Security News > 2024 > March > Microsoft releases emergency fix for Windows Server crashes

Microsoft has released emergency out-of-band updates to fix a known issue causing Windows domain controllers to crash after installing the March 2024 Windows Server security updates.
If you installed previous Windows Server updates, only the new updates in these packages will be downloaded and installed.
Microsoft has not reported any known issues with these emergency updates.
Microsoft resolved other Windows Server crash issues in December 2022 after the November 2022 updates introduced another leak and in March 2022 when admins again reported widespread domain controller reboots.
Microsoft confirms Windows Server issue behind domain controller crashes.
New Windows Server updates cause domain controller crashes, reboots.
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