# PMS on Windows 11

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**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-windows\
**Created:** [February 15, 2023, 3:12pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/pms-on-windows-11/830889 "2023-02-15T15:12:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2023, 3:23pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/pms-on-windows-11/830889/2 "2023-02-15T15:23:43Z")

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It will probably never be added officially, as long as Windows has the restriction of not allowing system services to use the hardware video decoder.

inofficial: [PMS as a service](https://forums.plex.tv/t/pms-as-a-service/53381/1)  
(but the above caveat still applies)

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