Merge pull request #2739 from GabstaMSFT/main

prmerger-automator[bot] · web-flow · commit 40847b793abf · 2025-12-08T20:13:16.000Z
Update minimum Windows Server version to 2016 for Azure Windows VM Agent
diff --git a/articles/virtual-machines/extensions/agent-windows.md b/articles/virtual-machines/extensions/agent-windows.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ The Azure Windows VM Agent supports the x64 and ARM64 architecture for these Win
 | Windows Server 2025 Core | Supported | Supported |
 
 > [!IMPORTANT]
-> - The Azure Windows VM Agent needs at least Windows Server 2008 SP2 (64-bit) to run, with the .NET Framework 4.0. See [Minimum version support for virtual machine agents in Azure](https://support.microsoft.com/help/4049215/extensions-and-virtual-machine-agent-minimum-version-support).
+> - The Azure Windows VM Agent needs at least Windows Server 2016 (64-bit) to run, with the .NET Framework 4.0. See [Minimum version support for virtual machine agents in Azure](https://support.microsoft.com/help/4049215/extensions-and-virtual-machine-agent-minimum-version-support).
 >
 > - Ensure that your VM has access to IP address 168.63.129.16. For more information, see [What is IP address 168.63.129.16?](/azure/virtual-network/what-is-ip-address-168-63-129-16).
 >

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ The Azure Windows VM Agent supports the x64 and ARM64 architecture for these Win`
`37`	`37`	`\| Windows Server 2025 Core \| Supported \| Supported \|`
`38`	`38`
`39`	`39`	`> [!IMPORTANT]`
`40`		`-> - The Azure Windows VM Agent needs at least Windows Server 2008 SP2 (64-bit) to run, with the .NET Framework 4.0. See [Minimum version support for virtual machine agents in Azure](https://support.microsoft.com/help/4049215/extensions-and-virtual-machine-agent-minimum-version-support).`
	`40`	`+> - The Azure Windows VM Agent needs at least Windows Server 2016 (64-bit) to run, with the .NET Framework 4.0. See [Minimum version support for virtual machine agents in Azure](https://support.microsoft.com/help/4049215/extensions-and-virtual-machine-agent-minimum-version-support).`
`41`	`41`	`>`
`42`	`42`	`> - Ensure that your VM has access to IP address 168.63.129.16. For more information, see [What is IP address 168.63.129.16?](/azure/virtual-network/what-is-ip-address-168-63-129-16).`
`43`	`43`	`>`