OTC Public Images Release Notes March 2025
Discontinue Fedora 39
Section titled “Discontinue Fedora 39”OTC public image Standard_Fedora_39 will be discontinued on 15th May 2025.
what does that mean?
public images will be no longer listed in OTC public image list
- Standard_Fedora_39_amd64_bios_latest
- Standard_Fedora_39_amd64_uefi_latest
OTC internal package repositories preconfigured in Standard_Fedora_39 images will be available until 30th June 2025. 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_41_amd64_bios_latest
Windows
Section titled “Windows”Updated Microsoft Windows Server Images with current Microsoft Windows Server Patches of March 2025, 12th
Section titled “Updated Microsoft Windows Server Images with current Microsoft Windows Server Patches of March 2025, 12th”-
New updates for Windows Server 2016
- 2025-03 Cumulative Update for Windows Server 2016 for x64-based Systems (KB5053594)
- 2025-03 Servicing Stack Update for Windows Server 2016 for x64-based Systems (KB5054006)
- Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool x64 - v5.132 (KB890830)
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New updates for Windows Server 2019
- Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool x64 - v5.132 (KB890830)
- 2025-03 Cumulative Update for Windows Server 2019 for x64-based Systems (KB5053596)
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New updates for Windows Server 2022
- Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool x64 - v5.132 (KB890830)
- Microsoft Edge-Stable Channel Version 134 Update for x64 based Editions (Build 134.0.3124.51)
- Microsoft Edge-Extended Stable Channel Version 134 Update for x64 based Editions (Build 134.0.3124.51)
- 2025-03 Cumulative Update for Microsoft server operating system version 21H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5053603)
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New updates for Windows Server 2025
- Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool x64 - v5.132 (KB890830)
- Microsoft Edge-WebView2 Runtime Version 134 Update for x64 based Editions (Build 134.0.3124.51)
- Microsoft Edge-Stable Channel Version 134 Update for x64 based Editions (Build 134.0.3124.51)
- Microsoft Edge-Extended Stable Channel Version 134 Update for x64 based Editions (Build 134.0.3124.51)
- 2025-03 Cumulative Update for Microsoft server operating system version 24H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5053598)
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 539.19 for Windows Server 2019 and 2022 - solves CVE‑2024‑0131