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Windows Server 2012 Essentials announcements

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    Update Rollup 3 for Windows Server 2012 Essentials is Now Available!
    Guang HU - MSFT Friday, June 14, 2013 8:08 AM

    The Update Rollup 3 for Windows Server 2012 Essentials is now available for download from Windows Update. You can read about the issues this rollup update addresses in Microsoft Support Knowledgebase http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2862551.


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    Windows Server Essentials integration module for Windows Azure Backup upgraded
    Shen_Xu Wednesday, April 10, 2013 5:47 AM

    With the announcement of the new Windows Azure Backup preview, we’re happy to announce the new release of the Windows Server Essentials integration module.

    Windows Azure Backup helps you protect important server data off-site with automated backup and restoration. You can manage cloud backups from Windows Server 2012 Essentials Dashboard by installing the integration module.

    To start using the Windows Azure Backup preview, please create a Windows Azure account. To begin your sign up, go to the Windows Azure free trial webpage. Then visit the Windows Azure Management Portal to New a backup vault, download and install the integration module, and register your server.

    If you had the previous version of the integration module installed, you must retrieve your stored data before May 4. Then you need to uninstall the previous integration module and the Windows Azure Online Backup agent, before trying the new version.

    To uninstall the integration module:

    1. Go to the Essentials Dashboard.
    2. Navigate to Applications page, Add-ins tab.
    3. Remove the online backup add-in.

    To uninstall the Windows Azure Online Backup agent:

    1. Go to Control Panel.
    2. Click Uninstall a program.
    3. Remove the Windows Azure Online Backup agent.

    Data from the earlier preview will be available until May 4, 2013. It will not be transferred to the new Windows Azure Backup preview. Please make sure to retrieve any data that you wish to retrieve before uninstalling the old integration module.

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    Windows Server 2012 Essentials Resources
    Shen_Xu Tuesday, March 19, 2013 3:54 AM

    Download RTM Evaluation copy from here:

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/jj659306.aspx?wt.mc_id=TEC_133_1_14

    See Sinead’s post for details:

    http://blogs.technet.com/b/sbs/archive/2012/10/09/windows-server-2012-essentials-released-to-manufacturing-available-for-evaluation-today.aspx

    Read the Overview blog from our engineering team:

    http://blogs.technet.com/b/windowsserver/archive/2012/07/11/download-the-beta-release-of-windows-server-2012-essentials-today.aspx

    TechNet Center:

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sbs/jj159331

    TechNet Library:

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj200119  (Note the Exchange installation, and Transition to Windows Server 2012 Standard instructions are also included)

    More product introduction coming from our official product blog:

    http://blogs.technet.com/b/sbs/

    Product data sheet and FAQ

    http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/windows-server-essentials/default.aspx

    Licensing datasheet on price, license, and server roles comparison:

    http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/4/B/04BD0EB1-42FE-488B-919F-3981EF9B2101/WS2012_Licensing-Pricing_Datasheet.pdf

    Additional downloads on TechNet and MSDN, including SDK and Client Restore Disk:

    https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/securedownloads/hh442898#searchTerm=windows%20server%202012%20essentials

    https://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/subscriptions/securedownloads/hh442904#searchTerm=windows%20server%202012%20essentials

    Thank you everyone for your feedbacks and support, please continue to use the Windows Server 2012 Essentials forum for your RTM and evaluation experience.

    http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserveressentials/threads

    Thank You!

High Availability (Clustering) announcements

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    On-Demand Cluster Webcasts to Learn More:
    Elden Christensen Saturday, March 14, 2009 8:57 PM

    Webcast:  “High Availability 101 with Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V”
    http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032407222&Culture=en-US

    Webcast: “Failover Clustering Feature Roadmap for Windows Server 2008 R2”
    http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032407235&Culture=en-US

    Webcast: “Innovating High Availability with Cluster Shared Volumes”
    http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032407238&Culture=en-US

    Webcast: "Automating and Managing Windows Server Failover Clusters with PowerShell"
    http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventId=1032448852&CountryCode=US

    Webcast:  "Failover Cluster Troubleshooting with Windows Server 2008 R2"
    http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?culture=en-US&EventId=1032399048


    Deployment:
    Webcast: "High Availability Server Apps with Windows Server 2008 R2 Failover Clusters"
    https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032448854&CountryCode=US

    Webcast: "Clusters and Virtualization: Guest Clustering vs. Host Clustering"
    https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032448850&CountryCode=US

    Webcast: “Multi-Site Clustering with Windows Server 2008 Enterprise”
    http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032407242&Culture=en-US

File Services and Storage announcements

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    New white paper providing guidance for sizing NTFS volumes
    JoseBarreto Wednesday, February 23, 2011 1:55 PM

    Microsoft released a new white paper, available here, discussing best practices and guidance for sizing NTFS volumes and some details on CHKDSK execution times on Windows Server 2008 R2. When planning Windows Server deployments, we are often asked questions such as “How large can I make my volumes?” or “How long will it take to repair a volume?”. This white paper helps answer these questions.

Hyper-V announcements

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    How to ask a question efficiently in TechNet forum
    BrianEh Friday, November 15, 2013 3:48 PM

    Thank you for posting in TechNet forum. The online problem solving can be relatively time consuming because it may demand several messages back and force to fully understand the symptom and background, especially at the very beginning. Here are a few suggestions that help you get the best answer to your question as quickly as possible.

     

    When You Ask

    1. Selecting a good title which summarizes the specific problem you have. It will be the one of the main driving forces for others to want to actually read your item. Choosing a badly-formatted title will drive people away, thinking that since the title is so badly written, so must be the information and the question within the thread.

    2. Provide all the necessary information in your initial post. The following information would be very helpful:

    - Symptom description: Detailed description of the problem. If you receive any error messages, please let us know the exact error WORD BY WORD.

    - Environment: The system environment, such as your OS/application version, your network topology, and your domain environment, etc.

    - Any recent relevant configuration change(s): If the issue started to occur after installing any application/updates or changing the configuration, please let us know.

    - Any additional information. Tell what you have done prior to asking your question. This will help us understand that you've done so far.

