and deploy them on Azure or on-premises consistently by maximizing business value with a managed Kubernetes service in their own environments.

For customers looking to modernize their environment, we are also introducing a new benefit for Windows Server Datacenter Software Assurance customers to use Azure Stack HCI at no additional cost.¹ With this, customers can modernize their existing datacenter and edge infrastructure to run their VM and container-based workloads on modern infrastructure with industry-leading price performance and built-in connectivity to Azure. Learn more about Azure Hybrid Benefit for AKS and Azure Stack HCI.

More flexibility to run Windows Server

On October 1, 2022, we implemented several updates to outsourcing and hosting terms for customers and partners globally. Among these is the Flexible Virtualization Benefit, which allows customers with Software Assurance or subscription licenses to run their own licensed software, including Windows Server, on other cloud providers’ infrastructure—dedicated or multitenant.² Additionally, customers can also license Windows Server on a VM basis.

Windows Server customers have been increasingly leveraging Windows containers to modernize their applications. However, we heard from a few of our customers and application vendors that needed the ability to distribute a complete containerized application directly to their end users. Starting today, customers will be able to redistribute Windows Container base images beyond their organization in accordance with the updated End-User Agreement License. Now, customers and application vendors across segments like medical, financial, manufacturing, or other air-gapped environments can more easily use Windows containers to modernize their applications. Learn more about the upcoming changes in our tech community blog.

Modernize for end of support

With all the added benefits and flexibility mentioned above, there is no better time to modernize than now. This is especially true if you are running Windows Server 2012/R2, which is reaching end of support next year on October 10, 2023. We have several options to keep your Windows Server 2012/R2 workloads protected:

• Migrate to Azure and run securely with up to three years of free Extended Security Updates. This includes all Azure destinations such as Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Dedicated Host, Azure VMware Solution, and the Azure Stack portfolio.
• Upgrade to Windows Server 2022 to get the latest innovation in security and application modernization.
• Deploy extended security updates on-premises. Customers that cannot meet the end of support deadline and have Software Assurance or subscription licenses under an enterprise agreement enrollment, and cannot migrate their Windows Server to Azure, will have the option to buy Extended Security Updates.

Start migrating and modernizing your Windows Server workloads

No matter where you are in your migration and modernization journey, we are committed to supporting you at every step. Here are some resources to get started today:  

• Learn more about the unique capabilities and cost-savings available when running Windows Server on Azure.
• Learn more about your options for Windows Server and SQL Server 2012/R2 end of support.
• Migrate and modernize with confidence through the Azure Migration and Modernization Program.

¹_{Currently only available for Windows Server Datacenter licenses with Software Assurance purchased through Enterprise Agreements. Customers can only use Windows Server or Azure Stack HCI. Customers will have 180 days of concurrent use rights to move to Azure Stack HCI.}

²_{Note that these changes exclude what we term Listed Providers: Alibaba, Amazon Web Services, Google, and Microsoft. Customers that want to use a Listed Provider for outsourcing can acquire licenses directly from the Listed Provider.}

³_{Note: In alignment with the servicing model for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 (link to blog), the Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 ESU program will only include Monthly Rollup packages; Security Only update packages will not be provided.}

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Ever since its release in 2018, Windows Admin Center has become the solution for managing Windows Server infrastructure running on-premises. It has grown to provide dozens of experiences that make remote investigation and remediation of your servers as easy as possible. Today, we are extending the same tooling to your cloud infrastructure with the general availability of Windows Admin Center for Azure Virtual Machines. Let’s dive into the new features.

Why use Windows Admin Center in Azure

Simplicity and convenience

Windows Admin Center in Azure unlocks incredible capabilities for the Azure portal by providing you with an interface to manage your Windows Server Virtual Machines. By default, the Azure portal provides a singular view for virtual machine management and the essential elements to manage your infrastructure. With the addition of Windows Admin Center, we have supplemented this great experience with additional capabilities such as an enhanced view of virtual machine usage, performance monitoring, viewing of events, and much more. We expect this to reduce the need for you to remote desktop into your virtual machine for administration, simplifying your experience as you deploy and maintain virtual machines with or without a graphical user interface (GUI).

