Windows Server 2025 gains quick machine recovery after October 2026 update
Original title: Windows Server 2025 gets support for quick machine recovery
Cloud remediation stays off by default and is enabled in Group Policy under Quick Machine Recovery.
Microsoft says administrators can use quick machine recovery on Windows Server 2025 after the October 2026 security update. QMR boots into WinRE and searches Windows Update for remediations when boot failures follow configuration or driver changes. On Server, cloud remediation is disabled by default and can be turned on or off through Group Policy.
- QMR was introduced in November 2024 after the July 2024 CrowdStrike outage.
- Enable Cloud Remediation and Enable Auto Remediation are the relevant policies.
- Disabling both blocks cloud-sourced fixes and automatic local remediation packages.
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Microsoft announced that IT administrators can now use quick machine recovery on Windows Server 2025 after installing the October 2026 security update. [...]
By Sergiu Gatlan · bleepingcomputer.com
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