<h2>Linux</h2>
<h3>Discontinue Fedora 40</h3>
<p><strong>OTC public image Standard_Fedora_40 will be discontinued on 31th October 2025.</strong></p>
<p>what does that mean?</p>
<p>public images will be no longer listed in OTC public image list</p>
<ul>
<li>Standard_Fedora_40_amd64_bios_latest</li>
</ul>
<p>OTC internal package repositories preconfigured in Standard_Fedora_40 images will be available until 31th December 2025.<br />
<a href="https://imagefactory.otc.t-systems.com/package-repositories">https://imagefactory.otc.t-systems.com/package-repositories</a></p>
<p>
Already existing ECS installed with one of these images</p>
<ul>
<li>existing ECS installed with one of these images can be reinstalled</li>
<li>existing ECS installed with one of these images can be used to create a new ECS</li>
</ul>
<p>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.</p>
<p>It is recommended to migrate existing ECS to</p>
<ul>
<li>Standard_Fedora_42_amd64_bios_latest</li>
</ul>
<h2>Windows</h2>
<h3>Updated Microsoft Windows Server Images with current Microsoft Windows Server Patches of September 2025, 10th</h3>
<ul>
<li>
<p>New updates for Windows Server 2016</p>
<ul>
<li>Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool x64 - v5.135 (KB890830)</li>
<li>2025-09 Cumulative Update for .NET Framework 4.8 for Windows Server 2016 for x64 (KB5065749)</li>
<li>2025-09 Cumulative Update for Windows Server 2016 for x64-based Systems (KB5065427)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<p>New updates for Windows Server 2019</p>
<ul>
<li>Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool x64 - v5.135 (KB890830)</li>
<li>2025-09 Cumulative Update for .NET Framework 3.5, 4.7.2 and 4.8 for Windows Server 2019 for x64 (KB5065955)</li>
<li>2025-09 Cumulative Update for Windows Server 2019 for x64-based Systems (KB5065428)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<p>New updates for Windows Server 2022</p>
<ul>
<li>Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool x64 - v5.135 (KB890830)</li>
<li>Microsoft Edge-Stable Channel Version 140 Update for x64 based Editions (Build 140.0.3485.54)</li>
<li>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)</li>
<li>2025-09 Cumulative Update for Microsoft server operating system version 21H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5065432)</li>
<li>Microsoft Edge-Extended Stable Channel Version 140 Update for x64 based Editions (Build 140.0.3485.54)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<p>New updates for Windows Server 2025</p>
<ul>
<li>Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool x64 - v5.135 (KB890830)</li>
<li>Microsoft Edge-Stable Channel Version 140 Update for x64 based Editions (Build 140.0.3485.54)</li>
<li>Microsoft Edge-WebView2 Runtime Version 140 Update for x64 based Editions (Build 140.0.3485.54)</li>
<li>2025-09 Cumulative Update for .NET Framework 3.5 and 4.8.1 for Microsoft server operating system version 24H2 for x64 (KB5064401)</li>
<li>2025-09 Cumulative Update for Microsoft server operating system version 24H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5065426) (26100.6584)</li>
<li>Microsoft Edge-Extended Stable Channel Version 140 Update for x64 based Editions (Build 140.0.3485.54)</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>Updated Drivers and Tools</h3>
<ul>
<li>n/a</li>
</ul>
<h3>Unchanged Drivers and Tools</h3>
<ul>
<li>Cloudbase-Init: 1.1.6 (stable version) with OTC patch 1.0
<ul>
<li>service startup type is set to manual and triggerinfo is set to start/networkon (prevents error messages of not running cloudbase-init service) </li>
</ul></li>
<li>.net Framework 4.8 (Windows Server 2016 and 2019 only)</li>
<li>virtIO KVM driver package version 0.1.262</li>
<li>Chocolatey client version 2.3.0</li>
<li>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
<ul>
<li>NVIDIA grid driver 539.41 for Windows Server 2019, 2022, (2025 not officially supported) - Chocolatey Package OtcNvidiaDriverR535 539.41.0</li>
<li>NVIDIA grid driver 573.48 for Windows Server 2022, 2025 - no officiall OTC support - Chocolatey Package OtcNvidiaDriverR570 573.48.0</li>
<li>NVIDIA datacenter driver 573.48 for Windows Server 2022, 2025 (A100, H100 only) </li>
<li>NVIDIA datacenter driver 539.41 for Windows Server 2019 (A100, H100 only)</li>
</ul></li>
</ul>