Windows Server 2012 is a server operating system from Microsoft. It went RTM on August 1st of 2012, and to general release on September 4, 2012. Like its predecessor, Server 2008 R2, it is only available in 64 bit versions. It contains many substantial changes over it predecessor, and ...
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How to create new domain w/ Hyper-V 2012 hosting the DC server?
I have a small business client that's being spun off to run independently from a larger organization. They want to start from scratch and will be on their own premises. I'll be setting up a new 2012 ...
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AES processor instruction in Hyper-V (Windows Server 2012) preventing live migrations
We have existing Hyper-V cluster with Windows 2008 R2 and have recently begun creating a new Hyper-V cluster with Windows Server 2012. We recently added a Dell PowerEdge R710 that previously ...
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Sysprepping Windows Server 2012, how do I avoid plug and play drivers installed by VMware Tools being removed?
I am sysprepping Windows Server 2012 Standard to be used as a VM template. I want to preserve drivers installed by VMWare Tools such that the mouse won't lag in new installations. If I just run a ...
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Access denied to shares residing on volumes other than C:
I have tried this from three different virtual machines running on vSphere 5.0 with the same results. All disks are Virtual Disks as provided by ESXi (not iSCSI; not NFS). All disks (C:, E:) are ...
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Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS on Hyper-V 2012
I have the following scenario:
Hyper-V 2012 server core installation. On top of this i created a virtual machine on which i tried installing Ubuntu Server 12.04 which should not have any ...
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What are the advantages / disadvantages of using Storage Spaces in WS2012 vs RAID?
I'm building a cheap server from commodity hardware that should have at least some fault tolerance regarding its storage. Now that "Storage Spaces" are available directly in the Windows server OS, is ...
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Is it safe to add parent domain as additional zone within DNS?
Our internal Windows domain is ad.company.co.uk.
When we try to access mail.company.co.uk (for OWA or Outlook Anywhere, as an example), it resolves to the external IP address of the router and gets ...
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Windows Server Backup 2012 Fails on “preparing the backup image”
I have a couple of Windows Server 2012 VM's I need to backup. Everything works fine on all but one machine.
No matter where I choose to store the backup, it fails almost immediately with:
Backup ...
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WSUS can't download anything, unclear why
I've got 2 WSUS servers:
An old W2K3, WSUS 3.0SP2 box and a brand new 2012 server with the WSUS role enabled.
The old machine works fine and pulls the updates from MS via the company proxy.
The new ...
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Windows Server 2012 is writing 1 megabyte .LOG file in windows\system32\dhcp every few seconds
I have a Windows Server 2012 system that is running a DHCP server. Attempting to stop the service took over 1 hour to complete. It was writing gigabytes of .LOG files to C:\Windows\System32\dhcp ...
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Invalid directory pathname trying to back up GPO
DFSR replication seems to be broken in my domain, and before starting to fix that, I wanted to take backups of the current Group Policy Objects. However, I am unable to back up the Default Domain ...
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Mixing Volume Shadow Copy and Data Deduplication in Windows Server
I'm using Windows Server 2012 and I'm creating a scheduled backup for multiple Hyper-V guests (all of them are Windows Server 2012) to a dynamic VHDX on a removable USB drive (so that I can alternate ...
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XP Workstation support for Windows 2012 Server Essentials
I need to upgrade my Dell Win2003 server to Win2012 Essentials. I have under 25 users so I won't need CALs. I don't need Exchange. Half my users are still on Windows XP. What exactly works and doesn't ...
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Windows Server 2012 IPAM feature - “Unblock IPAM Access” error/recomended action
So, I'm in the process of setting up an IP Address Management server, using the built-in IPAM feature in Server 2012, and have run into a problem that I'm hoping someone else has successfully solved.
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When installing a Windows sub CA from an offline root, how do I “recreate” it w/o reinstalling?
I have an offline root and am trying to constrain it using the EKUs so it doesn't have all application policies.
Most of this is trial and error and I"d like to make this more efficient rather than ...
