Microsoft blames Windows Server 2025 automatic upgrades on 3rd-party tools

November 11, 2024 at 11:42AM Microsoft confirmed that some users of Windows Server 2019 and 2022 were unexpectedly upgraded to Windows Server 2025 due to third-party patch management tools. This issue, attributed to a procedural error, has been mitigated, but affected admins have no rollback option besides restoring from backups. Licensing confusion also arose with … Read more