I've been having a strange problem with three of my servers running Server 2025 Standard. For the past couple of months, whenever they reboot after patching, they seem to boot into Safe Mode for Active Directory recovery. I did some research and came across a potential issue regarding the network interface card (NIC) being set to public by default on boot. I applied a Group Policy Object (GPO) and a startup script to fix this, but the issue persists. Has anyone else experienced this or have any suggestions for how to resolve it? These are all bare metal servers that are brand new with clean installs on updated hardware within the last six months. I first noticed this happening in January, and each server has gone into Safe Mode at least once since then.
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It sounds like you’re dealing with one of the known issues with Server 2025. Many users have reported similar problems when using it as an Active Directory server. If you search for 'Server 2025 AD issues,' you'll find a ton of discussions and possible solutions. It could be a bug that's been plaguing the software lately.
I agree, there are quite a few documented problems. It might be good to keep an eye on any updates or patches from Microsoft that address these issues.