Windows Server Summit in a nutshell

09.01.2026 19.01.2026

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Does anyone else have the problem that there are still so many interesting webinars available at the end of the time? 🕐💨

This happens to me time and time again—work piles up, and when I do have some free time, I find it difficult to concentrate fully on the content of a webinar. This leads to the feeling that more and more information is being left behind that could be put to good use in projects. 😓

To provide a quick overview, I decided to compile the key content from these events and present it here in condensed form. I'll start with the latest Windows Server Summit, where important and exciting new features for Windows Server 2025 were presented. I am taking a thematic approach here and summarizing sessions on the same topic in one article. So there will be no session-by-session summary.

I hope this helps you out there to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow and to be well prepared for the migrations that are sure to come soon! 💪
Speaking of being prepared, in addition to all the new features, Microsoft has also released a fairly long video with the most common support cases and their solutions. Maybe your current problem is among them…?

The support case files: Windows Server troubleshooting tips - Windows Server Summit

To the articles:

Part 1: Upgrades Windows Server Summit | Upgrades

Part 2: Azure Arc Windows Server Summit | Azure Arc - the "Intune for Servers"

Part 3: Security Windows Server Summit | Security

Part 4: Azure File Sync Windows Server Summit | Azure File Sync - the "OneDrive for Servers"

Part 5: Storage Windows Server Summit | Storage

Part 6: Azure Migrate Windows Server Summit | Azure Migrate

Part 7: AD certificate authority Windows Server Summit | AD certificate authority

Part 8: Hyper-V Windows Server Summit | Hyper-V

Part 9: From VMware to the cloud Windows Server Summit | From VMware to the cloud

Part 10: Software defined networking Windows Server Summit | (Software-defined) Networking