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Azure datacenter 2019 failover cluster unresponsive after reboot only when shared disk is assigned CSV

We're seeing some really strange behaviour with a 2 node cluster on azure 2019 datacenter. We didn't see the issue right away but at some point it started happening and now we can repeat it. We have ...
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Storage Spaces with Azure Disk: how can we extend virtual disks?

We have on Azure several Windows Server 2019 virtual machines whose data disks are configured with Storage Spaces. How can we extend a virtual disk configured for simple redundancy (NumberOfDataCopies ...
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Unzipping to general file share is slow on azure shared disk. Clustered windows server 2019

I have a file share server running on an azure VM cluster. Copying already existing files to the file share gets really good speed. Averaging about 60 MBps. So if I copy a file from a local machine ...
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Best Azure function to identify surge in outgoing network traffic

We have two Azure VM's hosting web applications with back-end databases on each respective server. In the last few days we've seen a massive surge in outgoing data within the metrics. Normally this ...
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How to map a network drive on Azure Pipeline Agent with Windows Server 2019?

How to map a network drive on Azure Pipeline Agent with Windows Server 2019? I'm trying to upload large files from that Azure server to another server. This command works on my own PC: NET USE K: ...
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Connecting and managing on-prem Windows Server from Azure

Is there a way to manage my on-prem Windows Server 2019 from Azure so I am able to for example create Azure VMs on it using Azure CLI (az.exe)? My intention is to reuse unused on-prem hardware for ...
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Windows File Server 2019 backup to Azure with NTFS permissions

We are running a windows server 2019 with File and storage services. We only use this as a file server with NTFS permissions. My backup program doesn't allow dynamic disks to be backed up and all of ...
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Windows 2019 Data Centre prompting to install Windows 10 Update

One of our Windows 2019 Servers in Azure is prompting to reboot to install windows 10 updates. This seems extremely odd to me. It is an Azure provisioned image. It is a production server, I don't ...
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Is it possible to see what triggered an Azure VM reboot?

I have received some email notifications from Azure, containing this: Activity log alert Alert [Server Name] Health Status Properties { "title":"Reboot initiated from inside the ...
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Windows Update stalls on Azure B1ms VM

I've encountered this repeatedly on Azure B1ms (1 vCore, 2 GB RAM) instances running Windows Server 2019 Datacenter. After rebooting themselves during automatic windows updates, the VM fails to boot ...
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Change Azure VM Update Policy

I have multiple VMs running on Azure but noticed that the Windows update policy differs. Unfortunately, I cannot locate the setting in the Azure portal. Below is a screenshot from the first VM that ...
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Installing critical and security updates only on Windows Server 2019

We have used Linux unattended-upgrades package in the past to only install critical security updates on our machines automatically. On Linux, the file /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades shows ...
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Windows Update showing "Some settings are managed by your organization" on Azure Windows Server 2019 VM

This is a Windows Server 2019 created in May 2020 on Azure.. It is a standalone server. In Settings > Update and Security > Windows Update, I see the message 'Some settings are managed by your ...
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Unable to install SMB v1.0/CIFS on Azure Windows Server 2019

I'm trying to install the "SMB 1.0/CIFS client" feature on an Azure based Windows Server 2019 VM but it can't find the source. Normally, on a physical server or a private VM, I'd mount the original ...
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Setting a Backup Policy on Hyper-V 2019 server

I'm trying to manage the Azure backup for Windows Server 2019 with the Hyper-V feature using Windows Admin Center. The Server itself is a core server (no GUI). I cannot find a way to define the "...
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Azure Virtual Machine log in denied - redeploy doesn't solve

I can't log in into my WS2019 Azure Virtual Machine (via remote desktop). Every time I attempt to do so, I get this error: Screenshot The Local Session Manager service failed the sign-in. The request ...
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Unable to resolve DNS over site-2-site VPN between Azure and on-prem

I am running into some issues with setting up a test lab environment between on-prem and Azure. I have got as far as being able to get the site-2-site VPN up and connected and passing traffic (...
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