Applies To
Windows Server 2008 Premium Assurance

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 2008 will end in January 2026

Windows Server 2008 Premium Assurance will end on January 13, 2026.

Windows Server 2008 Extended Security Updates (ESU) ended on January 10, 2023. Additionally, Extended Security Updates on Azure only support ended on January 9, 2024. For more information, see Extended Security Updates for Windows Server overview.

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) make 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

Available

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 SSU update KB5056457.

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

mofinstall.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:33

102,912

esscli.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:33

266,240

mofd.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:33

190,976

repdrvfs.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:34

266,752

fastprox.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:33

616,448

wbemcomn.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:34

357,888

wbemcore.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:34

739,840

wmiutils.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:34

83,968

wbemprox.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:34

30,208

xmllite.dll

1.2.1012.0

27-Oct-25

22:34

183,296

wdscore.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:34

219,136

CntrtextInstaller.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:33

244,224

drvstore.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:33

248,320

dpx.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:33

258,560

msdelta.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:33

305,664

mspatcha.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:33

35,328

PkgMgr.exe

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

20:13

130,560

cmiv2.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:33

2,046,464

cmitrust.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:33

278,528

locdrv.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:34

230,912

SmiInstaller.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:34

139,264

WcmTypes.xsd

Not versioned

27-Oct-25

19:15

1,047

helpcins.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:33

100,864

OEMHelpIns.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:34

146,944

apds.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:34

1,746,944

apss.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:34

199,680

apircl.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:34

222,720

CbsMsg.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:33

22,016

rescinst.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:33

129,024

CbsCore.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:33

535,552

DrUpdate.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:33

101,376

wrpint.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:34

51,712

wcp.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:34

1,838,592

cmiadapter.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:33

120,320

smipi.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:34

117,248

smiengine.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:34

705,024

GlobalInstallOrder.xml

Not versioned

22-Oct-25

19:16

1,844,354

poqexec.exe

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

20:13

119,296

x86_installed

Not versioned

27-Oct-25

19:08

9

ExtendedSecurityUpdatesAI.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

20:13

123,904

File name

File version

Date

Time

File size

mofinstall.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:37

117,760

esscli.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:37

428,544

mofd.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:37

273,920

repdrvfs.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:37

381,952

fastprox.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:37

892,416

wbemcomn.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:37

528,384

wbemcore.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:37

1,170,944

wmiutils.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:37

131,584

wbemprox.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:37

43,520

xmllite.dll

1.2.1012.0

27-Oct-25

22:37

180,736

wdscore.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:37

294,912

CntrtextInstaller.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:37

271,872

drvstore.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:37

316,416

dpx.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:37

404,480

msdelta.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:37

460,288

mspatcha.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:37

46,592

PkgMgr.exe

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

20:22

138,752

cmiv2.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:37

3,838,464

cmitrust.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:37

460,800

locdrv.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:37

380,416

SmiInstaller.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:37

145,408

WcmTypes.xsd

Not versioned

27-Oct-25

19:15

1,047

helpcins.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:37

136,704

OEMHelpIns.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:37

208,384

apds.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:37

2,129,408

apss.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:37

231,936

apircl.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:37

274,432

CbsMsg.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:37

22,016

rescinst.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:37

150,016

CbsCore.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:37

643,584

DrUpdate.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:37

119,296

wrpint.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:37

57,856

wcp.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:37

2,634,752

cmiadapter.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:37

125,440

smipi.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:37

122,880

smiengine.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:37

937,984

GlobalInstallOrder.xml

Not versioned

22-Oct-25

19:16

1,844,354

poqexec.exe

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

20:22

137,728

amd64_installed

Not versioned

27-Oct-25

19:08

9

ExtendedSecurityUpdatesAI.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

20:22

170,496

mofinstall.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:33

102,912

esscli.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:33

266,240

mofd.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:33

190,976

repdrvfs.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:34

266,752

fastprox.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:33

616,448

wbemcomn.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:34

357,888

wbemcore.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:34

739,840

wmiutils.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:34

83,968

wbemprox.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:34

30,208

xmllite.dll

1.2.1012.0

27-Oct-25

22:34

183,296

wdscore.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:34

219,136

CntrtextInstaller.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:33

244,224

drvstore.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:33

248,320

dpx.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:33

258,560

msdelta.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:33

305,664

mspatcha.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:33

35,328

PkgMgr.exe

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

20:13

130,560

cmiv2.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:33

2,046,464

cmitrust.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:33

278,528

locdrv.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:34

230,912

SmiInstaller.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:34

139,264

helpcins.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:33

100,864

OEMHelpIns.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:34

146,944

apds.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:34

1,746,944

apss.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:34

199,680

apircl.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:34

222,720

CbsMsg.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:33

22,016

rescinst.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:33

129,024

CbsCore.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:33

535,552

DrUpdate.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:33

101,376

wrpint.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:34

51,712

wcp.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:34

1,838,592

cmiadapter.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:33

120,320

smipi.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:34

117,248

smiengine.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

22:34

705,024

poqexec.exe

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

20:13

119,296

x86_installed

Not versioned

27-Oct-25

19:08

9

ExtendedSecurityUpdatesAI.dll

6.0.6003.23624

27-Oct-25

20:13

123,904

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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