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Microsoft has released the latest Windows Server preview build for members of the Windows Server Insider Program. The new build number is 26052 and adds one more known issue to the release notes.

Microsoft has announced the availability of Windows Server Preview Build 26040, the first preview of what has now been confirmed to be called Windows Server 2025.

Microsoft has released the first Windows Server preview build of 2024. The new build 26040 supports the new Server Flighting update feature and branding has been updated to Windows Server 2025.

New security features are already rolling out to Windows 11 insiders

Microsoft says this is just phase one in a larger strategy

"Well, I'm gonna need a big net for the big fluke I'm gonna catch," the angler said at the tackle shop a few days before his trip

Days before he caught the new Connecticut state-record fluke, Bill Proulx went to the tackle shop to buy a bigger net.

Microsoft made default SMB signing mandatory in a recent Windows 11 Canary build for Insiders. Today, the company has detailed a workaround and a "fix" for users who want access as guests.

The move to set up SMB signing by default in Windows and Windows Server is designed to make the OS more secure, according to a blog post from Microsoft today, so IT admins should prepare now.

Microsoft has finally addressed a known issue caused by the Windows 11 2022 Update that slowed down the copying of large multiple gigabyte (GB) files over SMB (Server Message Block) protocol.