Azure 2022 Data center

@Girish

1)Hot Patching for All Server 2022 Instances: Does Azure 2022 data center's hot patching feature apply to all Server 2022 instances, including those running on physical servers and virtual machines?

No, in order to utilize the hot patch feature your OS and VM must meet the prerequisites. Which states "Windows Server 2022 Datacenter: Azure Edition hosted on a supported platform, such as Azure or Azure Stack HCI with Azure benefits enabled."

2. All VMs using the supported SKUs are supported. You might find this thread helpful for how to fetch this with PowerShell. Step 5 here shows that the registry key will need to be set if you are not using one of the preconfigured SKUs:

$registryPath = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Update\TargetingInfo\DynamicInstalled\Hotpatch.amd64"
$nameParameters = $parameters = @{
    Path = $registryPath
    Name = "Name"
    Value = "Hotpatch Enrollment Package"
    Force = $True
}

Hope this helps! Let me know if you still have questions or need further assistance.

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