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Windows Server 2012 R2 is a server operating system from Microsoft. It was published on May 31st of 2013, and will be End Of Life on Oct 10, 2023. 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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Windows Server 2012 R2 is a server operating system from Microsoft. It was published on May 31st of 2013. It contains many substantial changes over it predecessor, and substantial streamlines the number of available versions, which are down to four: Foundation, Essentials, Standard and Datacenter.

The editions and their features are laid out in a table at Wikipedia, but substantial new features and changes include:

  • Metro, a new Graphical User Interface (based on Microsoft's Metro design language) which is also present in Windows 8.
  • A new FileSystem, ReFS (Resilient File System)
  • A new role, IP address management (IPAM)
  • A new IIS version (IIS 8.0)
  • Simplified and updated Active Directory functionality
  • A new version of Hyper-V (Microsoft's virtualization technology)
  • Much expanded PowerShell commandlet library: over 2300, compared with approximately 200 in Server 2008.
  • The ability to switch between Server Core and full modes without a full re-installation, and the addition of a new installation option that excludes most of the GUI.

Minimum system requirements for installing and running Server 2012 are:

  • 1.4 GHz 64-bit processor
  • 512 MB RAM
  • 32GB disk space

Maximum hardware scalability in Server 2012 is also improved, currently:

  • 640 logical processors
  • 4 TB RAM
  • 64 fail-over cluster nodes
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CRITICAL STRUCTURE CORRUPTION on Windows Server 2012 R2

I have a Windows Server 2012 R2 virtual machine; yes with all the updates. Additional software include Microsoft SQL Server 2014 (was 2012 on a previous VM). The web hosting company includes xenpci.sys (EJBPV XenPCI Driver (Checked Build), James…
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Are all domain controllers on a small network considered equivalent/equal?

Windows Server 2012 R2 w/ GUI, Hyper-V host, VM DC I am installing my first second Domain Controller(DC) (sounds weird but that really is what I'm doing). I have what I think is a good process to follow from this link. I wondered if one of the DC's…
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Remote Desktop event ID 20499. No noticeable issues

I get a warning event with ID 20499 for TerminalServices-RemoteConnectionManager.The error is: Remote Desktop Services has taken too long to load the user configuration from server \server.domain.home for user administrator. Yet, I don't see any…
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Why don't Active Directory user accounts automatically support Kerberos AES authentication?

I'm playing around with a test domain on Windows Server 2012 R2. I'm operating at the highest possible functional level and have no backwards-compatibility issues in my small test environment. However, I've realized that despite the fact that I have…
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Server 2012 Cannot find C: Boot to cd

Server 2012 R2 ESXI 6 I am having an issue with resetting the local admin password on a windows server 2012 VM. I first booted to a windows server 2012 cd, hit the repair option -> toubleshooting -> command prompt c: The system cannot find the the…
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Windows 2012 R2 start button not working over RDP

It seems that when I RDP to some 2012 R2 machines, the start button seems to become un-responsive (Highlight doesn't even appear over the icon). Failing over to ye'old ALT+Home still works a charm however. A reboot resolves the problem, but it does…
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Is ReFS ready to host production VHDXs on Hyper-V 2012 r2 clusters?

One of the new features that I didn't see listed in all the "Windows Server 2012 r2" posts is that Clustering now supports CSVs that are formatted with ReFS. So, naturally, I would like to change the CSVs where I store the VHDX files to be ReFS. But…
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How to schedule a task to call a URL

I have an MVC app. I have a controller that when called runs a background process to query Active Directory and updates the database. http://myapp/BackgroundTask/Run I want to run this on a schedule (daily) without opening a browser. I see that…
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Installing .Net 3.5 on Windows 2012 R2

So I am trying to Install .net 3.5 on a windows 2012 R2 Server. I have tried via the Add Feature and via DISM both fail. When trying via Add Features GUI I am using the “Specify Alternate Path” This fails with the error “installing of one of more…
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What are the implications of exceeding 4 GB in a Windows Event Log?

I found this Microsoft KB that covers recommended Event Log setting maximums for operating systems up to Windows 2008/Vista, which recommends a maximum of 4GB, and have seen some other vague references that an Event Log larger than 4 GB is not…
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Windows Server 2012 R2 Deduped 356GB to 1.32GB

I'm experimenting with deduplication on a Server 2012 R2 storage space. I let it run the first dedupe optimisation last night, and I was pleased to see that it claimed a 340GB reduction. However, I knew that this was too good to be true. On that…
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Windows Server 2012 R2 runs out of ephemeral ports, though it shouldn't

We are regularly experiencing strange issues with networking on our dedicated server. It runs Windows Server 2012 R2 x64 on Xeon E5620 with 16 GB RAM and Intel 82575EB network adapter. Please note that we've already tuned…
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User in Administrators group has not the same rights as Administrator (Win 2012 R2)

I have created a user admin and putted this user in the Administrators Groups (local, there is no AD). But This admin user has not the same rights as the Administrator user itself. Example 1: a file is owned by SYSTEM and the Administrators Group…
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New-ADUser -Name Length too long

I need to add about 500 users to an OU in AD I have scripted out everything I need, however, it gives the error: the name provided is not a properly formed Here is the script New-ADUser -Name C080CAB1-9756-409F-914D-AE3971F67DE7 -Path…
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Using SNI on Windows Server 2012 R2 not working

I am trying to get both my sites running with their seperate certificates on a Windows Server 2012 R2. Should this not be possible? On the last added site www.c1get.net I get the certificate from the first site and a warning therefore. Update SSL…
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