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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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Hyper-V virtual machine appears in PowerShell but not in Hyper-V Manager

Im trying to manage my Hyper-V virtual machine in Hyper-V Manager but they are not there. I can configure them in a drop down box but I cannot start them and stop them. If I go to PowerShell and try to list them, they appear and I can stop and start…
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Server 2012 - How to change the connection folder name - RemoteApp and Desktop Connections

We have a terminal server 2012 with all the application installed. It works fine for all the users through RDP and also through rdweb access. Now if I am setting up RemoteApp and Desktop Connection for users on desktop I need to change the folder…
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Is event 41 normal when VPS is shutdown in hypervisor?

I have a hosted VPS (Windows Server 2012) and shutting it down in the hypervisor causes the following critical event in the System view of the Windows logs: > Log Name: System Source: Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power Date: > 4/13/2015 12:05:28 PM…
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Domain controllers won't replicate

I recently removed a secondary domain controller (forcefully) and created a new one as secondary for the same domain. The problem is, is that the new secondary can see the primary and itself, but the primary can't see the new secondary. Dcdiag on…
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Client not found in kerberos database while getting initial

I am installing Squid3 on Ubuntu 14.10 and I want to integrate it ADDS on windows server 2012 using kerberos 5. My infrastructure are as follows: Default Gateway: 192.168.1.1 DNS & Domain Controller(Windows Server 2012 ): dc.mydomain.com address …
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Managing Exchange 2010 from Windows 2012

We have been managing Exchange 2010 from a separate Windows 2008 R2 server and recently upgraded the management machine to Windows 2012 R2. The EMC works fine but I am somewhat limited in the shell. Once it remotes to the CAS server, it drops to PS…
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HTTP Error 404.3 - Not Found

Just installed a new IIS server. We did this after installing .net Framework. We are getting the following error: HTTP Error 404.3 - Not Found The page you are requesting cannot be served because of the extension configuration. If the page is a…
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Single, parameterized GPO for managing group membership

We have a OU design in our domain in which each "system" (web services and similar) has it's own OU, under which is nested the servers and accounts that it uses: ... + System A + Servers - SRV-A1 - SRV-A2 + ServiceAccounts …
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Cannot enable more than 2 simultaneous Remote Desktop Connection

Windows Server 2012 is unable to allow more than 2 simultaneous Remote Desktop Connections: Instead of editing the group policy : "Limit Number of connections to 999999" Disabling "Restrict Remote Desktop Services Users to a single Remote Desktop…
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Windows Security Options over RDP in Server 2012+

In Server 2008 R2 and below, there was a "Windows Security" option in the Start Menu to access the "Ctrl+Alt"Delete" options without pressing Ctrl+Alt+End. I always found that useful since I often RDP to Windows Servers from my Mac (since I don't…
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How to give full acess to a shared folder in workgroup - Windows Server 2012 R2

I got into a situaltion where I have three VMs in azure which are part of same workgroup. I got a requirement whrere I need to copy files in a shared folder in one of the VMs and from the other two VMs via an ASP.NET application. These two VMs are…
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DFS configuration through powershell in AWS

What my task is: Trying to automate DFSR installation as well as configuration through powershell. I've two AWS test instances with AWS directory services running. So, obviously my domain is with AWS Directory Services, not any other like Windows…
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Incorrect DHCP ID (MAC address) listed for clients on Windows 2012 Server

System Info: I have an Active Directory domain controller, Windows 2012r2, running DNS, and acting as a DHCP Server. In the domain I have four Apple Mac OS X client systems (running Yosemite, 10.10.2) bound to Active Directory - all these clients…
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Windows Server 2012 R2 doesn't find virtio drivers when installing on KVM

I'm trying to install Windows Server 2012 R2 on a Debian KVM host, but it does not seem to find the drivers. The guest has two drives attached: an install disk and the latest Windows virtio drivers ISO (from here). I succesfully installed other…
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Powershell HTTPS not working

I am a bit confused on how to configure certificate for my local host. My scenario is like: We've two windows 2012 servers (not joined in a domain) and I need to execute a powershell script remotely from one machine. This has to be done using the IP…
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