Secure, passwordless authentication

Unlike Windows Admin Center on-premises, Windows Admin Center in Azure features single sign-on using Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) authentication to bring you an end-to-end identity experience in the Azure portal. Regardless of whether your virtual machine is on-premises Active Directory joined, Azure AD joined, or not joined to any domain, Windows Admin Center and Azure AD provide a single sign-on experience. Just add your Azure AD identity to the Windows Admin Center Administrator Login Azure role-based access control (RBAC) role and get access to the full suite of management capabilities that we provide in the Azure Portal. Read more about how this exciting capability reduces the reliance on local administrator accounts when managing Windows Server machines in Azure.

Performant

Users expect a fast, reliable, and personalized experience when managing their infrastructure. Windows Admin Center in Azure leverages cloud-native services such as Azure Front Door, a content delivery network (CDN) that rapidly delivers content and brings you an unmatched server management performance in the Azure Portal. Compared to Windows Admin Center on-premises, the Azure experience is about two and a half times faster, by delivering its static content from the cloud, while keeping your server’s data secure within your network.

Get started with Windows Admin Center

Windows Admin Center in Azure is available to all Windows Server customers on Azure running Windows Server 2016 or higher in the public cloud. Create a new virtual machine today or deploy Windows Admin Center on your existing infrastructure. You can begin managing your virtual machines in Azure using Windows Admin Center by navigating to the Windows Admin Center blade under Settings in the Virtual Machine Azure portal UI.

Windows Admin Center in Azure is also available in preview for managing Windows Server Azure Arc–enabled servers and Azure Stack HCI clusters.

Follow us at Microsoft Ignite and stay tuned for more exciting capabilities coming soon to Windows Admin Center in Azure.

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Take advantage of this opportunity to get your questions answered during live Q&A by engaging with product managers that represent Windows Server and all these Azure services.

A closer look at session details

Session and speaker	Description
Windows Server Summit Kickoff Bernardo Caldas Vice President of Program Management, Azure Core OS, and Edge Infrastructure	Tune in for a kickoff with Bernardo Caldas (Vice President of Program Management, Azure Core OS, and Edge Infrastructure) and Arpan Shah (General Manager, Azure) who will talk about the latest innovation for Windows Server and share some exciting announcements.
What’s new with Windows Server 2022 Jeff Woolsey Principal Program Manager, Windows Server	Join Jeff Woolsey and deep dive into the latest capabilities of what makes Windows Server 2022 an exciting platform for IT pros and developers. Learn how you can apply these capabilities to your applications and data in the cloud, on-premises, and at the edge.
Windows Server 2022 and Hybrid Cloud with Azure Arc Ryan Willis Senior Program Manager, Azure Arc	Azure is the world’s computer. It’s built with enterprise-scale in mind and all the services you need to manage updates, collect and analyze logs, audit and enforce policy, and secure your servers. For workloads not moving to Azure, learn how to bring Azure innovation to your on-premises and multicloud servers with Azure Arc.
Windows Server 2022 and Hybrid Cloud with Azure Stack HCI Cosmos Darwin Principal PM Manager	Azure Stack HCI is a new hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) operating system delivered as an Azure service that provides the latest security, performance, and feature updates. Learn how to deploy and run Windows Server 2022 on Azure Stack HCI to modernize your datacenter while using your existing tools, processes, and skillsets.
Simplify IT management with Azure innovation for Windows Server 2022 Meagan McCrory Senior Program Manager	Azure Automanage can help you save time and resources for your Windows Server workloads. Discover how different services can help manage servers and see how Azure Automanage helps you easily discover and utilize premier Windows Server 2022 capabilities.
Increase developer velocity with Windows containers and Kubernetes Olaseni Adeniji Program Manager	Companies are rapidly modernizing their applications with containers and microservices. Learn about tools and platform capabilities that can help modernize your traditional Windows Server applications and implement a differentiated container solution for your Windows host.
Modernize server management with System Center and Windows Admin Center Srividya Varanasi Senior Program Manager Prasidh Arora Program Manager, Windows Server	Microsoft is evolving server management with System Center and Windows Admin Center. Learn how you can use System Center to manage datacenters at scale and how you can use Windows Admin Center to perform granular and optimized server management. We will share new and future capabilities that enable you to achieve a singular management plane across your on-premises estate.

