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Observation details · observed 24 Oct 01:28 UTC
Observed by ChangeIntel
24 Oct 01:28 UTC
Source update metadata
14 May 2025 17:31 UTC
First observed on this installation
8 Oct 23:45 UTC
Last successful check
today 01:38 UTC
Next check due
27 Oct 01:38 UTC

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Timeline

From the capture of 24 Oct 01:28 UTC

Requirements, exceptions and scope

  • GuidanceRequirement1 passage
    Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a client/server protocol that automatically provides an Internet Protocol (IP) host with its IP address and other related configuration…
  • Why use DHCP?RequirementScope1 condition4 passages
  • Benefits of DHCP ServerRequirement1 passage
  • DHCP Server featuresScope1 passage

Extracted automatically from Microsoft's wording. Confirm dates, conditions and whether they apply to you in the source before acting; a month or quarter is a window, not a day.

How this timeline changed

Changes between ChangeIntel's readings of the page, between commits of its source file where Microsoft publishes it, in Internet Archive copies of pages that keep no other history, and entries from Microsoft's own change log (dated as Microsoft dates them). Edits between readings that neither records are unknown.

Observed history and review priority

Captured 24 Oct 01:28 UTC; extracted 24 Oct 01:28 UTC. Extractor: microsoft-1/9/d9863eb412f92fa5ec3a8ca32e2dd7cfe8095530f456ecb1866608d1166a435d.

Review priority. Extracted assertions require review · Applicability or exceptions require review

0 date changes and 0 condition changes across 1 compared revisions. Suggested check interval: 24 hours.

Earlier unavailable versions and edits between checks are unknown. A missing statement requires review; it does not mean the policy was cancelled. Recovered historical statements are not original revision snapshots.

Retained observations · 14

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Microsoft's edits

History on GitHub

Commits to the page's source in MicrosoftDocs/windowsserverdocs, with Microsoft's own messages. Commit dates can be hours or days before Learn publishes the change. ChangeIntel keeps a copy of each diff, so an edit stays readable here if GitHub stops serving it. Read today 00:51 UTC.

  1. Minor formatting update dhcp-top.md Served on LearnView diff
  2. Freshness pass of What is DHCP Server in Windows Server? View diff
  3. Removing special character View diff
  4. Removing local applies to for networking View diff
  5. Added Applies to for Windows Server 2022 and 2019 (where missing) View diff
  6. Removing Semi-Annual Channel from Applies to lines View diff
  7. removing ms.prod View diff
  8. Markdig test igp View diff
  9. title case clean up View diff
  10. Updated the Applies To tag in all applicable topics View diff
  11. New DHCP WPS deployment guide and related links View diff
9 metadata-only edits · author, dates or topic labels, no article text
  1. Replace the non-skilling ms.authors Metadata onlyView diff
  2. Updating authors Metadata onlyView diff
  3. reassigning author from lizross to jgerend Metadata onlyView diff
  4. fixing warnings Metadata onlyView diff
  5. removing ms.tech Metadata onlyView diff
  6. changing author Metadata onlyView diff
  7. updating metadata ms.prod Metadata onlyView diff
  8. change ms.author metadata Metadata onlyView diff
  9. Net Techs topics metadata update Metadata onlyView diff

No related evidence found in this installation's recent collection. This does not establish that no announcement exists.

Retained observations

  • 24 Oct 01:28 UTC · shown above
  • 13 Oct 00:39 UTC

    1 removed passage (about 20 words). The changed wording mentions dates and deadlines. Review the source to confirm the effect.

  • 8 Oct 23:45 UTC

    Baseline for retained history; no earlier retained text to compare.

What changed

First observed 18 Oct 2026

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Sources read 26 Oct 04:30 UTC · 271 of 271 readable · 269 fully read · documentation 464/464 current