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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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Does DFSR service exclusively lock files?

I am getting intermittent errors in a single threaded application that writes a large file on a share that is replicated by DFSR. The error is: The process cannot access the file '\xxxxx\xxxx\xxx\xx\xxx.xxx' because it is being used by another…
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PPP Adapter answer instead of local NIC

I have set up our DC as a RAS server. I am now aware that this it not a recommended thing to do, but it's done, and it's our only server so it saves me a lot of work if I can keep it like this. It's been working fine until I tried to install a new…
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WDS 2012: UEFI Client Network Boot results in error 0x102

I've got a WDS 2012 and a DHCP Server 2012 running on the same subnet, but on different boxes. I have been deploying Windows 8.1 x64 without any issues to BIOS clients, using DHCP Options 66 and 67. Now I am trying to deploy Windows 8.1 x64 to HP…
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Create websites from a csv file and folder permissions

I have a csv file that contains 10 different website configurations. I've created the script below to automate their creation. When I test the script, it runs succesfully, but I'm wondering if this is the best design to automate website creation. …
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How was DC restored in windows 2008 before windows 2012 VM generation ID?

Windows server 2012 got this new thing called "VM generation ID" which protects DC restoration from snapshots so it doesn't impair the system (getting new invocation ID and requesting new RID pool etc.). What would happen if I did a restore of DC…
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Would upgrading my server specs make my app faster?

I'm launching a web app, which is currently in beta running on a "Lite" VPN account from my hosting provider. It has 2 cores and 1GB RAM. I have only about 10 users now but Im considering whether I should just boost up the server to the "Pro" setup…
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Windows Server 2012 - Cannot Log In

I have a box running Windows Server 2012. I have been playing with this box for a bit and have two admin accounts set up: administrator and my account. I recently had to change my password due to policy. I set a new one, updated in my password…
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Can I Setup a Windows Server 2012 Foundation as an additional DC to an AD domain

We are a small 8 user office already have Windows Server 2012 R2 as a DC. Just bought a 2nd server with Windows Server 2012 Foundation and realized it can not be set up as member server to the existing AD domain. Instead, can I set it up as an…
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authentication error on WS2012 (trust relationship failed)

Given the following lab setup: HOST1 on Windows Server 2012 R2 (host running Hyper-V, joined test.local domain, static IP) DC1 on Windows Server 2012 (VM under Hyper-V on HOST1, AD and DNS roles, all defaults with test.local domain) DC2 on Windows…
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Windows 2012 DNS does not answer queries about zone itself (SOA, NS, A, ...)

I have several Windows servers with DNS and AD roles, some are Win2003, some are Win2012. There is an AD-integrated zone example.com that contains an ip 192.0.2.1 for example.com and an ip 203.0.113.1 for bar.example.com. A DNS query for…
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Windows Server: Stopped Services - Logon Failure

I've installed SQL Server and Apache2.4 on Windows Server 2012 R2. I need assign an Active Directory user account (with privileges) to these services for a remote communication with other applications. This works without problems. My problem is…
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Legal hold for file servers

I am to build a new file server with Windows Server 2012R2. The edict being passed my way is basically to have the entire common share on legal hold, so as to retain all file changes. Is throwing a bunch of space to VSS the only way to do this? Or…
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Can't connect to Windows Server 2012 Virtual Machine in Red Hat 6

I have installed a WS2012R2 virtual machine using KVM on Red Hat, It has a bridge connection, Both (Host and Guest) have public IP addresses, both have internet access, both can ping any ip address or website (local or remote), if I check the public…
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Is there a quick & easy solution to protect server 2012 against malware?

For a Windows Server 2012 Standard GUI version to support a small IDE Getting malware protection on my 1st server has become a much bigger problem than I imagined it would. My research covered a lot of pages, but the following 2 links stand…
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RD published apps not connecting to remote instance

I have configured RD components in one single server (for my poc) and I have done configuring 2 machines as session host. I have created a collection and in that RDP for a machine is published. When I try to connect to that instance using this…
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