    3. Write in a clear language. Avoiding spelling mistakes or grammatical errors. Don't type IN ALL CAPS, which in most cases is read as shouting and considered rude.

    4. Keep with the same thread. Do not refer to a post you made last year, and above all, Please come back. There are hundreds and thousands of posts where we have seen people given great and wonderfully long answers yet no reply from the original poster.

    5. Be courteous to reply, even if it's to say. "I've given up" or thanks that worked. (This helps the whole community when you do this, and makes the people who donate time, warm and fuzzies.)

     

    When answered

    Give Positive Feedback. Once you've received a correct answer to your question, either from a Microsoft employee, an MVP, or the community in general, pleases replies that the issue or question has been answered. And if possible mark the solution as answered: This step is important, since it lets other people benefit from your posts.

    The content of this post was borrowed from: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/33d4bcfd-9a20-437c-8a5a-26d0deb01131/how-to-ask-a-question-efficiently-in-technet-forum?forum=winservergen

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    Managing Server 2012 Hyper-V Remotely
    BrianEh Friday, September 28, 2012 3:00 PM

    This has been a popular question lately, here are the details:

    Remote Server Admin Tools: 

    (please note that there is a client and server combination here.  AFAIK there is not (yet) a tool release to manage Server 2012 from Win 7 clients)

    Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 8: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=28972

    http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/2202.remote-server-administration-tools-rsat-for-windows-vista-windows-7-windows-8-windows-server-2008-windows-server-2008-r2-and-windows-server-2012-dsforum2wiki.aspx

    Manage Hyper-V Server 2012 Remotely:

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj647785.aspx

    (there are domain member and non-domain member instructions in there)

Network Access Protection announcements

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    NAP is deprecated.
    Greg Lindsay Wednesday, October 16, 2013 11:14 PM

    Please be aware that NAP is deprecated, and might be removed in a future release of Windows Server. This was announced with the release of Windows Server 2012 R2.

    See http://technet.microsoft.com/library/dn303411.aspx:

    "Network Access Protection (NAP) is deprecated. Other options for keeping client computers up to date and secure for remote access include DirectAccess, Windows Web Application Proxy, and various non-Microsoft solutions."

    Thanks,

    -Greg

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    Introducing the TechNet Wiki
    Greg Lindsay Saturday, March 20, 2010 9:11 AM

    The TechNet Wiki is now available. Use your Live ID to join.

    We hope this will be a great tool for our community, so check it out! There is even a forum for discussing the Wiki, or asking question.

    Greg Lindsay

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    Tool for migrating IAS configuration settings to NPS is now available
    Joe Davies Thursday, January 15, 2009 7:17 PM
     
    See http://blogs.technet.com/nap/archive/2009/01/15/tool-for-migrating-ias-configuration-settings-to-nps-is-now-available.aspx for details.

Setup Deployment announcements

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    Known Issue: After applying KB 953230 WDS stops working
    Jez Sadler - MS Friday, July 18, 2008 2:44 AM
    On  7/8/2008, a security patch was released for DNS by Microsoft and other DNS server vendors. The Microsoft patch was tracked as KB953230 - the documentation on it is here.

    As part of the patch, DNS now reserves 2500 UDP ports - including the ports from 64000 to 65000 that WDS uses by default. Because of this, if DNS and WDS are running on the same server, WDS cannot access those ports and so is unable to perform TFTP (required for PXE boot) or Multicast.

    To work around this, open the WDS MMC, select your server, and go to Server Properties from the right-click menu or the Action menu. Then on the Network Settings page, set a different range of UDP ports. The best range to choose will depend on what else you are running on your server - you want to pick ports that other server roles and applications are not using. The dynamically allocated ports start from 49152, so your Start port should be at least that.

Windows PowerShell announcements

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    Local and virtual PowerShell user group listing
    Marco Shaw Friday, March 5, 2010 9:04 PM
    Find a PowerShell user group here: http://powershellgroup.org/
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    Marking questions as answered
    Marco Shaw Friday, February 26, 2010 2:22 AM
    Quite often, some users will be provided with a solution, yet won't mark the thread as answered.  The moderators of this forum will try to review almost every thread/answer, and may prematurely mark a thread as answered, when it isn't.  In cases like those, the original poster can feel free to unmark the thread as answered.

Remote Desktop Services (Terminal Services) announcements

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    Remote Desktop Community Application Compatibility Site is Live
    Silvia Doomra [MSFT] Tuesday, August 10, 2010 4:37 PM
    To understand application compatibility for RDS environment and the issues faced by other users and their possible solutions, please visit: the new community driven website http://www.microsoft.com/rds/compatibility/Default.aspx
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    Windows Foundation Server supports Terminal Services
    Christa Anderson Monday, June 22, 2009 11:04 PM
    A low-cost server platform for small businesses, Windows Foundation Server includes support for Terminal Services including TS Gateway for secure remote access. More information is linked below.

    http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/foundation.aspx

Backup – Windows and Windows Server announcements

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    Old Threads
    Sushil.Baid [MSFT] Friday, July 2, 2010 1:16 PM
    Folks - Some of the old threads has been marked as general discussion based on inactivity on them for a longer duration. If the issue is not resolved, please start a new thread.
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    Vista Backup and Recovery - common causes and solution
    Christine Fok Thursday, June 4, 2009 8:45 PM
    We've created a solution table on our blog for some issues we've seen while troubleshooting Vista backup\recovery (including System Restore) issues with some customers. We encourage you to visit the blog and see if it addresses your issue.

    http://blogs.technet.com/filecab/archive/2008/03/12/common-causes-and-solutions-to-backup-system-restore-and-complete-pc-backup-problems-updated.aspx

    Regards,
    Christine
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    Welcome to Windows and Windows Server Backup Forums!
    Malu Menezes Monday, September 8, 2008 11:51 PM

    Windows Backup forums provide you an opportunity to join a community of Windows customers where you can share knowledge on windows backup, get questions answered, and learn from others with backup needs similar to yours. Start by posting Windows Backup related questions and leverage the knowledge available in your new forum community.

     

    This forum supports Backup questions for Windows and Windows Server.

