Change history for Failover Clustering topics

• Applies to:

  ✅ Windows Server 2025, ✅ Windows Server 2022, ✅ Windows Server 2019, ✅ Windows Server 2016, ✅ Azure Local, versions 23H2 and 22H2

This topic lists new and updated topics in the Failover Clustering documentation for Windows Server.

If you're looking for update history for Windows Server 2016, see Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 update history.

January 2020

New or changed topic	Description
Cluster events	New

March 2019

New or changed topic	Description
Cluster affinity	New

February 2019

New or changed topic	Description
Upgrading a failover cluster on the same hardware	New
Deploy a two-node file server	New

January 2019

New or changed topic	Description
Deploy a file share witness	New
Cluster-domain migration	New

November 2018

New or changed topic	Description
Configuring cluster accounts in Active Directory	Migrated from the Previous Versions library

October 2018

New or changed topic	Description
What's new in clustering	Updates for Windows Server 2019

June 2018

New or changed topic	Description
Cluster sets	New topic

May 2018

New or changed topic	Description
Configure and manage quorum	Migrated from the Previous Versions library.

April 2018

New or changed topic	Description
Troubleshooting a Failover Cluster using Windows Error Reporting	New topic.
Scale-Out File Server for application data	Migrated from the Previous Versions library.
Hardware requirements	Migrated from the Previous Versions library.
Use Cluster Shared Volumes (CSVs)	Migrated from the Previous Versions library.
Create a failover cluster	Migrated from the Previous Versions library.
Prestage a cluster in AD DS	Migrated from the Previous Versions library.
Deploy a Cloud Witness for a Failover Cluster	Migrated from the Previous Versions library.

June 2017

New or changed topic	Description
Cluster-Aware Updating advanced options	Added info about using run profile paths that include spaces.

April 2017

New or changed topic	Description
Cluster-Aware Updating overview	New topic.
Cluster-Aware Updating requirements and best practices	New topic.
Cluster-Aware Updating advanced options	New topic.
Cluster-Aware Updating FAQ	New topic.
Cluster-Aware Updating plug-ins	New topic.
Deploy a cloud witness for a Failover Cluster	Clarified the type of storage account that's required (you can't use Azure Premium Storage or Blob storage accounts).

March 2017

New or changed topic	Description
Deploy a cloud witness for a Failover Cluster	Updated screenshots to match changes to Microsoft Azure.

February 2017

New or changed topic	Description
Cluster operating system rolling upgrade	Removed an unnecessary Caution note and added a link.