GSS 3.3.12 - Add Client Support for Windows Server 2025 Editions

Products

• Ghost Solution Suite

Issue/Introduction

With new Windows Server 2025 released by Microsoft after Ghost Solution Suite 3.3.12 has been released, while trying to image or Scripted OS Install on those OS Editions the Sysprep and SOI would be failing or misbehave.

Cause

GSS 3.3.12 missing new OS Editions for Windows Server 2025

Resolution

Using the attached .sql file, which needs to be executed on GSS 3.3.12 server DB (against eXpress database) would add new Windows Server 2025 editions for proper mapping product keys in SOI and Sysprep.

NOTE Currently known limitations.

1. In order to install PXE or Console to remote Windows Server 2025 it is needed to allow interactive services on Windows Server 2025:
    set NoInteractiveServices to 0 under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Windows
2. In Scripted OS Install task, windows answer file is not selected automatically and need to be provided manually
3. In default windows answer file delivered out of box with GSS, %OSIMAGENAME% is not replaced by actual image name automatically and need to be set manually.