NVMe SSDs have been a core part of high-performance Windows systems for years—but “native NVMe support” never meant what most people thought it did. That is finally changing.
With Windows Server 2025 and Windows 11 25H2, Microsoft is rolling out a truly native NVMe driver that removes decades-old storage abstractions and allows Windows to speak NVMe directly. The result? Higher IOPS, lower CPU usage, and better scalability for modern SSDs—with some important caveats.
If you use NVMe drives for performance workloads, gaming, virtualization, or bootable tools, this change matters.
