Windows Server 2025 is now in public preview

The Windows 2025 server image for GitHub Actions hosted runners is now available in public preview. To start using this image in your Actions workflows, update your workflow file to include runs-on: windows-2025.

Please note that the Windows 2025 image has a different list of installed tools and tool versions. See the full list of changed software including differences in the announcement.

If you spot any issues with your workflows when using Windows Server 2025, or if you have feedback on the software installed on the image, please let us know by creating an issue in the runner-images repository. While the runner image is in preview, you may experience longer queue times during peak usage hours.