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FTP issue with Azure VM
I am trying to run a working FTP script on my Azure VM with Server2012.
All firewalls are off for this test.
Port20/21 is an open endpoint.
OPEN ftp.domain.co.uk
user
password
cd current
binary hash
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Connecting to Server 2012 Client VDI from Linux based Thin Clients
Currently we have set up a test VDI environment that hosts several Windows 7 client computers. We are using the "Personal" desktop option and everything seems to be running fine except...
The only ...
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Why is cpu power management not working in Server 2012 with Hyper-V?
We've been using Server2008R2 with Hyper-V for a couple of years now and chose it at the time because of its ability to make use of Intel SpeedStep and AMD PowerNow!
Now with Server 2012 and Hyper-V ...
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Windows Server 2012 guest machine no internet or LAN
I have a windows server 2012 with hyper-v added as a feature. I have created a server 2012 and a windows 8 guest machines. The windows 8 machine has internet connectivity and can successfully be added ...
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Windows Server 2012 and Ubuntu 12.04.1 under Hyper-V
I've set up an instance of Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS under Hyper-V 2012. However it seems to be nondeterministic as to whether or not it completes the boot process.
I get a Kernel Panic, "IO-APIC + timer ...
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NAT not working after enabling DirectAccess
following test setup is given:
server1 - 1 network card connected to internal network (10.0.0.2/24) + gateway 10.0.0.1
server2 - 2 network cards (1. connected to internal network (10.0.0.1/24) / 2. ...
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Server 2012 Storage Pools, Raid Controller… can the Storage Pool deal with it?
Before trying it out - I don't find any documentation.
Given that Storage Pools have serious performance problems with parity, and do not rebalance data at the moment when you add discs, my preferred ...
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Server 2012 - transparent SMB failover without shared discs, possible?
here is the scenario - there is a small set (200gb around) of data that I HAVE to keep available. Those are basically shared VHD images that serve as master images for a lot of our VM's - they then ...
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Setup Individual User Storage
Does anyone know where I can search for (and the terms to use) or have a link to how I would setup a personal user drive/storage for my Active Directory users?
Also, how do I go about getting this ...
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Run Server 2012 Refresh from a command line?
Much as the subject says, anyone know how to do a System Refresh on Server 2012 from the command line?
This is a 'Minimal Server Interface' mode Server 2012 install so no full GUI.
Have tried ...
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Forgot Password Server 2012
So I did something really stupid, forgot the admin password to my server running MS Server 2012. I so rarely shut down and have to log in because my server is running 24/7 that when I lost power and ...
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How to enable SMTP server in Windows Server 2012
We are using servermanager.exe to install smtp server in windows 2008R2 from comand prompt.
Is there any alternate to servermanager.exe?
How to enable smtp server in windows 2012 from command prompt?
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How to activate deduplication in Windows Server 2012?
I just installed Windows Server 2012, and while I see and read about a new deduplication feature, the Server Manager keeps reporting empty fields in the columns for deduplication rate and savings. How ...
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Windows Server Alternative Sign In
In the organization I work for, some users are often in a position where they cannot access their workstations when an administrator needs to do something on their user account or when they need to ...
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ESXi running 2 x Windows 2012 setup advice
After much deliberating and advice I'm intending to use an element of virtualisation for deploying some new servers.
The original (physical) plan was one server running as domain controller, SQL ...
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Windows Small Business Server 2003 SP2 upgrade plan
I support a non-profit organization running a SBS 2003 SP2 (x86) server.
Apparently, SBS 2003 SP2 will be end-of-life some time in 2014. Should I be quite insistent that they upgrade the server OS ...
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How to share Fibre Channel between servers on Windows 2012 STD
I'm new to Fibre Channel so please take that into consideration. We have 3 servers. 2 servers are running Hyper-V and 3rd server was bought to act as a file/backup server for those 2 servers. All ...
