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Windows Server 2012 is a server operating system from Microsoft. It went RTM on August 1st of 2012, general release 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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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 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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How to print out information about Task Scheduler in powershell script?

I am trying to print out information from the Task Scheduler from the local computer in a PowerShell script so other users can print out this information as well and not have to access the Task Scheduler. I need the script to print out…
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Reset users password in Active Directory by Domain Admin account or other service account

In Active Directory you can set and enforce rules where users have to use strong password, can't use last 5+ passwords they already had, enforce password complexity. Is there a way to enforce such settings so that if a service account (password…
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Block wan request is on. 3CX system

I am trying to connect to my 3CX PBX on an amazon ec2 windows server 2012 instance. I have created the security group, and added exceptions in the firewall. The firewall checker in the 3CX control panel says all ports are open and it should be…
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What does 'Not Present' mean in the Get-NetAdapter Powershell Cmdlet?

Server 2012, Powershell 3.0. I'm doing some work that requires automating the enabling and disabling of network adapters. Here is an example of what I see when I run Get-NetAdapter: Name InterfaceDescription …
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Defrag options in Windows Server 2012

I am looking at the command line options for defrag.exe as well as the "ScheduledDefrag" task on Windows Server 2012, and I don't understand some of the arguments. In particular, when I view defrag /? I see: /D Perform traditional defrag (this…
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Bad idea to jump two versions in a server OS upgrade?

I have a ASP.NET website running on Windows Server 2003 and I would like to move it to a new server with a more recent OS. Would it be OK to jump directly to Windows Server 2012 or should I see how the site runs on Windows Server 2008 first?
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Logging in with local admin account after joining domain

I was under the impression that once you joined a domain that the local admin account would be disabled. I did the following in Azure: Created Windows Server 2012 R2 instance and promoted to domain controller. Created SQL Server 2012 SP1 on Windows…
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windows server 2012 resolution woes with vga

I have two windows vms, windows server 2012 and windows server 2008. Both use kvm and libvirt. I recently decided I wanted to increase my screen resolution options, which required changing from the default "cirrus" video card to the "vga" option. …
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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 well. I'm doing some experiments with some VMs on…
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Windows VPN server can talk to VPN clients, but won't send packets from its local network to the VPN clients

I want to configure Windows Server 2012, and its Windows 7 and Windows 8 VPN clients, with an SSTP VPN that uses split tunneling and off-subnet addressing, but I'm running into a problem: the RRAS server will not send packets to VPN clients from any…
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BitLocker with Windows DPAPI Encryption Key Management

We have a need to enforce resting encryption on an iSCSI LUN that is accessible from within a Hyper-V virtual machine. We have implementing a working solution using BitLocker, using Windows Server 2012 on a Hyper-V Virtual Server which has iSCSI…
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What's the best way to copy deduplicated files onto a new Server 2012 drive?

We have a deduplicated volume on a Windows Server 2012 machine that is approaching it's limits. It is a 1.3TB drive with ~10TB of duplicated data. We want to copy all of this data onto a larger 4TB drive. What is the best way to perform this copy…
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What's the sense in having RemoteDesktopUsers without "log on through Remote Desktop Services" privilege?

Recently Microsoft changed the default policies in Windows Azure Guest OSs (Windows 2008, Windows 2008 R2 and Windows 2012). One of the changes is that now only members of Administrators group have "Allow log on through Remote Desktop Services" and…
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"setspn -s" vs. "setspn -a"

According to the Setspn Overview, it's discouraged to use Setspn -A to add an SPN record and it's suggested to use Setspn -S instead. It's said that Setspn -S checks if SPN already exists before adding a new one. Setspn –A does not perform this…
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Install IIS 6 Management Compatibility on IIS 8 / Windows 2012

I cant access IIS server from console application because i need to install 6 Management Compatibility. I fixed this error on Windows 7, since its easy to find how to install 6 Management Compatibility. Where and how i can do that on Windows 2012 /…
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