Questions tagged [windows-server-2016]
Windows Server 2016 is a server Operating System from Microsoft, released in 2016, and end of life in January 2027.
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Configure custom SSL certificate for RDP on Windows Server 2012 (and later) in Remote Administration mode?
So the release of Windows Server 2012 has removed a lot of the old Remote Desktop related configuration utilities. In particular, there is no more Remote Desktop Session Host Configuration utility ...
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Open a new cmd console on Windows 2012 Server core after closing the last one?
On my new test server, which is a Windows Server 2012 core server, I've closed the only open cmd console with the exit command.
How do I open another prompt now? Am I going to be forced to reboot the ...
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How do I add the Windows GUI to Windows 2016 Server Core?
We just got our dedicated server from Rackspace. It was loaded with W2008 on it. I decided to put the most recent OS on it so I wouldn't have to upgrade it later. Apparently during the installation, I ...
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Windows Server 2016 scheduled task schedule must be in future
We have a 2012 server that has about 20 scheduled tasks that are used for monitoring. We have built a 2016 server to replace it and as I move tasks to the new server I have run into an issue. Most ...
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What does @ mean in a hostname in DNS configuration?
I'm creating new DNS records in our DC (Windows Server 2016) and I bump into zones where there are a lot of records that do not have a regular hostname, only an "@".
We are using scopes and policies, ...
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Bootable Windows Server 2016 USB Drive
I have 8 HP ProLiant DL380 servers that are mounted in a data center. I have to deploy Windows Server 2016 Datacenter operating system on all of them using a particular customer's (modified) ISO.
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How can I verify AD replication between two DCs works
We have a domain with 3 DCs in different networks and we want to decomission one of them.
However, I suspect that the two remaining DCs will not replicate properly between each other due to some ...
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Windows Server 2016 essentials uses only 64 GB even if it sees the whole 128 GB installed
A client has Windows Server 2016 Essentials.
He installed 128 GB RAM in his server.
But Windows reports that it uses only 64 GB even if it sees the whole 128 GB installed
Why? What can be done to use ...
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Windows: How do I log out of a remote desktop that only gives a disconnect option?
The problem with disconnect is it locks my AD account when I change my password. (Do disconnected remote desktop sessions lock accounts?) The remote session only gives me options to "Shutdown", "...
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server 2016 active directory and hyper-v same server
I am getting ready to move my production environment from server 2012 R2 to server 2016
I want to do a clean install and in doing some inventory really only have two server I can use for staging, I ...
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How do I find out what version of SMB is in use by each attached client to a Windows Server 2016?
I am trying to determine which version of SMB/CIFS is in use by clients attached to shared folders on my Windows Server 2016. If I run the powershell command Get-SmbConnection on the Windows Server, ...
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Apparently Robocopy does not understand Windows Server 2016 deduplication. Is there a way to make it work without corrupting the volume?
Scenario:
Doing a server migration from old Server 2008 R2 to new Server 2016, following this Server Fault guide: File server migration using Robocopy
After Robocopy completes, enable deduplication ...
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Windows Server 2016 not updating through WSUS
We have a WSUS server running on Windows Server 2016. WSUS detects and sends updates to all systems, including the 2012 servers. WSUS will detect but not send updates to any of the 2016 servers.
It ...
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How do I completely turn off Windows Defender from PowerShell?
Set-MpPreference -DisableRealtimeMonitoring disables the first one, what are the specific switches to disable the others you see when you open the UI? I have not found a clear example of this in the ...
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Can't use long path names in Windows 2016
I was pleased to see with the latest Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 the old 260 character restriction for folder and file names can be overcome.
I've just installed Windows 2016 on a new machine ...
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Storage Spaces Direct guidelines
I have recently deployed WS2016 DC on 4x DL380 G7s for PoC purposes. Each server has 4x 300GB 10K SAS drives, also, I have a couple of Intel SSDs that I can temporary borrow from my company. My main ...
