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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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Can't use long path names in Windows 2016

I was pleased to see with the latest Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 the old 260 character restriction for folder and file names can be overcome. I've just installed Windows 2016 on a new machine and have followed the steps to enable long paths…
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Storage Spaces Direct guidelines

I have recently deployed WS2016 DC on 4x DL380 G7s for PoC purposes. Each server has 4x 300GB 10K SAS drives, also, I have a couple of Intel SSDs that I can temporary borrow from my company. My main goal is to test different Storage Replica "modes"…
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Disable file locks on a read-only Windows File Share

Case On a Windows Server (2012R2 or 2016), I want to configure a file share offering a following functionality some users, publishers group, have a write access to the share; these users are managing and updating the content on the share other…
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Auto login a user at boot on Windows Server 2016?

I'm testing Windows Server 2016 (instead of 2012) but unchecking the "Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer" box in control userpasswords2 does NOT seem to let the machine auto-login with the provided account on boot. Is…
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Server 2008 R2 to Server 2016 options

I have a big problem. I have a 2008 R2 server which I've been asked to upgrade (for work) to 2016. I've found (through Microsoft) that it's not possible to do this 'in-place' (though if anyone knows different then please let me know!), or to migrate…
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U2F (YubiKey, etc) and Active Directory

I'm searching for information about how to integrate U2F (using YubiKey or similar devices) into an Active Directory Windows Domain (Will be a Windows 2016 Server). Especially I'm interested in securing the windows logon to workstations/servers to…
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Hyperv-V creates mystery .avhdx files and fills up disk space

I have windows server 2016. Also i have Hyper-V role on my server. Every day in 5:36 i have error, that disk full and my virtual machine is stopping. In Hyper-V logs: ProviderName: Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-StorageVSP TimeCreated …
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“The name limit for the local computer network adapter card was exceeded” error message

Let me start out by stating that I have already searched many sources for information or a resolution, but I have been unable to find a permanent solution. Problem: Randomly, for what appears to be no reason, the windows server starts to respond…
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Do we need SCVMM in order to test Storage Spaces Direct in Windows Server 2016?

I've installed in our lab three Windows Server 2016 Datacenter edition. Each server has five SAS drives and we'll purchase a few SSDs for the servers. Right now we are testing our infrastructure and we are looking at Storage Spaces in Windows Server…
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Is .NET 3.5.1 Supported on Windows Server 2016?

I can't find any documentation regarding this, take a look at.. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/gp/framework_faq/en-us .NET Framework 3.5 SP1: Beginning with .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 (SP1) the .NET Framework is defined as a…
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Are Windows 2016 DNS Policies / Split DNS possible on AD integrated zones with older DCs?

Windows Server 2016 supports DNS Policies, which provide support for split-brain DNS among other scenarios: You can configure DNS policies to specify how a DNS server responds to DNS queries. DNS responses can be based on client IP address …
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How install SSL certificate for RDS on windows server 2016?

I installed windows server 2016 for a small company, so I don't need to have domain controller on this installation and for RDS I only need RD Licensing and RD Session Host roles. But only with that roles theres is no Remote Desktop Gateway which is…
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Scheduled Task in Windows Server 2016, run by non-admin Users

In earlier windows server versions (prior to 2016) it was possible to grant non-admin users the permission to run a scheduled task by doing following steps: Scheduled Task: run under system, execute script Give user read and execute rights on…
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Windows Server 2016 - Can't RDP with one specific user

This is a new Windows 2016 server. We have three users on it and two of them are able to login without issue. The third one, no matter what we've tried (except rebooting; trying to avoid that) is not able to login. He keeps getting this error: The…
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Is there any way to prevent Storage Spaces Direct from automatically adding disks?

Got a problem here on a 2016 Windows Server Failover Cluster (WSFC) hosting an SQL Failover Cluster Instance (FCI) employing Storage Spaces Direct (S2D). On each server, after successful initial creation, S2D automatically added an otherwise unused…
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