     

    Also, visit our blog for fresh information on Microsoft Storage and Windows Backup:

    http://blogs.technet.com/filecab

Streaming Media Services announcements

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    Getting assisted support for Windows Media Services
    David Bristol [msft] Thursday, August 15, 2013 3:17 PM

    Sometimes the links on support.microsoft.com are a bit hard to find.  If you need assisted support for Windows Media Services you can open a support ticket by going to http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?Gprid=3170.

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    Windows Media Services 2008 "R2" is available
    Chris Knowlton Friday, June 11, 2010 6:54 AM

    If you are running a Windows Server 2008 R2 server, then you will need the corresponding R2 release of Windows Media Services 2008. You have two options for getting it:

    • You can follow the download and installation instructions on http://support.microsoft.com/kb/963697
    • You can install and auto-configure WMS using the Web Platform Installer directly on your server
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    Welcome to the Streaming Media Services forum!
    David M. Nelson Wednesday, April 28, 2010 10:08 PM

    The Streaming Media Services forum provides you an opportunity to join a community of Windows Media server customers where you can share knowledge, get questions answered, and learn from others with IT environments similar to yours. Start by posting Windows Media Services related questions in the forum corresponding to your topic of interest and leverage the knowledge available in the new forum community.

     

    If you have any questions or feedback about Windows Media Services 2008 for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, or about Windows Media Services 9 Series for Windows Server 2003, please feel free to post them in this forum.

Windows Multipoint Server announcements

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    What to do when Dashboard cannot be used in WS 2016?
    Eva Seydl Monday, October 23, 2017 4:46 PM

    If you are running into an issue where the WMS Dashboard is in an unusable state the security certificate might be expired which the Dashboard needs to connect to the webservice on the Server. Please use the following steps to identify if you are running into the same issue and apply the solution provided in this article: 

    1. Run "c:\Program Files\Windows MultiPoint Server\LogCollector.exe".  Click "Collect Data" and then "View Logs" in MultiPoint Log Collector 
    2. "View Logs" will open a folder with some zip files.  Open the latest zip file, and then open "Microsoft-Windows-WMS-Trace.csv" from inside the zip file (use notepad)
    3. Search for SecurityNegotiationException in the logs.

     

    If you see this error to run the following command in PowerShell as administrator:

    net stop wms; $hostname = (Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_ComputerSystem -Property Name).Name; Get-ChildItem -Path 'Cert:\localmachine\MultiPoint Services Certificates\' | ForEach-Object {if ($_.Subject -like ('*'+$hostname+'*')) {Write-Host ('Removing '+$_.Thumbprint); Remove-Item -Path ('Cert:\localmachine\MultiPoint Services Certificates\'+$_.Thumbprint)}}; net start wms

    The certificate can also be manually deleted but the process to do that is complex, so either way should work.

    If you want to try to manually remove the certificate, follow these steps:

    1. You will need your local host name.  If you don't know that, you can run the command "hostname" from a command prompt and it will tell you the computer's host name.
    2. From a command prompt run “Net stop wms”.  You will need to be running in an elevated command prompt as an administrator.
    3. From a command prompt run “mmc.exe”.  You will also need to be running in an elevated command prompt as an administrator.
    4. CTRL+M to add a new snap-in
    5. From the list of available snap-ins on the left, choose certificates, then add it to the list.  There will be a popup dialog.  Choose computer account from the three options, then choose local computer
    6. Find “MultiPoint Services Certificates” in the list of  certificates for the local computer.  Delete all the certificates where “Issued By” is the local host name.
    7. Now run “net start wms”.  When the MultiPoint service starts, it will create a new certificate for you.  This should fix the problem.

    An update is work in progress and will be shipped in one of the upcoming releases.

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    Testdrive MultiPoint Services Role as part of Windows Server 2016
    Eva Seydl Friday, November 20, 2015 6:53 PM

    Download the latest technical preview for Windows Server 2016 and test-drive Multipoint Services role: https://aka.ms/ws2016-eval 

    If you are running into issues let us know here on the TechNet forum.

    Are you missing features? Let us know on UserVoice: aka.ms/uservoice-wms

Windows Server 2012 R2 Application Certification (Logo) program and test tools announcements

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    Announcing availability of the Application Certification for Windows Server 2012 R2 program
    Marc Quintal Wednesday, November 27, 2013 10:10 PM

    Application Certification for Windows Server 2012 R2 is now available

    • Assessment of Application compatibility, best practices and security
    • Formal listing in the Windows Server Catalog and Windows Server Marketplace
    • Credits toward Microsoft Partner Network competency
    • Self-test, wizard-based test tool
    • No fee required

    Additional information and resources

    Windows Server 2012 R2 Certification (Logo) Program

    Requirements for Windows Server 2012 R2 Application Certification Program

    Remediation for Test Failures of the Windows Server Application Certification Program

    Windows Server Catalog - Windows Server Marketplace

    Questions regarding the Certified for Windows Server Logo, or the Microsoft Platform Ready Test Tool, can be directed to WSLogoFB@microsoft.com

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    Channel 9 Video: An Overview of the Windows Server 2012 Logo Program
    Jerome Otto Friday, March 29, 2013 12:44 AM

    We have created a Channel 9 video, which provides an overview of the Windows Server 2012 Logo Program, in order for ISVs to quickly gain an overview of the Windows Server 2012 Logo Program. The video can be viewed at the following URL, and any questions can be directed to this TechNet Forum or to our support email WSLogoFB@Microsoft.com.

    http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Windows-Server-App-Certification-Program 

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    Microsoft Platform Ready Support Blogs
    Jerome Otto Tuesday, March 5, 2013 7:41 PM

    Announcing MPR Support Blogs with answers to Frequently Asked Questions

    Answers to frequently asked questions found during support of the Microsoft Platform Ready Test Tool can be found at http://blogs.msdn.com/b/winsdk/archive/tags/certification/.

