Applies To
Windows Server 2012 ESU

Windows Secure Boot certificate expiration 

Important: Secure Boot certificates used by most Windows devices are set to expire starting in June 2026. This might affect the ability of certain personal and business devices to boot securely if not updated in time. To avoid disruption, we recommend reviewing the guidance and taking action to update certificates in advance. For details and preparation steps, see Windows Secure Boot certificate expiration and CA updates.

Support for Windows Server 2012 will end in October 2026

Windows Server 2012 reached the end of support (EOS) on October 10, 2023. 

Extended Security Updates (ESUs) are available for purchase and will continue for three years, renewable on an annual basis, until the final date on October 13, 2026. For information about the procedure to continue receiving security updates, see KB5031043. 

We recommend that you upgrade to a later version of Windows Server. For more information, see Overview of Windows Server upgrades.

Summary

This update makes quality improvements to the servicing stack, which is the component that installs Windows updates. Servicing stack updates (SSU) makes sure that you have a robust and reliable servicing stack so that your devices can receive and install Microsoft updates.

Servicing Stack Update (SSU) Guidance for ESU and Azure-Hosted Devices

This servicing stack update (SSU) introduces enhanced logic to verify whether a device is hosted in Azure, leveraging an updated certificate chain for validation.

To ensure seamless installation of future updates on Azure-hosted devices, it is strongly recommended to install this latest SSU prior to applying any additional updates.

Key Requirements for IT Admins

Certificate Access Ensure that the device can access the required certificate update domains to successfully download and install certificate updates. For more information, see the following resources:

Intermediate Certificate Change An intermediate certificate change will soon be deployed across Azure regions. Before applying updates, verify that your environment is prepared for this change. For guidance, see:

ESU Validation Check To confirm whether your machines are eligible for Extended Security Updates (ESU), IT admins should validate the following:

  • The latest SSU is installed.

  • The device can successfully reach the certificate update endpoints.

  • The updated certificate chain is present and trusted on the device.

  • These checks help ensure that ESU updates can be applied without interruption.

Important Not installing the latest SSU before applying Windows updates might result in the Windows update not being offered until the latest SSU is installed.

How to get this update

Install this update

To install this update, use one of the following release channels.

Available

Next step

Yes

This update is available through Windows Update. It will be downloaded and installed automatically.

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites to apply this update.

Restart information

You must restart your computer after you apply this update.

Removal information

Servicing stack updates (SSUs) make changes to how updates are installed and cannot be uninstalled from the device.

Update replacement information

This update replaces the previously released update KB5066795.

File Information

The English (United States) version of this software update installs files that have the following attributes. This update might contain files for additional languages.

File name

File version

Date

Time

File size

securebootai.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

175,104

winsockai.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

60,928

ws2_helper.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

59,904

httpai.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

52,224

peerdistai.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

67,584

PrintAdvancedInstaller.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

71,168

msdtcadvancedinstaller.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

239,616

cleanupai.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

32,256

wdscore.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

290,304

CntrtextInstaller.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

165,376

drvstore.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

696,320

dpx.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

362,496

msdelta.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

414,208

mspatcha.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

45,056

PkgMgr.exe

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

196,096

cmiv2.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

3,305,472

cmitrust.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

407,552

WcmTypes.xsd

Not versioned

25-Oct-25

18:24

1,047

CbsMsg.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

41,472

CbsCore.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

1,165,824

TiWorker.exe

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

189,440

TiFileFetcher.exe

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

460,800

DrUpdate.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

244,224

wrpint.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

60,416

wcp.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

2,837,504

cmiadapter.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

116,736

smiengine.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

896,000

smipi.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

110,592

poqexec.exe

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

148,480

amd64_installed

Not versioned

25-Oct-25

18:20

9

cmipnpinstall.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

250,880

bfsvc.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

101,376

netfxconfig.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

34,304

timezoneai.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

75,264

ConfigureIEOptionalComponentsAI.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

73,216

IEFileInstallAI.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

58,880

GlobalInstallOrder.xml

Not versioned

25-Oct-25

18:24

2,240,509

servicemodelregai.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

116,224

SetIEInstalledDateAI.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

42,496

ceipfwdai.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

212,480

luainstall.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

50,688

bcdeditai.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

300,032

appxreg.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

15,872

fveupdateai.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

57,344

RegisterIEPKeysAI.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

19,456

ExtendedSecurityUpdatesAI.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

192,000

mofinstall.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

71,168

esscli.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

385,024

mofd.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

259,584

repdrvfs.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

366,592

fastprox.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

817,152

wbemcomn.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

462,336

wbemcore.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

1,207,296

wmiutils.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

115,712

wbemprox.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

35,840

wmicmiplugin.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

556,544

sppinst.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

641,536

cmifw.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

89,088

FirewallOfflineAPI.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

211,968

appserverai.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

135,680

RDWebAI.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

126,976

tssdisai.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

145,408

VmHostAI.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:56

123,392

securebootai.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:32

157,696

winsockai.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:32

64,512

ws2_helper.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:32

48,128

httpai.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:32

54,272

peerdistai.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:32

66,048

PrintAdvancedInstaller.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:32

72,704

msdtcadvancedinstaller.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:32

200,704

cleanupai.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:32

36,864

wdscore.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:32

223,744

CntrtextInstaller.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:32

139,776

drvstore.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:32

548,864

dpx.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:32

253,952

msdelta.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:32

310,784

mspatcha.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:32

38,912

PkgMgr.exe

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:32

194,048

cmiv2.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:32

2,165,248

cmitrust.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:32

289,792

WcmTypes.xsd

Not versioned

26-Oct-25

17:36

1,047

CbsMsg.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:32

41,472

CbsCore.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:32

1,010,176

TiWorker.exe

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:32

186,880

TiFileFetcher.exe

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:32

380,928

DrUpdate.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:32

193,024

wrpint.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:32

58,880

wcp.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:32

2,189,824

cmiadapter.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:32

104,960

smiengine.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:32

700,928

smipi.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:32

102,400

poqexec.exe

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:32

132,608

x86_installed

Not versioned

26-Oct-25

17:24

9

cmipnpinstall.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:32

191,488

bfsvc.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:32

99,840

netfxconfig.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:32

40,448

timezoneai.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:32

67,584

ConfigureIEOptionalComponentsAI.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:32

69,632

IEFileInstallAI.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:32

59,904

GlobalInstallOrder.xml

Not versioned

26-Oct-25

17:38

2,240,509

servicemodelregai.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:32

96,768

SetIEInstalledDateAI.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:32

41,984

ceipfwdai.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:32

180,736

luainstall.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:32

39,936

bcdeditai.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:32

285,184

appxreg.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:32

22,528

fveupdateai.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:32

56,832

RegisterIEPKeysAI.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:32

24,576

ExtendedSecurityUpdatesAI.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:32

154,624

mofinstall.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:32

61,440

esscli.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:32

283,648

mofd.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:32

196,608

repdrvfs.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:32

275,456

fastprox.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:32

629,760

wbemcomn.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:32

380,928

wbemcore.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:32

924,672

wmiutils.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:32

88,576

wbemprox.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:32

28,160

wmicmiplugin.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:32

396,288

sppinst.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:32

519,168

cmifw.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:32

73,728

FirewallOfflineAPI.dll

6.2.9200.25768

27-Oct-25

21:32

181,760

References

Servicing stack updates

Servicing Stack Updates (SSU): Frequently Asked Questions

ADV990001 | Latest Servicing Stack Updates

Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

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