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Windows server 2016 Configuration Manager Client (5.00.8458.1000) fail
I have two fresh installs of Windows server 2016
Everytime I try to run Configuration Manager Client (5.00.8458.1000) i get an error
Configuration Manager Client (5.00.8458.1000) - Error ...
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Auto login a user at boot on Windows Server 2016?
I'm testing Windows Server 2016 (instead of 2012) but unchecking the "Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer" box in control userpasswords2 does NOT seem to let the machine ...
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Server 2008 R2 to Server 2016 options
I have a big problem. I have a 2008 R2 server which I've been asked to upgrade (for work) to 2016. I've found (through Microsoft) that it's not possible to do this 'in-place' (though if anyone knows ...
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U2F (YubiKey, etc) and Active Directory
I'm searching for information about how to integrate U2F (using YubiKey or similar devices) into an Active Directory Windows Domain (Will be a Windows 2016 Server). Especially I'm interested in ...
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Disable file locks on a read-only Windows File Share
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On a Windows Server (2012R2 or 2016), I want to configure a file share offering a following functionality
some users, publishers group, have a write access to the share; these users are ...
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Do we need SCVMM in order to test Storage Spaces Direct in Windows Server 2016?
I've installed in our lab three Windows Server 2016 Datacenter edition. Each server has five SAS drives and we'll purchase a few SSDs for the servers. Right now we are testing our infrastructure and ...
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Hyperv-V creates mystery .avhdx files and fills up disk space
I have windows server 2016. Also i have Hyper-V role on my server. Every day in 5:36 i have error, that disk full and my virtual machine is stopping. In Hyper-V logs:
ProviderName: Microsoft-...
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Is .NET 3.5.1 Supported on Windows Server 2016?
I can't find any documentation regarding this, take a look at..
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/gp/framework_faq/en-us
.NET Framework 3.5 SP1: Beginning with .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack
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Are Windows 2016 DNS Policies / Split DNS possible on AD integrated zones with older DCs?
Windows Server 2016 supports DNS Policies, which provide support for split-brain DNS among other scenarios:
You can configure DNS policies to specify how a DNS server responds to
DNS queries. DNS ...
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“The name limit for the local computer network adapter card was exceeded” error message
Let me start out by stating that I have already searched many sources for information or a resolution, but I have been unable to find a permanent solution.
Problem:
Randomly, for what appears to be ...
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530 Valid hostname is expected when setting up IIS 10 for multiple sites
I've configured IIS to have multiple FTP sites, using the instructions found here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/iis/publish/using-the-ftp-service/using-ftp-virtual-host-names-in-iis-7
See the ...
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How install SSL certificate for RDS on windows server 2016?
I installed windows server 2016 for a small company, so I don't need to have domain controller on this installation and for RDS I only need RD Licensing and RD Session Host roles. But only with that ...
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Windows Server 2016 - Can't RDP with one specific user
This is a new Windows 2016 server. We have three users on it and two of them are able to login without issue. The third one, no matter what we've tried (except rebooting; trying to avoid that) is not ...
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Storage Spaces Direct very low available space
I'm testing S2D. I have created cluster from 2 VMs and call PowerShell
Enable-ClusterStorageSpacesDirect -SkipEligibilityChecks -Confirm -CacheState Disabled
List of storage
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Is there any way to prevent Storage Spaces Direct from automatically adding disks?
Got a problem here on a 2016 Windows Server Failover Cluster (WSFC) hosting an SQL Failover Cluster Instance (FCI) employing Storage Spaces Direct (S2D). On each server, after successful initial ...
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How to install Application Server role on Windows Server 2016
I'm updating requirements for a software product for Windows Server 2016.
In 2012 R2 I always used to install the "Application Server" role.
This seems to have vanished in 2016. I've been searching ...
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Scheduled Task in Windows Server 2016, run by non-admin Users
In earlier windows server versions (prior to 2016) it was possible to grant non-admin users the permission to run a scheduled task by doing following steps:
Scheduled Task: run under system, execute ...