    In addition, questions regarding the Certified for Windows Server 2012 Logo, or the Microsoft Platform Ready Test Tool, can also be directed to WSLogoFB@microsoft.com



Remote Desktop clients announcements

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    We are migrating to new forums!
    Eva Seydl Friday, August 30, 2019 9:06 PM
    We are migrating to new forums and the Microsoft Remote Desktop product group will no longer be monitoring this forum! Please submit your feedback for our clients via its respective feedback forums listed below to ensure we see it.

    Feedback Hub for Windows clients
    UserVoice for web client
    UserVoice for iOS client
    UserVoice for macOS client

    UserVoice for Android client

IPAM, DHCP, DNS announcements

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    Enhanced Analytical and Audit logging for DNS Servers
    Kumar Ashutosh Shrivastava Saturday, August 16, 2014 7:54 AM

    A Windows DNS server related patch has been released.

    Update adds query logging and change auditing to Windows DNS servers

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2956577/en-us

    This is a hotfix and has to be downloaded on servers. A brief summary:

    1. Analytical logging for all DNS transactions (queries, responses, drops, server falures, zone transfers, dynamic updates) at a very high speed. Has negligible impact on DNS server performance.

    2. Enhanced logging for all change auditing on DNS server.

    New event channels have been introduced for this. Analytical channel is disabled by default. Audit channel is enabled by default.

    Watch this space for more details...

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    Blog Alert: Name Resolution Performance of Windows DNS Server 2012 R2
    Kumar Ashutosh Shrivastava Wednesday, July 9, 2014 2:20 PM

    Read the full blog here: Name Resolution Performance of Windows DNS Server 2012 R2

    Do subscribe for updates!

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    IPAM DHCP integration
    Greg Lindsay Monday, July 7, 2014 9:48 PM

    Windows PowerShell scripts have been uploaded to the Microsoft Script Center for integration of your current DHCP lease database with IPAM.

    By default, IPAM imports DHCP scopes from managed DHCP servers as IP address ranges. However, individual leases and reservations are not automatically imported as IP addresses. To import these, and to configure a periodic import task, see the following links:

    For IPAM on Windows Server 2012: http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/Windows-Server-2012-f44cefce

    For IPAM on Windows Server 2012 R2: http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/Windows-Server-2012-R2-15d16e82

    Thanks,

    -Greg

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    Jump Start with Windows DNS
    Kumar Ashutosh Shrivastava Tuesday, July 1, 2014 5:13 PM

    Welcome to the Windows DNS. You can get started at

    Windows DNS on technet

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    Forum to discuss IPAM, DHCP and DNS in windows server
    Kumar Ashutosh Shrivastava Friday, April 4, 2014 6:05 AM

    For any queries on IPAM, DNS and DHCP in windows server please use this forum

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    Previous Versions Restore not restoring NTFS permissions

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    Hi Andrew, I tried the same steps and it seems that if I restore the shadow copy (the whole volume), permissions will be restored. However if I ...
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    $\users\resources\ (i.e., bypassing the NTFS junction) we are perfectly able to see previous versions as they are expected to be. NTFS and share ...
    Unanswered | 2 Replies | 5271 Views | Created by Sergei Yerastov - Tuesday, February 15, 2011 9:25 AM | Last reply by Michael Hex - Friday, April 1, 2011 7:54 AM
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    Previous Versions - Restore Folder Behaviour

    Windows Server
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    Backup – Windows and Windows Server
    Hi, I think it is by default. "Previous version" based on "file" - It is not backing up the folder contain all files and ...
    Answered | 1 Replies | 506 Views | Created by shocko - Saturday, April 25, 2015 8:17 PM | Last reply by MedicalS - Monday, April 27, 2015 2:22 AM
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    Log File for "Restore Previous Version"

    Windows Server
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    File Services and Storage
    Thanks for the info and response. Restore Previous Versions is a great tool, but sometimes it seems almost too easy to use. It looks too much like the real copy. Kind like ...
    Answered | 4 Replies | 3180 Views | Created by Elvin McDonnell - Thursday, July 14, 2016 5:37 PM | Last reply by Elvin McDonnell - Friday, July 15, 2016 11:18 AM
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    restore previous version on mounted volume

    Windows Server
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    File Services and Storage
    see and restore previous versions of d:\stuff but not for d:\stuff\volume2 (there are no previous version available -  list is ...
    Answered | 3 Replies | 6125 Views | Created by Andres P - Wednesday, April 25, 2012 10:30 AM | Last reply by satish [MSFT] - Thursday, May 3, 2012 8:10 AM
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    Restore Previous Versions For RDP Users

    Windows Server
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    Remote Desktop Services (Terminal Services)
    Hi I'm looking at the possibility of allowing Terminal Server users to have access to the 'Restore Previous Versions' feature to allow them to recover ...
    Answered | 1 Replies | 3533 Views | Created by Simon Whittington - Monday, February 6, 2012 7:37 PM | Last reply by Yuan Wang - Monday, February 13, 2012 8:15 PM
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    Tool to backup and restore share and NTFS permissions

    Windows Server
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    File Services and Storage
    Hi T23BGT, Thanks for your post. In addition, you may refer to the blog below. How to Back Up and Restore NTFS and Share ...
    Answered | 2 Replies | 6105 Views | Created by T23BGT - Thursday, September 8, 2016 2:01 PM | Last reply by Mary Dong - Friday, September 9, 2016 2:44 AM
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    Access "previous version" folder without NTFS permissions

    Windows Server
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    Windows Server 2012 General
    permission are only set to users. As Administrator i do not have access to these folders and cannot modify NTFS permission in "previous ...
    Answered | 1 Replies | 1206 Views | Created by gui2 - Monday, June 10, 2013 1:56 PM | Last reply by MedicalS - Wednesday, June 12, 2013 5:07 AM
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    User cannot restore previous version of a folder

    Windows Server
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    Windows Server General Forum
    the permission to restore previous version of the folder. Its getting an error "Access Denied" Any Idea why this ...
    Answered | 1 Replies | 1386 Views | Created by FriendzKnight II - Thursday, September 26, 2013 9:44 AM | Last reply by MedicalS - Monday, September 30, 2013 11:58 AM
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    can't restore previous versions from shadow copies

