The WannaCry outbreak has forced Microsoft to release new security updates for older versions of Windows, including Windows XP.
This new regime will be on show with the next releases of Windows Nano Server which will soon be focussed exclusively on containers and shorn of features that make it suitable for generic workloads.
Windows Server Standard and Datacenter users who are part of Microsoft's Software Assurance program will automatically get these updates as they are released. Server Core is also changing: Microsoft says it's now "the recommended choice for hosting your virtual machines as well as your containers - which can be running a Nano Server container image, a Server Core container image, or even Linux container images". This isn't actually a new policy for Nano Server, as it was already using releases roughly aligned with the Windows 10 feature updates. The desktop version of Windows 10 has picked up, for example, new features for the Hyper-V virtualization platform; these are features that server operators might well want. Availability of those feature updates will depend on precisely how the operating system is installed and how it has been licensed. The full operating system will use what's now being called the long-term servicing channel (LTSC, formerly the long-term servicing branch, LTSB). But if they do issue a fix, everybody who's paying is mad at them, " USA Today quoted Kleynhans. "This new model provides more opportunity than ever before for you to influence the direction of Windows Server". These same semi-annual releases will also be available as software images on the Azure cloud, too. Another good news, Server Core will now be included in the Semi-annual Channel. They get access to Windows 10 LTSB builds.
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Companies that want to skip a release can do so and Microsoft will also continue to offer Windows Server in its long-term servicing channel, which offers up to 16 years of support (with the optional Premium Assurance subscription).
Microsoft stopped supporting Windows XP in April 2014, but the software giant is now taking the unprecedented move of including it in the company's security updates this week.
This new scheme of things will begin in the autumn of 2017, with future updates targeted for the spring and autumn, and it will also apply to Windows Server Core (the "headless" installation of the OS) and System Centre.
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