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Scale-Out File Server with Storage Spaces Direct
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After a recent upgrade of our infrastructure, I've got a bunch of decommissioned hardware that I would like to use for storage purposes along with trying out some new stuff.
So, I have 4 x DELL ...
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Is it possible to ask ReFS to use hardware RAID6 for parity calculations?
Does ReFS use FPGA-based XOR engines for RAID parity calculations? If not, is it possible to get it to use such tech?
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How do I install Powershell's IISAdministration Module
Windows Server 2016 comes with a shiny new module named IISAdministration. But when I try to load the module I get the error that 'no valid module file was found'. It is not on the powershell ...
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The setup of S2D that delivers up to 2M IOPS to SQL FCI
We are about to deploy shared storage researching for ultra-fast storage to implement Microsoft SQL Server Failover Cluster (FCI). So far the project goes, we would to start with 500K IOPS for 8k ...
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Is it possible to get a windows-version from a powershell command on Windows Server 2016 Nano?
I'm using the latest preview of Windows Server 2016 nano.
Using a remote powershell session, I connect to the remote system via Enter-PSSession, and then I tried to use the most common techniques ...
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Is it possible to add Active Directory to a windows container?
At my company we're currently developing a product which will eventually support authentication via OpenLDAP and Active Directory. We have configured a Windows Server 2016 and would like to create an ...
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Only getting 100 Mbit in Hyper V Guest from 1 Gigabit network connection
I have a HP Proliant ML350 G6 with two integrated Broadcom NetXTreme Gigabit Ethernet ports running Windows server 2016, updated as of today.
If I share a folder on my hyper v host I can add and ...
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NTFS Compression with Deduplication?
I have installed the Data Deduplication role on Windows Server 2016. Per Microsoft, it's using NTFS compression to help save space:
Data deduplication stores more data in less physical space. It ...
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Disable Automatic Maintenance Windows Server 2016
When using Server 2012 I disabled the (evil) Automatic Maintenance task using the following commands (originally found here):
psexec \\SERVERNAME -s schtasks /change /tn "\Microsoft\Windows\...
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Should I use Hyper-V for a Basic Windows Server 2016 File Server?
I'm setting up a new file server with Windows Server 2016 on a machine with 16 GB RAM and ~20 TB of disk. The server is going to be handling files for 15 people, mainly large files used by graphic ...
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Convert Windows Server 2016 Desktop Experience to Core
How can you convert a Desktop Experience edition of Windows Server 2016 to a Core edition? For previous insider builds you use the powershell uninstall-windowsfeature cmdlet to remove features such as ...
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IIS 10 - Deny all IP restriction
I come from the Windows 2003 Server world and it's IIS version is much different then IIS 10 on Windows 2016 Server. The 2003 server appears to have denied all IP addresses by default. How to I deny ...
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GPResult error The user does not have RSoP data fails as Domain Admin
Is there a way to get gpresult to work without never logging in to computer as an actual user?
Lets say UserA is logging in to computer XYZ. You login via TeamViewer to it or are there locally as ...
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Active Directory migration from Windows 2003 to Windows 2016
I've inherited an old Windows 2003 based Active Directory installation and I'm tasked to upgrade it to modern standards. I've done various (successful) test in my lab using the plan below, but I ...
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IIS Keys: Machine Keys, WAS Keys, IIS Configuration Keys
I'm exploring ways of managing IIS with puppet. Applications are run across multiple servers, so I need the keys to be consistent across applications so if people move from one web server to the other ...
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Feature name Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux is unknown
I am trying to enable linux subsystem on a Windows Server 2016 on AWS EC2 by following these instructions https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-on-server
Here is the error message:
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Storage Spaces Direct MTBF
I'm testing S2D now and I would like to calculate MTBF for the whole system. It seems very fragile to me:
Let's have 4 nodes (x) with 12 drives (y) in each. MTBF for one node is 1/12 of single drive ...
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