    Windows Server
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    File Services and Storage
    Hi, It seems that you don’t have permissions to access the previous versions of the problematic folder. If you don’t have ...
    Answered | 2 Replies | 3164 Views | Created by sju2402 - Tuesday, April 22, 2014 4:36 PM | Last reply by 1ron8orn - Wednesday, April 23, 2014 9:09 AM
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    Differences between shadow copies and restore previous versions (MaxShadowCopies)

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    File Services and Storage
    versions. In windows 2016 it appears that by default we have a maxshadowcopies reg key set to 512 shadow copies, which is fine however when going to restore ...
    Discussion | 0 Replies | 282 Views | Created by redeagle12 - Friday, April 26, 2019 1:00 PM
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    Previous Version Restore Not Listing All Copies

    Windows Server
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    Backup – Windows and Windows Server
    Hi, We have updated our servers using the MaxShadowCopies DWORD to take up to 512 snapshots. The question I have is it appears the Restore GUI only ...
    Answered | 1 Replies | 559 Views | Created by ZAC85 - Friday, May 29, 2015 2:21 AM | Last reply by MedicalS - Sunday, May 31, 2015 8:59 AM
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    Restoring server to previous state

    Windows Server
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    is malfunctioning and other dependent applications are also not working properly now. I uninstalled the CA update which created this problem - this did not ...
    Answered | 2 Replies | 1387 Views | Created by Vivek1818 - Saturday, February 16, 2013 5:35 PM | Last reply by Bill Grant - Saturday, February 16, 2013 11:13 PM
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    Restoring DC to previous Backup

    Windows Server
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    Directory Services
    When DC is restored from the system state backup, the authentication of the domain joined machine fails due to the earlier password used by machine for authentication doesn't exists when DC
    Answered | 1 Replies | 1938 Views | Created by Adnan Abdul Salam - Saturday, June 16, 2012 3:26 PM | Last reply by Awinish - Saturday, June 16, 2012 4:08 PM
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    Windows Server 2008 R2 - Restore Previous Versions - Restored File Filled with Nulls

    Windows Server
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    File Services and Storage
    on it and choose Properties. Go to Previous Versions tab, open a snapshot and see if the file could be accessed correctly here instead of restoring it ...
    Unanswered | 3 Replies | 2970 Views | Created by Jeff_W_NEIEP - Tuesday, August 27, 2013 4:53 PM | Last reply by BruceABC - Friday, April 10, 2015 6:48 PM
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    Restore previous vesions not showing on client

    Windows Server
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    Windows Server 2012 General
    administrator to request access"  This happens on all file servers when trying to access previous versions from my workstation.  I can restore the whole ...
    Answered | 5 Replies | 281 Views | Created by WSUAL2 - Monday, August 22, 2016 3:28 PM | Last reply by Cartman Shen - Tuesday, September 6, 2016 5:10 AM
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    No previous backups available to restore from

    Windows Server
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    Backup – Windows and Windows Server
    to do nightly backups at 3:00 AM I recently attempted to install Exchange 2016 CU7 It failed miserably and fried the server So I went to my ...
    Unanswered | 3 Replies | 487 Views | Created by CanWestBoss - Monday, December 18, 2017 8:30 PM | Last reply by Mary Dong - Monday, December 25, 2017 7:42 AM
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    NTFS permissions

    Windows Server
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    File Services and Storage
    Hi, NTFS permissions are saved in registry, so you will have to restore from a backup which contain permissions, or restore from a ...
    Answered | 2 Replies | 2215 Views | Created by dvua - Monday, April 30, 2012 11:17 PM | Last reply by MedicalS - Wednesday, May 2, 2012 7:25 AM
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Windows Server 2012 Essentials announcements

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    Update Rollup 3 for Windows Server 2012 Essentials is Now Available!
    Guang HU - MSFT Friday, June 14, 2013 8:08 AM

    The Update Rollup 3 for Windows Server 2012 Essentials is now available for download from Windows Update. You can read about the issues this rollup update addresses in Microsoft Support Knowledgebase http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2862551.


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    Windows Server Essentials integration module for Windows Azure Backup upgraded
    Shen_Xu Wednesday, April 10, 2013 5:47 AM

    With the announcement of the new Windows Azure Backup preview, we’re happy to announce the new release of the Windows Server Essentials integration module.

    Windows Azure Backup helps you protect important server data off-site with automated backup and restoration. You can manage cloud backups from Windows Server 2012 Essentials Dashboard by installing the integration module.

    To start using the Windows Azure Backup preview, please create a Windows Azure account. To begin your sign up, go to the Windows Azure free trial webpage. Then visit the Windows Azure Management Portal to New a backup vault, download and install the integration module, and register your server.

    If you had the previous version of the integration module installed, you must retrieve your stored data before May 4. Then you need to uninstall the previous integration module and the Windows Azure Online Backup agent, before trying the new version.

    To uninstall the integration module:

    1. Go to the Essentials Dashboard.
    2. Navigate to Applications page, Add-ins tab.
    3. Remove the online backup add-in.

    To uninstall the Windows Azure Online Backup agent:

    1. Go to Control Panel.
    2. Click Uninstall a program.
    3. Remove the Windows Azure Online Backup agent.

    Data from the earlier preview will be available until May 4, 2013. It will not be transferred to the new Windows Azure Backup preview. Please make sure to retrieve any data that you wish to retrieve before uninstalling the old integration module.