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Windows Server 2012 Database server and Domain Controller in the same machine
I'm far to be an expert in this area, so I need some light on this. I have a clean Windows Server 2012 Standard machine, where I need to install an SVN server, Team Foundation, and an Sql Server 2012. ...
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Is it possible to upgrade using the Windows Server 2012 evaluation?
I've got a Windows Server 2008 Standard installation here that I'm trying to upgrade to Windows Server 2012 Server, using the evaluation version. (The scenario is essentially that I need to test the ...
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SSD for database or webpage files? [closed]
I can have SSD for the mysql data files and system or the website files (.php files, images, video). I can not have both because of the SSD capacity I have.
What would be best, to make Windows 2012 ...
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Is it possible to install Windows Server 2012 on a Dell PowerEdge with PERC S100 card?
According to Dell's own website, the Windows Server 2012 media driver "inbox" does not contain drivers for the Perc S100 controller that is in a Dell PowerEdge T110 II server we'd like to evaluate ...
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2012 domain functional level with 2008 r2 web server
We are in the process of setting up a brand new domain and associated services (exchange, etc), on a new VMware environment. We want use Windows 2012 however the web-based ERP application requires ...
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Why does my Server Core gets patches for Internet Explorer?
Another second Tuesday of the month, another set of updates, on my Windows Server 2012 Core I get:
List of applicable items on the machine:
1> Update for Windows Server 2012 (KB2769165)
21> ...
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Windows Server 2012 member server on 2003 functional level forest and domain
I would like to join a new windows server 2012 member server to our domain which is at 2003 functional level and domain level. I am being told that an AD Schema update is required to do this.
Can ...
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How do I enable Basic Authentication for IIS 8 in Windows Server 2012
I have a website that needs to use Basic Authentication. I want to host it on a Windows Server 2012 box. But in IIS in the Authentication page for the web site, Basic Authentication is not available.
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Hyper-v Server 2012 standalone server, is it free?
I know that Hyper-V 2008 is completely free, also i think the same for 2012. But on Microsoft price calculation page, they never mention hyper-v standalone server as free software...
Calculation page ...
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Best Disaster Recovery Setup for Domain Controller with Additional Services
I'm setting up some new Windows 2012 servers to replace old ones currently on 2003. One of my concerns is to try and have a suitable DR plan to get them back up and running if we have a major failure. ...
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VMM 2012 on a virtual machine Windows 2012, on a physical host running Windows 2008 R2
I have read that VMM 2012 requires Windows Server 2012 to run on. I am trying to determine if it is possible to run VMM 2012 on a virtual machine with Windows Server 2012, that is actually hosted on ...
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Exchange/IIS making Server 2012 unusable due to lack of resources
I currently have a VM running Windows Server 2012 DC, with 4GB of RAM and a dual core CPU. This machine has Active Directory running, so is also a DNS and DHCP server.
The problem I have is thus: as ...
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RDP application icon quality comparison
Not sure if this post belongs here, but:
Does anyone know why the desktop and over all icon quality in server 2008 is so much lower compared to 2012 when using RDP? And if it can be changed? VNC ...
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Resource Monitor not showing all memory in use
I have a server currently sitting at 97% memory utilization (Just over 30GB on a 32GB server), yet only show about 1gb of memory being used when I add up the values in Task Manager or Resource ...
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Windows Server 2012 DC loses time sync after reboot/dcpromo
I'm currently experiencing an issue that has baffled me for the past few days as none of my searches here or google yielded in any positive results.
Our current environment has 19 sites with as many ...
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How do i use storage spaces?
I am planning on building a new windows 2012 server for a client and I have no experience in doing so. I have built many linux servers for them and setting up software raid during the install is a ...
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Remote Desktop Licensing mode is not configured in Windows Server2012
Usualy I use RDP in Windows Server 2008 R2, and never fall in this: "Remote Desktop Licensing mode is not configured", This is a message that I get as soon as I open session in the newly installed ...
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Configure custom SSL certificate for RDP on Windows Server 2012 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 ...
