Amazon Web Services has introduced built-in durability for Amazon ElastiCache for Valkey to support the persistent memory requirements of AI agents. This update allows organizations to store agent states and retrieval-augmented generation knowledge bases directly within the cache without risking data loss. Users can now enable persistence through a simple configuration setting rather than migrating to a separate database platform.

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Intel has revealed details for its upcoming Diamond Rapids Xeon processors, which are scheduled for release in 2027. These chips will feature up to 192 cores, representing a 50 percent increase in core count over the previous generation. However, Intel is officially removing simultaneous multithreading, commonly known as hyperthreading, from this specific server lineup.

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Intel introduced the Crescent Island data center GPU at Computex 2026, targeting the growing demand for AI inference workloads. Built on the Arc Xe 3P architecture, the card features a massive 480GB of LPDDR5X memory, a significant increase from earlier 160GB specifications. The unit operates with a 350W thermal design power and utilizes air cooling to manage heat in high-density rack environments.

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Nvidia has announced the full production of its Vera Rubin platform, which succeeds the Blackwell architecture for enterprise AI infrastructure. The centerpiece of this lineup is the Vera CPU, a custom processor featuring 88 cores designed specifically to handle agentic workloads and complex data processing. This hardware is integrated into the Vera Rubin NVL72, a liquid-cooled rack system that significantly improves training efficiency and inference throughput for large-scale models.

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Starting in mid-April 2026, Microsoft allows you to upgrade Windows Server 2019 and Windows Server 2022 directly to Windows Server 2025 through Windows Update — no installation media (ISO file or DVD) required. The process is called an in-place upgrade, meaning your installed applications, settings, and server roles remain unchanged while only the operating system version changes. This article covers the prerequisites, the exact registry change you need to make, the step-by-step procedure for both the graphical desktop and the text-only Server Core installation, and the important cases where you must not use this method.

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Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) are now natively supported on Arm64-based Windows 11 PCs. Starting with the February 2026 non-security preview update (KB5077241), six RSAT components are available as optional components on Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2, including Server Manager.

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Windows Server vNext Insider Preview build 29531 introduces ReFS boot, allowing you to install and start Windows Server from a Resilient File System (ReFS)-formatted boot volume for the first time. This feature brings integrity-level metadata checksums, online corruption repair, block cloning, and 35-petabyte volume scalability to the OS boot partition — capabilities that NTFS cannot match. ReFS boot requires UEFI firmware and a minimum of 2 GB for the WinRE partition. Learn how to enable Windows ReFS boot during Windows Server installation.

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Microsoft's original Secure Boot certificates — issued in 2011 — begin expiring in June 2026. Unlike Windows 11, Windows Server does not receive these updates automatically via Windows Update. Administrators must manually deploy the 2023 replacement certificates to all applicable servers and Generation 2 virtual machines before the deadline. Systems that remain on the 2011 certificates after expiration enter a degraded security posture and cannot receive future Secure Boot updates.

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