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    Windows Server 2012 Essentials Resources
    Shen_Xu Tuesday, March 19, 2013 3:54 AM

    Download RTM Evaluation copy from here:

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/jj659306.aspx?wt.mc_id=TEC_133_1_14

    See Sinead’s post for details:

    http://blogs.technet.com/b/sbs/archive/2012/10/09/windows-server-2012-essentials-released-to-manufacturing-available-for-evaluation-today.aspx

    Read the Overview blog from our engineering team:

    http://blogs.technet.com/b/windowsserver/archive/2012/07/11/download-the-beta-release-of-windows-server-2012-essentials-today.aspx

    TechNet Center:

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sbs/jj159331

    TechNet Library:

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj200119  (Note the Exchange installation, and Transition to Windows Server 2012 Standard instructions are also included)

    More product introduction coming from our official product blog:

    http://blogs.technet.com/b/sbs/

    Product data sheet and FAQ

    http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/windows-server-essentials/default.aspx

    Licensing datasheet on price, license, and server roles comparison:

    http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/4/B/04BD0EB1-42FE-488B-919F-3981EF9B2101/WS2012_Licensing-Pricing_Datasheet.pdf

    Additional downloads on TechNet and MSDN, including SDK and Client Restore Disk:

    https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/securedownloads/hh442898#searchTerm=windows%20server%202012%20essentials

    https://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/subscriptions/securedownloads/hh442904#searchTerm=windows%20server%202012%20essentials

    Thank you everyone for your feedbacks and support, please continue to use the Windows Server 2012 Essentials forum for your RTM and evaluation experience.

    http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserveressentials/threads

    Thank You!

High Availability (Clustering) announcements

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    On-Demand Cluster Webcasts to Learn More:
    Elden Christensen Saturday, March 14, 2009 8:57 PM

    Webcast:  “High Availability 101 with Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V”
    http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032407222&Culture=en-US

    Webcast: “Failover Clustering Feature Roadmap for Windows Server 2008 R2”
    http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032407235&Culture=en-US

    Webcast: “Innovating High Availability with Cluster Shared Volumes”
    http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032407238&Culture=en-US

    Webcast: "Automating and Managing Windows Server Failover Clusters with PowerShell"
    http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventId=1032448852&CountryCode=US

    Webcast:  "Failover Cluster Troubleshooting with Windows Server 2008 R2"
    http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?culture=en-US&EventId=1032399048


    Deployment:
    Webcast: "High Availability Server Apps with Windows Server 2008 R2 Failover Clusters"
    https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032448854&CountryCode=US

    Webcast: "Clusters and Virtualization: Guest Clustering vs. Host Clustering"
    https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032448850&CountryCode=US

    Webcast: “Multi-Site Clustering with Windows Server 2008 Enterprise”
    http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032407242&Culture=en-US

File Services and Storage announcements

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    New white paper providing guidance for sizing NTFS volumes
    JoseBarreto Wednesday, February 23, 2011 1:55 PM

    Microsoft released a new white paper, available here, discussing best practices and guidance for sizing NTFS volumes and some details on CHKDSK execution times on Windows Server 2008 R2. When planning Windows Server deployments, we are often asked questions such as “How large can I make my volumes?” or “How long will it take to repair a volume?”. This white paper helps answer these questions.

Hyper-V announcements

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    How to ask a question efficiently in TechNet forum
    BrianEh Friday, November 15, 2013 3:48 PM

    Thank you for posting in TechNet forum. The online problem solving can be relatively time consuming because it may demand several messages back and force to fully understand the symptom and background, especially at the very beginning. Here are a few suggestions that help you get the best answer to your question as quickly as possible.

     

    When You Ask

    1. Selecting a good title which summarizes the specific problem you have. It will be the one of the main driving forces for others to want to actually read your item. Choosing a badly-formatted title will drive people away, thinking that since the title is so badly written, so must be the information and the question within the thread.

    2. Provide all the necessary information in your initial post. The following information would be very helpful:

    - Symptom description: Detailed description of the problem. If you receive any error messages, please let us know the exact error WORD BY WORD.

    - Environment: The system environment, such as your OS/application version, your network topology, and your domain environment, etc.

    - Any recent relevant configuration change(s): If the issue started to occur after installing any application/updates or changing the configuration, please let us know.

    - Any additional information. Tell what you have done prior to asking your question. This will help us understand that you've done so far.

    3. Write in a clear language. Avoiding spelling mistakes or grammatical errors. Don't type IN ALL CAPS, which in most cases is read as shouting and considered rude.

    4. Keep with the same thread. Do not refer to a post you made last year, and above all, Please come back. There are hundreds and thousands of posts where we have seen people given great and wonderfully long answers yet no reply from the original poster.

    5. Be courteous to reply, even if it's to say. "I've given up" or thanks that worked. (This helps the whole community when you do this, and makes the people who donate time, warm and fuzzies.)

     

    When answered

    Give Positive Feedback. Once you've received a correct answer to your question, either from a Microsoft employee, an MVP, or the community in general, pleases replies that the issue or question has been answered. And if possible mark the solution as answered: This step is important, since it lets other people benefit from your posts.

    The content of this post was borrowed from: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/33d4bcfd-9a20-437c-8a5a-26d0deb01131/how-to-ask-a-question-efficiently-in-technet-forum?forum=winservergen

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    Managing Server 2012 Hyper-V Remotely
    BrianEh Friday, September 28, 2012 3:00 PM

    This has been a popular question lately, here are the details:

    Remote Server Admin Tools: 

    (please note that there is a client and server combination here.  AFAIK there is not (yet) a tool release to manage Server 2012 from Win 7 clients)

    Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 8: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=28972

    http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/2202.remote-server-administration-tools-rsat-for-windows-vista-windows-7-windows-8-windows-server-2008-windows-server-2008-r2-and-windows-server-2012-dsforum2wiki.aspx

    Manage Hyper-V Server 2012 Remotely:

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj647785.aspx

    (there are domain member and non-domain member instructions in there)

Network Access Protection announcements

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    NAP is deprecated.
    Greg Lindsay Wednesday, October 16, 2013 11:14 PM

    Please be aware that NAP is deprecated, and might be removed in a future release of Windows Server. This was announced with the release of Windows Server 2012 R2.

    See http://technet.microsoft.com/library/dn303411.aspx:

    "Network Access Protection (NAP) is deprecated. Other options for keeping client computers up to date and secure for remote access include DirectAccess, Windows Web Application Proxy, and various non-Microsoft solutions."

    Thanks,

    -Greg

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    Introducing the TechNet Wiki
    Greg Lindsay Saturday, March 20, 2010 9:11 AM

    The TechNet Wiki is now available. Use your Live ID to join.

    We hope this will be a great tool for our community, so check it out! There is even a forum for discussing the Wiki, or asking question.

