Microsoft is to charge for a new Windows Server security update feature — what you need to know.
Update, April 29, 2025: This story, originally published April 28, has been updated with further information regarding the paid for hotpatching security update service that will cost Windows Server 2025 users $1.50 per core from July 1., those that fix vulnerabilities in an operating system used by billions are high on the mandatory agenda.
As I reported April 14, Microsoft is moving toward a time whereby a hotpatching function would negate the need to reboot your Windows system following a security update. Thewould download and install in the background, deployed within the in-memory code of already running processes. That report was concerning the feature coming to users of a very specific version of Windows 11: Windows 11 Enterprise, version 24H2 for x64 CPU device users running Microsoft Intune for deployment.
Microsoft has said that hotpatching brings a number of important benefits to the security update process. Not least that there will be higher availability with fewer reboots required, and that’s no bad thing in anyone’s book. Updates will be faster to deploy as they will arrive in much smaller packages that install quickly and, Microsoft pointed out, have easier patch orchestration with the optional Azure Update Manager.
Although hotpatching has been available for the longest time for Windows Server Datacenter: Azure Edition, and it will continue without charge, these security updates for Windows Server 2025 users will cost $1.50 per CPU core per month. Yes, you read that right, per core. “With hotpatching,” Microsoft said, “you will still need to restart your Windows Servers about four times yearly for baseline updates, but hotpatching can save significant time and ease the inconvenience of a traditional Patch Tuesday.” Only you can decide if it is for you, and the service is entirely optional.
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