We look forward to having you join us at the Windows Server Summit on September 16, 2021!

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Tune in at 9:00 AM PST on October 29, 2020 for an all-in-one experience where you will learn about the latest and greatest on Windows Server and have the opportunity to participate in a number of fun activities. There will be a sweepstakes and pop-up challenges that can win you one of over 50 prizes, including Surface Pro’s, Surface Go’s, and Microsoft branded coolers!

Register now for Windows Server Summit 2020.

This year we have awesome new innovation and capabilities we plan to talk about around Windows Server on-premises, managing a hybrid environment, and for running Windows Server on Azure. While we certainly have a full agenda, here are just some of the topics and speakers you’ll have the opportunity to hear from.

• Windows Server best practices and what’s next—Jeff Woolsey, Ned Pyle
• Innovations like Azure Automanage and Azure Arc enabled servers—Dean Wells, Ryan Puffer
• Special topics around Azure Stack HCI, including Azure Kubernetes Service—Cosmos Darwin, Ben Armstrong, Matt McSpirit
• Latest on System Center—Srividya Varanasi

For a refresher on some of the recent Windows Server announcements that we’ll be digging deeper into at the Windows Server Summit, read our Windows Server Summit 2020 announcement blog.

Before you tune in, here are some things you should know:

• While the event is going on, feel free to ask questions in the chat and one of our experts will respond.
• If you choose to participate in the sweepstakes, you can track your progress in the number of points you’ve generated directly from the platform (official rules available in the resources tab).
• Engage with us through social media using the Twitter, LinkedIn, or Tech Community icons in the platform.

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Now that we’ve given you a list of reasons why this year’s Windows Server Summit is one that you will not want to miss, we look forward to seeing you there. Visit the latest Windows Server Tech Community post for Windows Server resources, including training, documentation, and our brand-new Learning Paths.

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Come watch and learn from technical Windows Server content covered by industry-leading experts. Some of the heavy hitters you’ll hear from include leaders from the product team like Jeff Woolsey, Ned Pyle, Cosmos Darwin, and Dean Wells, who will all be present to answer your questions throughout the summit. Keep track of your knowledge throughout and get a chance to win one of our more than 50 sweepstake prizes at the end! You really don’t want to miss this!

Register now for the limited slots at Windows Server Summit 2020.

Here’s a sneak peek of the topics we will cover:

• Windows Server Best Practices
• New Windows Server innovation that run best on Azure including Azure Automanage, Windows Admin Center on Azure, AKS on Azure Stack HCI
• What’s new and next for Windows Server

In the meantime, check out our latest and greatest products:

Azure Automanage

Simplify IT management with optimized, automated operations across the entire lifecycle of dev/test and production virtual machines (VMs) with Azure Automanage, now available in public preview. Learn more about Azure Automanage and join the public preview.

Windows Admin Center in Azure portal

Your favorite server management tool is now available in public preview in Azure! This built-in functionality will allow you to manage your Windows Server OS anywhere, right from the Azure portal. Learn more about Windows Admin Center in Azure.

AKS on Azure Stack HCI

Containerize your apps and manage your on-premises Kubernetes clusters with Azure Kubernetes Service on Azure Stack HCI, now available in public preview. You can now securely use Azure Management Services to manage your clusters and deploy your apps anywhere—on the cloud, on-premises, or the edge. Learn more about Azure Kubernetes Service on Azure Stack HCI and register to join the preview.

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As you can see, we have lots of great new content to share with you. Stay tuned as we continue to provide more about Windows Server Summit 2020. We can’t wait to see you at the event!

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