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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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Server 2016 Running Hyper-V Stuck in "Shutting down service: Hyper-V Virtual Machine Management"

I recently did some updates to a Server 2016 box which acts as a Hyper-V Hypervisor. After performing the updates the server was hanging at "Shutting down service: Hyper-V Virtual Machine Management". It was in this state for quite a while so I gave…
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Can you raise the domain functional level to windows server 2016 and have DFS running on windows server 2012 r2?

I have 2 DC's that are both Windows Server 2016. We have one DFS server running Windows Server 2012 R2 but all of the namespaces are 2008 compatability mode. Our Domain Functional Level is at Windows Server 2012 R2. If I were to raise it to…
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Cluster Fails when Enabling Storage Spaces Direct Server 2016

I'm trying to get a 2 Node Hyper-converged Fail-over cluster setup with 2016 Server and Storage Spaces Direct. I am able to Validate (with no errors) and Create the Cluster with the S2D tests included but when I run Enable-S2D on the Cluster the…
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2 node cluster (active-passive) with Windows Server 2016

I'd like to create a 2 node cluster with 2 servers with Windows Server 2016 standard. My cluster should be in active-passive configuration without shared storage (SAN, iSCSI, etc.) without active directory I'd like to get a virtual IP passed…
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Get SPN error when trying to join a machine to a domain

I am trying to join a Windows Server 2016 VM called BORON to a domain which has a Windows 2012 R2 domain controller. The DC name is SNOWDROP.DUCK.LOC When I try to join I get this error: The operation failed because SPN value provided for…
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Adding features to Windows Server gets slower the more features you add

I'm troubleshooting an issue we're seeing with all of our Windows Server 2016 servers. The more features we add to the operating system, the slower the features are to add. For example, execute Add-WindowsFeature -Name NET-Framework-Core when I…
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Hyper-V Windows Server 2016 VM is super slow

I have a Hyper-V VM, both host and VM are running Windows Server 2016. The VM has Exchange 2016 installed and takes an hour to start up fully (all Exchange services). It is actually very solid when up and running but the long reboot time is a…
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Get back hyper-v VMs after in place reinstall of host OS

I have standalone win 2012 r2 server with hyper-v on it. It is my test server I use for experiments so it can be turned off anytime. That's not a problem. Is it possible to import 2012r2 VMs to 2016 hyper-v without exporting them? Something like…
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Is there a reason to use a Storage Pool instead of creating a RAID-5 Volume?

I have a single Windows Server 2016 Standard Server, with 3x 4 TB drives, on plain SATA Controllers (2x On-Board Intel, 1x Add-On PCI Express Asmedia 1061). The server itself is virtualized, running on a Windows Server 2016 Standard in Hyper-V, with…
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DNS Policies are not properly resolving CNAMEs in Zone Scopes if the Query Resolution Policy includes the NE operator for Client Subnets

I'm fairly sure I've uncovered a bug, but I'm trying to make sense of it and maybe get a sanity check. Scenario A policy where if the request is looking for a specific record AND the client IP is not in a particular subnet, the policy matches and…
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Slow storage spaces direct S2D setup

I have two Dell R710's with 8 Cores 64+ GB RAM, Flashed Dell H200 with 9211 IT mode, 4 teamed gbe nics, Server 2016 One server has: 2 x 480 GB SSD's 3X 2TB HDD 1x 3 TB HDD The other 2 x 240 GB SSD 4 x 2 TB HDD I have an external server with 2012 R2…
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How to properly setup docker networks on Windows 2016?

I have already setup docker engine modules and I got NAT switch automatically created. My question is: if there is any chance I could use existing Hyper-V virtual switch for connecting my containers to? Can I also make my network connection…
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Purposefully break trust relationship with Windows Domain

For testing purposes I am trying to purposefully break trust relationships with the Windows Domain. What is the quickest way to kill it off? "Unfortunately", broken trust relationships don't regularly occur with my set up so I'd like a way to…
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Docker Windows Server 2016 switch to linux container

I Installed docker on Windows Server 2016. ike described here: https://store.docker.com/editions/enterprise/docker-ee-server-windows?tab=description Install-Module -Name DockerMsftProvider -Force Install-Package -Name docker -ProviderName…
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How to determine the date and time of most recent successful Windows Update run on Windows Server 2016?

It appears that Microsoft removed this registry key in Server 2016. HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Auto Update\Results\Install Does anyone know of an equivalent registry key that has the last Windows Update install…
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