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OTC Public Images Release Notes May 2025

Linux

Section titled “Linux”

Discontinue Ubuntu 20.04

Section titled “Discontinue Ubuntu 20.04”

OTC public image Standard_Ubuntu_20.04 will be discontinued on 31th August 2025.

what does that mean?

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

  • Standard_Ubuntu_20.04_GPU_NV_latest
  • Standard_Ubuntu_20.04_GPU_NV_prev
  • Standard_Ubuntu_20.04_GPU_latest
  • Standard_Ubuntu_20.04_GPU_prev
  • Standard_Ubuntu_20.04_P100_latest
  • Standard_Ubuntu_20.04_P100_prev
  • Standard_Ubuntu_20.04_latest
  • Standard_Ubuntu_20.04_prev  

OTC internal package repositories preconfigured in Standard_Ubuntu_20.04 images will be available as long as they are oficially provided by vendor. 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_Ubuntu_24.04_amd64_bios_latest

or in case of Nvida image to

  • Standard_Ubuntu_22.04_GPU_NV_latest

Windows

Section titled “Windows”

Updated Microsoft Windows Server Images with current Microsoft Windows Server Patches of May 2025, 14th

Section titled “Updated Microsoft Windows Server Images with current Microsoft Windows Server Patches of May 2025, 14th”

  • New updates for Windows Server 2016

    • Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool x64 - v5.133 (KB890830)
    • 2025-05 Cumulative Update for Windows Server 2016 for x64-based Systems (KB5058383)
    • 2025-05 Servicing Stack Update for Windows Server 2016 for x64-based Systems (KB5058524)

  • New updates for Windows Server 2019

    • 2025-05 Cumulative Update for Windows Server 2019 for x64-based Systems (KB5058392)
    • Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool x64 - v5.133 (KB890830)

  • New updates for Windows Server 2022

    • Microsoft Edge-Stable Channel Version 136 Update for x64 based Editions (Build 136.0.3240.64)
    • Microsoft Edge-Extended Stable Channel Version 136 Update for x64 based Editions (Build 136.0.3240.64)
    • Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool x64 - v5.133 (KB890830)
    • 2025-05 Cumulative Update for Microsoft server operating system version 21H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5058385)

  • New updates for Windows Server 2025

    • Microsoft Edge-WebView2 Runtime Version 136 Update for x64 based Editions (Build 136.0.3240.64)
    • Microsoft Edge-Stable Channel Version 136 Update for x64 based Editions (Build 136.0.3240.64)
    • Microsoft Edge-Extended Stable Channel Version 136 Update for x64 based Editions (Build 136.0.3240.64)
    • 2025-05 Cumulative Update for Microsoft server operating system version 24H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5058411)
    • Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool x64 - v5.133 (KB890830)

Updated Drivers and Tools

Section titled “Updated Drivers and Tools”
  • NVIDIA grid driver 539.28 for Windows Server 2019, 2022, (2025 not officially supported)
  • NVIDIA datacenter driver 572.83 for Windows Server 2022, 2025 (A100, H100 only)
  • NVIDIA datacenter driver 539.28 for Windows Server 2019 (A100, H100 only)

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