    Greg Lindsay

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    Tool for migrating IAS configuration settings to NPS is now available
    Joe Davies Thursday, January 15, 2009 7:17 PM
     
    See http://blogs.technet.com/nap/archive/2009/01/15/tool-for-migrating-ias-configuration-settings-to-nps-is-now-available.aspx for details.

Setup Deployment announcements

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    Known Issue: After applying KB 953230 WDS stops working
    Jez Sadler - MS Friday, July 18, 2008 2:44 AM
    On  7/8/2008, a security patch was released for DNS by Microsoft and other DNS server vendors. The Microsoft patch was tracked as KB953230 - the documentation on it is here.

    As part of the patch, DNS now reserves 2500 UDP ports - including the ports from 64000 to 65000 that WDS uses by default. Because of this, if DNS and WDS are running on the same server, WDS cannot access those ports and so is unable to perform TFTP (required for PXE boot) or Multicast.

    To work around this, open the WDS MMC, select your server, and go to Server Properties from the right-click menu or the Action menu. Then on the Network Settings page, set a different range of UDP ports. The best range to choose will depend on what else you are running on your server - you want to pick ports that other server roles and applications are not using. The dynamically allocated ports start from 49152, so your Start port should be at least that.

Windows PowerShell announcements

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    Local and virtual PowerShell user group listing
    Marco Shaw Friday, March 5, 2010 9:04 PM
    Find a PowerShell user group here: http://powershellgroup.org/
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    Marking questions as answered
    Marco Shaw Friday, February 26, 2010 2:22 AM
    Quite often, some users will be provided with a solution, yet won't mark the thread as answered.  The moderators of this forum will try to review almost every thread/answer, and may prematurely mark a thread as answered, when it isn't.  In cases like those, the original poster can feel free to unmark the thread as answered.

Remote Desktop Services (Terminal Services) announcements

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    Remote Desktop Community Application Compatibility Site is Live
    Silvia Doomra [MSFT] Tuesday, August 10, 2010 4:37 PM
    To understand application compatibility for RDS environment and the issues faced by other users and their possible solutions, please visit: the new community driven website http://www.microsoft.com/rds/compatibility/Default.aspx
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    Windows Foundation Server supports Terminal Services
    Christa Anderson Monday, June 22, 2009 11:04 PM
    A low-cost server platform for small businesses, Windows Foundation Server includes support for Terminal Services including TS Gateway for secure remote access. More information is linked below.

    http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/foundation.aspx

Backup – Windows and Windows Server announcements

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    Old Threads
    Sushil.Baid [MSFT] Friday, July 2, 2010 1:16 PM
    Folks - Some of the old threads has been marked as general discussion based on inactivity on them for a longer duration. If the issue is not resolved, please start a new thread.
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    Vista Backup and Recovery - common causes and solution
    Christine Fok Thursday, June 4, 2009 8:45 PM
    We've created a solution table on our blog for some issues we've seen while troubleshooting Vista backup\recovery (including System Restore) issues with some customers. We encourage you to visit the blog and see if it addresses your issue.

    http://blogs.technet.com/filecab/archive/2008/03/12/common-causes-and-solutions-to-backup-system-restore-and-complete-pc-backup-problems-updated.aspx

    Regards,
    Christine
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    Welcome to Windows and Windows Server Backup Forums!
    Malu Menezes Monday, September 8, 2008 11:51 PM

    Windows Backup forums provide you an opportunity to join a community of Windows customers where you can share knowledge on windows backup, get questions answered, and learn from others with backup needs similar to yours. Start by posting Windows Backup related questions and leverage the knowledge available in your new forum community.

     

    This forum supports Backup questions for Windows and Windows Server.

     

    Also, visit our blog for fresh information on Microsoft Storage and Windows Backup:

    http://blogs.technet.com/filecab

Streaming Media Services announcements

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    Getting assisted support for Windows Media Services
    David Bristol [msft] Thursday, August 15, 2013 3:17 PM

    Sometimes the links on support.microsoft.com are a bit hard to find.  If you need assisted support for Windows Media Services you can open a support ticket by going to http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?Gprid=3170.

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    Windows Media Services 2008 "R2" is available
    Chris Knowlton Friday, June 11, 2010 6:54 AM

    If you are running a Windows Server 2008 R2 server, then you will need the corresponding R2 release of Windows Media Services 2008. You have two options for getting it:

    • You can follow the download and installation instructions on http://support.microsoft.com/kb/963697
    • You can install and auto-configure WMS using the Web Platform Installer directly on your server
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    Welcome to the Streaming Media Services forum!
    David M. Nelson Wednesday, April 28, 2010 10:08 PM

    The Streaming Media Services forum provides you an opportunity to join a community of Windows Media server customers where you can share knowledge, get questions answered, and learn from others with IT environments similar to yours. Start by posting Windows Media Services related questions in the forum corresponding to your topic of interest and leverage the knowledge available in the new forum community.

     

    If you have any questions or feedback about Windows Media Services 2008 for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, or about Windows Media Services 9 Series for Windows Server 2003, please feel free to post them in this forum.

Windows Multipoint Server announcements

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    What to do when Dashboard cannot be used in WS 2016?
    Eva Seydl Monday, October 23, 2017 4:46 PM

    If you are running into an issue where the WMS Dashboard is in an unusable state the security certificate might be expired which the Dashboard needs to connect to the webservice on the Server. Please use the following steps to identify if you are running into the same issue and apply the solution provided in this article: 

    1. Run "c:\Program Files\Windows MultiPoint Server\LogCollector.exe".  Click "Collect Data" and then "View Logs" in MultiPoint Log Collector 
    2. "View Logs" will open a folder with some zip files.  Open the latest zip file, and then open "Microsoft-Windows-WMS-Trace.csv" from inside the zip file (use notepad)
    3. Search for SecurityNegotiationException in the logs.

     

    If you see this error to run the following command in PowerShell as administrator:

    net stop wms; $hostname = (Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_ComputerSystem -Property Name).Name; Get-ChildItem -Path 'Cert:\localmachine\MultiPoint Services Certificates\' | ForEach-Object {if ($_.Subject -like ('*'+$hostname+'*')) {Write-Host ('Removing '+$_.Thumbprint); Remove-Item -Path ('Cert:\localmachine\MultiPoint Services Certificates\'+$_.Thumbprint)}}; net start wms

    The certificate can also be manually deleted but the process to do that is complex, so either way should work.

