Windows Server 2025 standard key Activation

Windows Server 2025 Standard Key description:

Windows Server 2025 introduces advanced multi-layer security, hybrid capabilities with Azure, and a flexible application platform. To be a part of this release, secured-core capabilities is brought to help protect hardware, firmware, and Windows Server OS capabilities against advanced security threats. Secured-core server builds on technologies like Windows Defender System Guard and Virtualization-based Security to minimize risk from firmware vulnerabilities and advanced malware. The new release also provides secured connectivity that introduces several new capabilities such as faster and more secure encrypted HTTPS connections, industry standard SMB AES 256 encryption and more.

With enhanced VM management, an enhanced event viewer, and numerous additional new competitive capabilities in Windows Admin Center, Windows Server enhances hybrid server management.In addition, this release brings significant enhancements to Windows containers, such as simplified network policy implementation, containerization tools for.NET applications, and smaller image sizes for faster downloads.

Win Server 2025 Standard Features:

• HTTPS and TLS 1.3 are enabled by default. TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 are disabled by default. TLS 1.2 is still there.
• AES-256-GCM and AES-256-CCM cryptographic suites are supported for Server Message Block (SMB) encryption and signing.
• DNS over HTTPS (DoH) is supported and enabled by default.
• Windows Server 2025 brings secured core servers with Secured Core boot protection, hardware root-of-trust, firmware protection and virtualization based security (VBS) for physical security. Secured-core servers build on technologies such as Windows Defender System Guard and Virtualization-based Security to minimize risk from firmware vulnerabilities and advanced malware.
• Supports SMB over QUIC capability for safer communications. It’s designed for VPN replacement and relies on UDP and TLS 1.3 protocols for faster and safer communication.
• Windows Server 2025 comes with Azure Arc to manage and govern on-prem servers within Azure.
• Storage Migration Service lets users easily migrate file servers from on-premises to Azure.
• Update .NET applications with the new containerization tool in the Windows Admin Center.
• Windows Server 2025 comes with an optional Server Message Block compression capability to compress files and speed up network transfers.
• Windows Admin Center can be used to remotely manage certificates, deploy containers and track server performance.
• Windows Server 2025 supports hotpatching. Hotpatching enables the system to install Windows Updates without the need to restart the system every time. Hotpatching is only available in the Azure edition of Windows Server.
• Azure Stack HCI enables the deployment of modern Windows Server applications with Azure Kubernetes Service.

Converting Windows Server Evaluation Version to Standard Version:

• First open up a Powershell window and run as Administrator.
• Enter the following command:
  DISM /Online /Set-Edition:ServerStandard /ProductKey:xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx /AcceptEula
• DISM will proceed to make the required changes and will request a reboot. Press Y to reboot the server.
• Once the server has rebooted, log back in and open up Powershell again and check the current version of your system by typing:
  DISM /Online /Get-CurrentEdition

Processor requirements for Windows Server 2025 Standard:

Minimum:

• 1.4 GHz 64-bit processor.
• Compatible with x64 instruction set.
• Supports NX and DEP.
• Supports CMPXCHG16b, LAHF/SAHF, and PrefetchW.
• Supports Second Level Address Translation (EPT or NPT).

The estimated RAM requirements for Windows Server 2025 Standard:

Minimum:

• 512 MB (2 GB for Server with Desktop Experience installation option).
• ECC (Error Correcting Code) type or similar technology, for physical host deployments.