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Windows Server 2016 is a server Operating System from Microsoft, released in 2016, and end of life in January 2027.

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Whats new in Windows Server 2016

• Windows Server Containers: Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview now includes containers, which are an isolated, resource-controlled, and portable operating environment. They are an isolated place where an application can run without affecting the rest of the system or the system affecting the application.

• Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) in Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview includes new features that enable you to configure AD FS to authenticate users stored in Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directories. For more information, see Active Directory Federation Services Overview [Role/Tech Overview].

• A Hyper-V or Scale-out File Server failover cluster can now easily be upgraded without any downtime or need to build a new cluster with nodes that are running Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview.

• Windows Server Antimalware is installed and enabled by default in Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview, but the user interface for Windows Server Antimalware is not installed. However, Windows Server Antimalware will update antimalware definitions and protect the computer without the user interface. If you need the user interface for Windows Server Antimalware, you can install it after the operating system installation by using the Add Roles and Features Wizard.

• For the Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview, the Remote Desktop Services team focused on improvements based on customer requests. We added support for OpenGL and OpenCL applications, and added MultiPoint Services as a new role in Windows Server.

• An update in storage quality of service now enables you to create storage QoS policies on a Scale-Out File Server and assign them to one or more virtual disks on Hyper-V virtual machines. Storage Replica is a new feature that enables synchronous replication between servers for disaster recovery, as well as stretching of a failover cluster for high availability..

• The underlying console host (Conhost.exe) has been updated in several ways, adding new and different functionality to the Windows command prompt, the Windows PowerShell prompt, and any other character-mode applications.

• Windows PowerShell 5.0.

◦ This preview release introduces a new feature that enables Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) for the Windows Server Gateway.

◦ Window DNS Client provides enhanced support for computers with more than one network interface.

◦ The DHCP Server role no longer supports Network Access Protection (NAP).

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Files locked for on user on Windows Server 2016

I am running a file server on Windows Server 2016 with ~15 users. One user has a lot of difficulty accessing files on the shared drive. The following occurs: Many (sometimes all) files are locked and the user gets a popup that "Another user" is…
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Detect privilege escalation attacks where user gains SYSTEM account privileges - Windows

We have an audit requirement from a client to be able to monitor for "User obtained SYSTEM privileges". We are running a Windows Server 2012/2016 environment in Azure and using Azure Log Analytics and Microsoft ATA for security…
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How to migrate from mdadm to storage spaces?

I have: Debian linux server 4 TB 3x(2TB drives) mdamd raid5 with EXT4 filesystem. I want to upgrade it to: Windows server 2016 with storage spaces - 6TB(2 x 6TB drives in mirror) NTFS. What would be the best approach? I am thinking of installing…
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Windows 2016 incremental backup to network share

I`m new to Windows 2016 Server. Is there a way to make an incremental backup to network share using native backup software? I found only one way to do this - create a virtual hard drive file. Is this a good idea? I'm afraid that the file will break
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SET vs NIC Teaming for Hyper-V Switch

For a basic setup a single 2016 Hyper-V server and one virtual switch with 4 NIC's is there a benefit of switching to SET vs using standard NIC Teaming?
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Using Windows Defender on Windows Server 2012R2 & 2016

We have to renew our Anti-Virus licensing with McAffee. However, we only have a handful of Windows Servers (2012R2 & 2016) that are running as a DC, Exchange, Backup and File server. Would it be a good idea to use Windows Defender on all servers…
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Need explanation of tag loadbalanceinfo:s:tsv:

I'm making a rdp file based on my user parameters full address:s: alternate shell:s:|| remoteapplicationprogram:s:|| remoteapplicationname:s: ... loadbalanceinfo:s:tsv://MS Terminal Services…
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DNS Broken After Enabling Scavenging

Last Friday, I turned on DNS Scavenging on one of my domain controllers. This was done with the goal of removing old unused A records from decommissioned computers. However it turned out that our DHCP(provided by Meraki hardware) was misconfigured…
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Windows Server 2016 Dropping Packet Retransmissions

We've come across an issue where we're able to narrow down root cause and hoping the collective here can provide insight. We have an AWS EC2 instance, c4.8xlarge, that is dropping tcp retransmits causing the application to break. Has anyone seen…
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How can I locate Registry key for Group policy settings?

How can I locate the registry entry for the below values Perform volume maintenance tasks Lock pages in memory under Local Computer Policy\Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\User Rights Management . I tried the below 3…
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Hyper-V VM stuck in "Saved" state, cannot power or have savestate deleted

I have a server with WinSrv 2016 DC installed for Hyper-V virtualization purposes. After graceful shutdown purposed for testing the UPS, three VMs won't start. The Hyper-V manager shows that the VM's are in "saved" state. They won't power on,…
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RD Connection via RDGW to Session host is not connecting

I'm building a new RDS solution with a Gateway/Connection Broker and a pair of session host servers etc. This isn't the first time I've done this and I've not hit this issue before; I'm hoping its something stupid, but I'm scratching my head and…
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Storage Space Direct

Can you add Storage Space Direct to existing V nets on azure? (without using template) if so please explain. I have 2 Windows server 2016 already installed on azure, I just wanted to add a storage space direct cluster for those servers without using…
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how to prevent windows server 2016 share from holding file locks after a disconnects?

I have a Windows Server 2016 server with a file share that clients have write permissions to. Sometimes clients disconnect while the client has file locks that are not released. Here is a view using 'openfiles.exe' of the share with the file.txt…
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Can I use server 2016 DNS policies to return alternative IPs but only for some records in a domain?

I need to provide a kind of DNS split-brain scenario with two key goals: "special" DNS clients (based on their subnet) must resolve certain A records in one domain to different IP addresses than the rest of clients all other records in the same…
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