Questions tagged [windows-server-2012]

Windows Server 2012 was a server operating system from Microsoft. It was released on September 4, 2012, and reached End Of Life on October 10, 2023. Like its predecessor, Server 2008 R2, it is only available in 64 bit versions. It contains many substantial changes over it predecessor, and substantially streamlines the number of available versions, which are down to four: Foundation, Essentials, Standard and Datacenter.

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Certificate Mismatch RDS Session Host

I've been banging my head against this for the last few days. I have a server 2012 remote desktop setup as follows: 1 Gateway Server 1 RD Web Access Serve 1 Session Broker, which is also a session ...
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Setting up DNS for Remote Access

I have Windows 2012 with the DNS/DHCP features installed. Do I need to install Active Directory and then add all my machines to the domain of local.FQDN.com for example? I can do this and still use ...
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How to recover Hyper-V Guest Domain Controller from Stop Error 0xc00002e2

Host is Server 2012 with single Hyper-V guest which is a Domain Controller. When booting the DC it gives a Blue Stop Error: 0xc00002e2 and then reboots. After third reboot it shows a recovery console ...
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server 2012 RDS cannot connect to virtual desktop in lab

I am trying an evaluation of remote desktops on Azure. I’d like to be able to demo the product and I’ve created a couple virtual machines, installed RDS and created a collection, but even though after ...
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Server 2012 RDS Session Host missing

I've created a couple virtual servers in Azure, one a domain controller and the other is setup with the RDS role. I'm able to connect to the web app, but was only able to add "mstsc" along with the ...
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PHP / IIS High CPU + Recursive Process

I just uploaded and ran a PHP file that would output the user that PHP is running as, however, the process started to eat up all of the CPU. I had a look in Process Explorer and it appeared that PHP ...
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windows2012 failover cluster + storage. Considerations

We plan to build a failover storage with Windows2012r2. There will be 2 or 3 physical machines with 2 virtual machines on each server. One virtual machine building a failover, second one being storage ...
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How to change default region/culture settings in Windows 2012

I have researched this topic through the web but can't find a definitive answer. Our server team has recently upgraded our SQL Servers VMs from Win 2003 to Win 2012. Given our region we run all our ...
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Why is DFS Replication consuming so many resources when there are no replication groups?

I manage a few Windows 2012 servers, which, between them all, host millions of small files. I have DFS namespaces set up and tried to get DFS replication working as well. DFS replication didn't seem ...
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How to configure and enable NAT with server core installation

Using Microsoft Server 2012 Core: What is the equivalent core/Powershell command to enable and configure NAT. I have configured NAT on servers with the following GUI steps: Server Manager, Tools, ...
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Does Win 2012 Standard Edition support clustering of SQL 2012 Enterprise Edition?

Can you cluster SQL 2012 Enterprise Edition on Win 2012 Standard Edition? The features doesn't seem to clarify whether it allowed or not. We are seeing warning “Cluster Nodes Failed" in the SQL ...
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Windows Sever 2012 failover clustering: difference in max number of virtual and physical nodes

As far as I know there is a following limitation for maximum number of nodes in Windows Server 2012 failover clustering: 4,000 VM nodes or 64 physical nodes. Apart from apparent difficulties / ...
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DNS Server replication created duplicate A-Records

I have a several Windows Server 2008 R2 DC/DNS servers locally, RODC's at the remote office, and a Windows Server 2012 DC/DNS server on Azure with a VPN tunnel established. Earlier today I moved a ...
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List remote desktop administrative sessions in Windows Server 2012 [duplicate]

On our servers, we use Remote Desktop for remote administration only (the default administrative connections that are limited to two-sessions per server and don't require extra licensing). ...
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Disk queue lenght from SNMP on windows server 2012 (MRTG)

On windows server 2003 reading disk queue length from SNMP with MRTG was easy: snmpwalk -v1 -cpublic 192.168.1.20 1.3.6.1.4.1.9600.1.1.1.1.7 iso.3.6.1.4.1.9600.1.1.1.1.7.2.67.58 = Gauge32: 26 iso.3....
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Windows Server 2012 Hyper V Clustering Live migration Hot Failover

