OTC Public Images Release Notes September 2025
Discontinue Fedora 40
Section titled “Discontinue Fedora 40”OTC public image Standard_Fedora_40 will be discontinued on 31th October 2025.
what does that mean?
public images will be no longer listed in OTC public image list
- Standard_Fedora_40_amd64_bios_latest
OTC internal package repositories preconfigured in Standard_Fedora_40 images will be available until 31th December 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_42_amd64_bios_latest
Windows
Section titled “Windows”Updated Microsoft Windows Server Images with current Microsoft Windows Server Patches of September 2025, 10th
Section titled “Updated Microsoft Windows Server Images with current Microsoft Windows Server Patches of September 2025, 10th”-
New updates for Windows Server 2016
- Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool x64 - v5.135 (KB890830)
- 2025-09 Cumulative Update for .NET Framework 4.8 for Windows Server 2016 for x64 (KB5065749)
- 2025-09 Cumulative Update for Windows Server 2016 for x64-based Systems (KB5065427)
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New updates for Windows Server 2019
- Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool x64 - v5.135 (KB890830)
- 2025-09 Cumulative Update for .NET Framework 3.5, 4.7.2 and 4.8 for Windows Server 2019 for x64 (KB5065955)
- 2025-09 Cumulative Update for Windows Server 2019 for x64-based Systems (KB5065428)
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New updates for Windows Server 2022
- Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool x64 - v5.135 (KB890830)
- Microsoft Edge-Stable Channel Version 140 Update for x64 based Editions (Build 140.0.3485.54)
- 2025-09 Cumulative Update for .NET Framework 3.5, 4.8 and 4.8.1 for Microsoft server operating system version 21H2 for x64 (KB5065962)
- 2025-09 Cumulative Update for Microsoft server operating system version 21H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5065432)
- Microsoft Edge-Extended Stable Channel Version 140 Update for x64 based Editions (Build 140.0.3485.54)
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New updates for Windows Server 2025
- Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool x64 - v5.135 (KB890830)
- Microsoft Edge-Stable Channel Version 140 Update for x64 based Editions (Build 140.0.3485.54)
- Microsoft Edge-WebView2 Runtime Version 140 Update for x64 based Editions (Build 140.0.3485.54)
- 2025-09 Cumulative Update for .NET Framework 3.5 and 4.8.1 for Microsoft server operating system version 24H2 for x64 (KB5064401)
- 2025-09 Cumulative Update for Microsoft server operating system version 24H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5065426) (26100.6584)
- Microsoft Edge-Extended Stable Channel Version 140 Update for x64 based Editions (Build 140.0.3485.54)
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-2025-23276, CVE-2025-23281, CVE-2025-23286, CVE-2025-23287, CVE-2025-23288 - see https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5670
- NVIDIA grid driver 539.41 for Windows Server 2019, 2022, (2025 not officially supported) - Chocolatey Package OtcNvidiaDriverR535 539.41.0
- NVIDIA grid driver 573.48 for Windows Server 2022, 2025 - no officiall OTC support - Chocolatey Package OtcNvidiaDriverR570 573.48.0
- NVIDIA datacenter driver 573.48 for Windows Server 2022, 2025 (A100, H100 only)
- NVIDIA datacenter driver 539.41 for Windows Server 2019 (A100, H100 only)