    If you want to try to manually remove the certificate, follow these steps:

    1. You will need your local host name.  If you don't know that, you can run the command "hostname" from a command prompt and it will tell you the computer's host name.
    2. From a command prompt run “Net stop wms”.  You will need to be running in an elevated command prompt as an administrator.
    3. From a command prompt run “mmc.exe”.  You will also need to be running in an elevated command prompt as an administrator.
    4. CTRL+M to add a new snap-in
    5. From the list of available snap-ins on the left, choose certificates, then add it to the list.  There will be a popup dialog.  Choose computer account from the three options, then choose local computer
    6. Find “MultiPoint Services Certificates” in the list of  certificates for the local computer.  Delete all the certificates where “Issued By” is the local host name.
    7. Now run “net start wms”.  When the MultiPoint service starts, it will create a new certificate for you.  This should fix the problem.

    An update is work in progress and will be shipped in one of the upcoming releases.

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    Testdrive MultiPoint Services Role as part of Windows Server 2016
    Eva Seydl Friday, November 20, 2015 6:53 PM

    Download the latest technical preview for Windows Server 2016 and test-drive Multipoint Services role: https://aka.ms/ws2016-eval 

    If you are running into issues let us know here on the TechNet forum.

    Are you missing features? Let us know on UserVoice: aka.ms/uservoice-wms

Windows Server 2012 R2 Application Certification (Logo) program and test tools announcements

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    Announcing availability of the Application Certification for Windows Server 2012 R2 program
    Marc Quintal Wednesday, November 27, 2013 10:10 PM

    Application Certification for Windows Server 2012 R2 is now available

    • Assessment of Application compatibility, best practices and security
    • Formal listing in the Windows Server Catalog and Windows Server Marketplace
    • Credits toward Microsoft Partner Network competency
    • Self-test, wizard-based test tool
    • No fee required

    Additional information and resources

    Windows Server 2012 R2 Certification (Logo) Program

    Requirements for Windows Server 2012 R2 Application Certification Program

    Remediation for Test Failures of the Windows Server Application Certification Program

    Windows Server Catalog - Windows Server Marketplace

    Questions regarding the Certified for Windows Server Logo, or the Microsoft Platform Ready Test Tool, can be directed to WSLogoFB@microsoft.com

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    Channel 9 Video: An Overview of the Windows Server 2012 Logo Program
    Jerome Otto Friday, March 29, 2013 12:44 AM

    We have created a Channel 9 video, which provides an overview of the Windows Server 2012 Logo Program, in order for ISVs to quickly gain an overview of the Windows Server 2012 Logo Program. The video can be viewed at the following URL, and any questions can be directed to this TechNet Forum or to our support email WSLogoFB@Microsoft.com.

    http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Windows-Server-App-Certification-Program 

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    Microsoft Platform Ready Support Blogs
    Jerome Otto Tuesday, March 5, 2013 7:41 PM

    Announcing MPR Support Blogs with answers to Frequently Asked Questions

    Answers to frequently asked questions found during support of the Microsoft Platform Ready Test Tool can be found at http://blogs.msdn.com/b/winsdk/archive/tags/certification/.

    In addition, questions regarding the Certified for Windows Server 2012 Logo, or the Microsoft Platform Ready Test Tool, can also be directed to WSLogoFB@microsoft.com



Remote Desktop clients announcements

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    We are migrating to new forums!
    Eva Seydl Friday, August 30, 2019 9:06 PM
    We are migrating to new forums and the Microsoft Remote Desktop product group will no longer be monitoring this forum! Please submit your feedback for our clients via its respective feedback forums listed below to ensure we see it.

    Feedback Hub for Windows clients
    UserVoice for web client
    UserVoice for iOS client
    UserVoice for macOS client

    UserVoice for Android client

IPAM, DHCP, DNS announcements

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    Enhanced Analytical and Audit logging for DNS Servers
    Kumar Ashutosh Shrivastava Saturday, August 16, 2014 7:54 AM

    A Windows DNS server related patch has been released.

    Update adds query logging and change auditing to Windows DNS servers

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2956577/en-us

    This is a hotfix and has to be downloaded on servers. A brief summary:

    1. Analytical logging for all DNS transactions (queries, responses, drops, server falures, zone transfers, dynamic updates) at a very high speed. Has negligible impact on DNS server performance.

    2. Enhanced logging for all change auditing on DNS server.

    New event channels have been introduced for this. Analytical channel is disabled by default. Audit channel is enabled by default.

    Watch this space for more details...

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    Blog Alert: Name Resolution Performance of Windows DNS Server 2012 R2
    Kumar Ashutosh Shrivastava Wednesday, July 9, 2014 2:20 PM

    Read the full blog here: Name Resolution Performance of Windows DNS Server 2012 R2

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    IPAM DHCP integration
    Greg Lindsay Monday, July 7, 2014 9:48 PM

    Windows PowerShell scripts have been uploaded to the Microsoft Script Center for integration of your current DHCP lease database with IPAM.

    By default, IPAM imports DHCP scopes from managed DHCP servers as IP address ranges. However, individual leases and reservations are not automatically imported as IP addresses. To import these, and to configure a periodic import task, see the following links:

    For IPAM on Windows Server 2012: http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/Windows-Server-2012-f44cefce

    For IPAM on Windows Server 2012 R2: http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/Windows-Server-2012-R2-15d16e82

    Thanks,

    -Greg

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    Jump Start with Windows DNS
    Kumar Ashutosh Shrivastava Tuesday, July 1, 2014 5:13 PM

    Welcome to the Windows DNS. You can get started at

    Windows DNS on technet

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    Forum to discuss IPAM, DHCP and DNS in windows server
    Kumar Ashutosh Shrivastava Friday, April 4, 2014 6:05 AM

    For any queries on IPAM, DNS and DHCP in windows server please use this forum

 
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