We are thinking of implementing Hyper V Clusteriazation on Windows server 2012 servers. We aim to use the Live migration feature to eliminate downtime when one of the servers fails. My question is: Is ...
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Windows Server 2012, Hyper-V and CPU Usage

The server sits on RAIDed SSD drives too. Is there a reason why the host machine seems to get more CPU over a VM in Hyper-V? The guest machine is at 100% CPU while the HOST is only at 20%. Anywa ...
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Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Failover Cluster + Active/Active HA storage solution

I have a question. I need to build active/active HA storage architecture, but I don't know how achieve this without expensive third party software. I have two Hyper-V hosts, each with iSCSI storage. I ...
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Windows Server 2012 Inplace upgrade fails

Attempting inplace upgrade of Windows Server 2012 (x64) to R2 (x64) Server is virtual (vmware) ISO downloaded from VLSC Login to Windows run setup.exe Installer quits with the following error (at ...
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Unable to use "Web deploy" on Windows Server 2012 HTTP ERROR 404.7

I am using Windows server 2012 and Web Deploy 3.5. When I try to publish from Visual Studio I get 404 and suggests to follow the following link http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=221672#...
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Proper Hyper-V Network Configuration for Windows Server 2012?

We just put our first Hyper-V based web solution online about a month ago (Diagram below). We're having intermittent communication issues between Virtual Machines during periods of elevated traffic, ...
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Server 2012 Remote Desktop Services, Foxit Reader as default

I have a Server 2012 RDS server I'm setting up. I have installed Foxit Reader. I then went to the registry and set the value of HKLM\Software\Classes\ .pdf to FoxitReader.Document. I also set up a ...
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DNS Resoluition of Child Domain Workstation(s)

I have three domain controllers: DC-01 = CORP.LOCAL DC-02 = A.CORP.LOCAL DC-03 = B.CORP.LOCAL All three have replication set to All DNS servers in the forest and I can see all three zones in each ...
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How do we recover from a AD Domain that is now not responding as a DC at all?

Windows Server 2012 is the primary server environment. All machines are located in a server room that services a network testing lab. There are over 400 servers in the lab, most of which are ...
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How do I setup Windows Server 2012 Remote Desktop Services to allow multiple users to connect to multiple servers?

There are 10 servers setup on a domain that will each need more than 2 users to be able to connect via RDP to manage IIS, apps and other tasks. I would like to use one or 2 servers for the licensing ...
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Windows Server 2012 RD services: Cannot connect to a Virtual Desktop

Following a few tutorials I setup a server and installed 2012 RD services on it. I created a new pooled, managed desktop collection with only one VM which is connected to an internal vSwitch. From ...
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Is a SSI-style cluster possible with Windows Server 2012?

I use an application that does CPU intensive multithreaded optimization which is currently run on a hyper-threaded Quad Core machine that it just pegs at 95-100% utilization across all cores for hours....
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RDS 2012 Certificates - Subject Names do not match

I'm evaluating RDS on 2012, I want to use Remote App to allow home workers to access one application This is a single server setup at the moment Server Name acmeVDI.acme.co.uk - This has RD Web ...
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Windows Server upgrade from 2012 to 2012 R2 preserve registry

I am trying to upgrade my Windows Server 2012 machine to Windows Server 2012 R2. I have one of my certificates stored as a key-value pair in the following registry key- HKLM\Software\Microsoft\...
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DNS and Active Directory configuration for a branch office

We've got a branch office with no on-site services at the moment, and we'd like to change that. The biggest goal is to setup some file servers but faster logins and DNS resolution will be welcome as ...
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How do I install Disk Cleanup on Windows 2012 server without installing the Desktop Experience?

