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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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Active Directory migration from Windows 2003 to Windows 2016

I've inherited an old Windows 2003 based Active Directory installation and I'm tasked to upgrade it to modern standards. I've done various (successful) test in my lab using the plan below, but I really want a reality-check / best practices…
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IIS Keys: Machine Keys, WAS Keys, IIS Configuration Keys

I'm exploring ways of managing IIS with puppet. Applications are run across multiple servers, so I need the keys to be consistent across applications so if people move from one web server to the other auth is consistent. That being said, The Keys -…
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Feature name Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux is unknown

I am trying to enable linux subsystem on a Windows Server 2016 on AWS EC2 by following these instructions https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-on-server Here is the error message: PS C:\Users\Administrator>…
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Configure Windows Server 2016 Firewall for FTP

What ports need to be open for IIS FTP servers on a Firewall and how to best do it and is it possible to configure the Firewall for IIS FTP that I have opened the right ports and it is good ? Just opened port 21 but the server is not available,…
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LIO iSCSI Target for Windows Server 2016 Cluster disk - device is not ready

I have a LIO iSCSI Target configured on a Fedora 22 machine exporting 1 LUN to 2 Windows Server 2016 machines, both of these are able to access the disk without issues. These servers are part of a HA Cluster and when I attempt to add the disk to…
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GPResult error The user does not have RSoP data fails as Domain Admin

Is there a way to get gpresult to work without never logging in to computer as an actual user? Lets say UserA is logging in to computer XYZ. You login via TeamViewer to it or are there locally as AdminA, you right click Run As Administrator, type in…
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Should I use Hyper-V for a Basic Windows Server 2016 File Server?

I'm setting up a new file server with Windows Server 2016 on a machine with 16 GB RAM and ~20 TB of disk. The server is going to be handling files for 15 people, mainly large files used by graphic designers. This is the first Windows server in the…
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Storage Spaces Direct MTBF

I'm testing S2D now and I would like to calculate MTBF for the whole system. It seems very fragile to me: Let's have 4 nodes (x) with 12 drives (y) in each. MTBF for one node is 1/12 of single drive value. For three-copy mirror we can tolerate 2…
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How do I configure a stretch cluster without shared storage between two sites?

I am trying to redesign our IT infrastructure and seeking help in implementing DR solution for our company. I see that as 2 data centers in active-passive mode with the data replication. Currently we have two Windows Servers 2016 at the primary…
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Windows 2016 Storage Spaces Direct + Data Deduplication

Has anyone combined S2D (Storage Spaces Direct) with Data Deduplication? Is this even possible or recommended practice? Please elaborate on why this is a good idea or not. EDIT: Just stumbled across this article…
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Server 2016 - update reboots

We have recently started to install Server 2016, and seem to be hitting the 'we're going to reboot this server when we feel like it' brick wall. With preview five this was easily rectified using the group policy to configure automatic updates and…
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Convert Windows Server 2016 Desktop Experience to Core

How can you convert a Desktop Experience edition of Windows Server 2016 to a Core edition? For previous insider builds you use the powershell uninstall-windowsfeature cmdlet to remove features such as server-gui-shell and server-gui-mgmt-infra to…
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Storage Space Direct : SMB error

So we've got this 4-node Storage Space Direct (S2D) cluster, working for more than 1.5 year without any major issue. The OS is Windows Server 2016. Firewall down for all profiles No antivirus installed, Windows Defender OFF Active Directory…
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In AWS, why is an EC2 behind NAT gateway in private zone said to be safer than one in public subnet?

I've been running four servers on AWS for a few years. It's for a hobby project. All servers live in the same subnet in the same VPC. To simplify the management of accounts and permissions, I've decided to use Active Directory. This means installing…
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What would be the benefit of configuring SOFS with S2D on Server 2016?

Let's say I have 4 servers in a "storage cluster", each of them has access to a JBOD of 24 hard drives. Then I have another 16 servers in a "VM cluster", running Hyper-V, each of them only has a boot disk. All of the servers are connected to a 10GbE…
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