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Microsoft to remove WINS support after Windows Server 2025

Microsoft will remove WINS from Windows Server after the 2025 release to improve security and scalability, urging organizations to migrate to DNS by November 2034.

Summary by BleepingComputer
Microsoft has warned IT administrators to prepare for the removal of Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) from Windows Server releases starting in November 2034. [...]

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Microsoft has confirmed WINS' death stop. The name resolution service, relic of the 90s, will live its last hours with Windows Server 2025 before disappearing completely. Administrators have until 2034 to modernize their infrastructure, under penalty of seeing their historical applications stop running.

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BleepingComputer broke the news in on Monday, November 24, 2025.
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