The issue is simply that I want to do the best I can to clean-up/compact a VM's .vhdx drive before running the Optimize-VHD cmdlet. It's nice to use Microsoft's Disk Cleanup utility. The problem is ...
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How to run our softwares in server for 20 users

We are going to buy a server and we need it to be able to run some of our accounting softwares in server and make session for each user connecting remotely to open their own desktop and allow them to ...
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Windows Server 2012 VPN route from LAN to client

I am trying to set up a VPN using Windows Server 2012 Standard. My network has a SonicWALL edge router, and the server in question is a DC, running DNS, DHCP and RRAS, and the subnet is 10.0.0.0/24. ...
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Create Cluster Windows Server 2012 R2

I have two virtual machines (Node1, Node2). Node1 set DC, Node2 connecting to domain.enter image description here. I'm trying to create a cluster, on Tab "Select Servers" add the Nodes. An error ...
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Permissions required for a local user to query services

I'm trying to write an application, that is running as a local user on the server, and needs access to enumerate services, and potentially even control them (start/stop). Is being a part of the ...
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ADPrep error trying to upgrade Windows 2012 server to DC in 2008 domain

Trying to promote a Windows 2012 server to DC in a 2008 domain and after passing all prerequisites and beginning the process, I get an error stating: adprep was unable to bind to any domain ...
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DFS Namespace not visible Windows Server 2012

If I try to browse to our namespace, let's say \\local.lan I don't see the namespaces. They should be like: \\local.lan\ department1 department2 department3 But if I try to browse through the ...
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Is there some kind of load balancing happening in a Hyper v fail over cluster?

I am still reading up on Hyper V clustering and there is something fundamental I am not understanding. Windows Fail-over Clustering is supposed to be for high availability only- not load balancing. ...
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Remote Apps Not Showing

I am trying to get RD Web Access working. Installed the following Roles all on a server: Remote Desktop Session Host Remote Desktop Licensing Remote Desktop Connection Broker Remote Desktop Web ...
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Change a DCOM application's identity with a script

I have a Powershell script to set up a WS2012 web server with no user interaction. The only thing I can't do in the script is to change the identity of a DCOM application. Or, more specifically, I ...
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Setup pop3 mailboxes in on Windows Server 2012 datacenter

a complete beginner question but I cannot find an answer with Google: Where do I setup email accounts / POP3 mailboxes on Windows Server 2012? I setup smtp service and can send emails from the server ...
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Getting "Local Security Authority cannot be contacted" error message when logonHours restricted

I'm trying to define logonHours for Remote Desktop users on Windows Server 2012; Network Level Authentication is required for remote connections. When an account with restricted logonHours (defined in ...
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WDS discovery image not working - Failed to discover WDS Server

I've recently started working with imaging and deployment. We want to use WDS with MDT to manage images, as we're currently just imaging each different model of computer with Acronis, and have ~10 ...
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Find expiration date of a certificate file which I do not have installed

I'm looking for a way to find the expiration of a certificate file (either .pfx or .cer) without installing it. I have access to read the file but can not install it.
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Should i put all my servers into my domain?

I am setting up a lab/mock-up network and i'm wondering if is considered bad practice to add all my servers to my Windows Domain. Of course the DC must be part of the domain, and any server that users ...
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Excluding a folder from deployment and stopping additional file removal

Using Web Deploy on a Windows 2012 Server, if a deployment has a folder full of user generated content I exclude it from publishing in the .pubxml file with: <ExcludeFoldersFromDeployment>...
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Unable to modify registry as admin on Windows 2012

On Windows 2012, I'm trying to change the AppIDFlags value in the registry key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\{E62A7A31-6025-408E-87F6-81AEB0DC9347} to allow interaction with the desktop as documented here: ...
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Which RDP roles should I install on my domain controller vs the actual application server where users will login?

We have a Windows 2012 server that will need to allow 10 users to access it via RDP. The server is setup in our domain. When I go to add the server role for RDP, it gives me the option to install ...
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Does dynamic quorum with Windows Server 2012 clusters make quorum configuration types irrelevant?

There are several quorum types: Node Majority,Node and Disk Majority,Node and File Share Majority,No Majority: Disk Only I did not modify any quorum settings when setting up a Server 2012 R2 cluster ...
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Install MSSQL and .Net Framework 3.5 in Windows Server 2012

I have downloaded Windows Server 2012 VHD (Hyper-V VM) and wanna install MSSQL 2012 in it. But it's failing asking for "NetFX3". Googling about it I discovered it's .Net Framework 3.5 and lots of ...
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