AD receives its biggest overhaul in years. It now boasts better scalability, faster performance in virtualized environments, and enhanced security to protect against modern threats. Key additions include:

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Windows Server 2025 (Build 26100.1742) | +------------------------------------+----------------------------------+ | Storage & NVMe | Hybrid Cloud Mastery | | • 70% IOPs Performance Boost | • Hotpatching Enabled | | • Native NVMe over Fabrics | • Direct Azure Arc Integration | +------------------------------------+----------------------------------+ | Identity Security | Hyper-V Evolution | | • 32k Active Directory Pages | • GPU Partitioning (GPU-P) | | • Mandatory TLS 1.3 for LDAPS | • Generation 2 VM Defaults | +------------------------------------+----------------------------------+ 1. Next-Generation Storage Performance