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OTC Public Images Release Notes December 2025

Linux

Section titled “Linux”

Discontinue Fedora 41

Section titled “Discontinue Fedora 41”

OTC public image Standard_Fedora_41 will be discontinued on 15th February 2026.

what does that mean?

public images will be no longer listed in OTC public image list

  • Standard_Fedora_41_amd64_bios_latest

OTC internal package repositories preconfigured in Standard_Fedora_41 images will be available until end of April 2026. https://imagefactory.otc.t-systems.com/package-repositories

  Already existing ECS installed with one of these images

  • existing ECS installed with one of these images can be reinstalled
  • existing ECS installed with one of these images can be used to create a new ECS

A new ECS can still be installed with a discontinued image by using its image id directly. Using a discontinued image is without OTC support.

It is recommended to migrate existing ECS to

  • Standard_Fedora_43_amd64_bios_latest

New Image Release - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.7

Section titled “New Image Release - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.7”

Windows

Section titled “Windows”

Updated Microsoft Windows Server Images with current Microsoft Windows Server Patches of December 2025, 10th

Section titled “Updated Microsoft Windows Server Images with current Microsoft Windows Server Patches of December 2025, 10th”

  • New updates for Windows Server 2016

    • 2025-12 Cumulative Update for Windows Server 2016 for x64-based Systems (KB5071543)
    • Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool x64 - v5.138 (KB890830)

  • New updates for Windows Server 2019

    • Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool x64 - v5.138 (KB890830)
    • 2025-12 Cumulative Update for Windows Server 2019 for x64-based Systems (KB5071544)

  • New updates for Windows Server 2022

    • Microsoft Edge-Stable Channel Version 143 Update for x64 based Editions (Build 143.0.3650.75)
    • Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool x64 - v5.138 (KB890830)
    • 2025-12 Cumulative Update for Microsoft server operating system version 21H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5071547)

  • New updates for Windows Server 2025

    • Microsoft Edge-WebView2 Runtime Version 143 Update for x64 based Editions (Build 143.0.3650.66)
    • Microsoft Edge-Stable Channel Version 143 Update for x64 based Editions (Build 143.0.3650.75)
    • Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool x64 - v5.138 (KB890830)
    • 2025-12 Cumulative Update for Microsoft server operating system version 24H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5072033) (26100.7462)

Updated Drivers and Tools

Section titled “Updated Drivers and Tools”
  • n/a

Unchanged Drivers and Tools

Section titled “Unchanged Drivers and Tools”
  • Cloudbase-Init: 1.1.6 (stable version) with OTC patch 1.0
    • service startup type is set to manual and triggerinfo is set to start/networkon (prevents error messages of not running cloudbase-init service)
  • .net Framework 4.8 (Windows Server 2016 and 2019 only)
  • virtIO KVM driver package version 0.1.262
  • Chocolatey client version 2.3.0
  • NVIDIA driver updates for solving CVE-2025-23345 - see https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5703
    • NVIDIA grid driver 539.56 for Windows Server 2019, 2022, (2025 not officially supported) - Chocolatey Package OtcNvidiaDriverR535 539.56.0
    • NVIDIA grid driver 581.42 for Windows Server 2022, 2025 - no officiall OTC support - Chocolatey Package OtcNvidiaDriverR580 581.42.1
    • NVIDIA datacenter driver 581.42 for Windows Server 2022, 2025 (A100, H100 only)
    • NVIDIA datacenter driver 539.56 for Windows Server 2019 (A100, H100 only)