superkretSysadmin shock as Windows Server 2025 installs itself
GreeNRGSince rolling back to the previous configuration will present a challenge, affected users will be faced with finding out just how effective their backup strategy is or paying for the required license and dealing with all the changes that come with Windows Server 2025.
Hmmm accidentally force your customers to have to spend money to upgrade, how convenient.
MaestroSince MS forced the upgrade, you should get 2025 for free. That would probably be really easy to argue in court
Ah, but did you read the article?
MS didn’t force it, Heimdal auto-updated it for their customers based on the assumption that Microsoft would label the update properly instead of it being labeled as a regular security patch. Microsoft however made a mistake (on purpose or not? Who knows…) in labeling it.
MaggiWuerzeThen it’s still on Microsoft for pushing that update through what is essentially a patch pipeline
It is, but they never forced anyone to take the update, so that might save their asses, or it might not
M$'s mistake creates no obligation to pay, either way. They cannot sue anyone for the money.
But some customers (depending on their legislation) might sue M$ to make broken systems running again, for example if these systems have stopped now with a ‘missing license’ error message.