KB5131080: Windows Server 2025 Security Update (November 2026)

1. Users might be unable to sign in to OWA or send emails on Exchange Server

Symptoms:

After installing this update, some on-premises Exchange servers might experience issues accessing or sending email. Users might be unable to sign in to Outlook on the web (OWA), or email messages sent from Outlook might remain in the Outbox and not be delivered. Additionally, Exchange might experience issues accessing mailboxes during mailbox replication.

In some affected configurations, Exchange Server OWA might fail with an error MapiExceptionMdbOffline: Unable to make connection to the server. (hr=0x80004005, ec=1142) with Event ID 1006 logged in the application log. Another reported symptom is growing email queues. Installing the October 2026 Exchange server security updates isn’t required for these issues to occur.

Resolution

This issue is resolved in Windows updates released on and after November 10, 2026 such as (KB5131080) . We recommend you install the latest Windows update for your device as it contains important improvements and issue resolutions, including this one.

2. Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) does not display error details

After installing KB5070881 or later updates, Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) does not display synchronization error details within its error reporting. This functionality is temporarily removed to address the Remote Code Execution Vulnerability, CVE-2025-59287 .