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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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Raising Domain Functional Level

In my environment, I currently have three domain controllers. My main DC is running on 2012R2 and the other two are running on 2016. The current domain functional level is 2008R2 and the Functional level is 2003. I don't know why it's this way as I…
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Windows Server 2016 DFS-Replication backlog issue

I have 6 servers running Windows Server 2016 File Server DFS replication. I'm having trouble with my DFS File server replication, the report generated from the health report and dfsrdiag backlog /smem:$src /rmem:$dest /rgname:$GroupName…
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Windows 10 Filesystem Permissions with Conditions - which Device applies?

Somewhere between Windows 2012 and 2016, Microsoft added a conditional feature to NTFS permissions, where a given ACE could be limited to only apply if certain claims about the user or device were true. When the Advanced view of the Permissions…
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Using 2 Hyper-v servers (no AD) with replication to provide seamless swithover

I have a very limited budget, and little knowledge of this, so please bear with me. We have a primary, and backup Hyper-V server. Replication is running from the primary to the secondary. I need to failover one of the VMs on Primary to secondary…
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Unable to RDP into Server 2016 after adding custom RDP certificate

We have a Server 2016 running AD Certificate Services. Our team was asked to create a new RDP certificate so that the self-signed certificate errors would go away when RDP'ing into the system. Went ahead and generated the new certificate and…
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Can't create or modify files inside a Junction on a Windows file share

This started off simple enough as an issue where we couldn't save changes to existing GPOs. In digging into it, what i have found is that i cannot create or modify any files within the SYSVOL folder. The error received varies by which application…
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UTF-8 character decoding problems after upgrading from Windows 2008 R2 to Windows 2016 Server

My test server VM has been upgraded by corporate IT from Windows 2008 R2 to Windows 2016 Server (via 2012). I've problems with running some of my tests now and tracked the issue down to character encoding issues. The easiest thing to reproduce is…
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AD: OU for system administrator accounts

Just a simple question: Does it make sense create a dedicated OU in Active Directory for system administrators (including domain controller admins)? Are there drawbacks following this approach? Is there a good practice in regards?
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DISM: "The specified package is not valid Windows package"

I'm running a Windows Server 2016. When executing Dism /online /Get-Features on the power shell, I get this output: Version: 10.0.14393.0 Image Version: 10.0.14393.2457 Error: 0x800f0805 The specified package is not valid Windows package. I…
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Issues with Multi-resilient volumes (Mirror-accelerated parity) in a regular (not S2D) Storage Spaces configuration

I'm trying to configure Multi-Resilient Volume (Mirror-Accelerated Parity) using "regular" Clustered Storage Spaces (not S2D) on Windows Server 2019. It is worth noting that I've tried the same scenario on Windows Server 2016 and got the same…
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Does Windows Server's automatic incremental backup "work well" with multiple backup disks?

Since Windows Server 2008 R2 (up to and including Server 2019, as far as I know), Windows Server Backup performs automatic management of full and incremental backup: Automatic management of full and incremental backups. You no longer need to manage…
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Can an authorative DNS server be configured to recurse when unable to find record locally?

Hopefully this is possible to do. The question Is it possible to configure a DNS server that is authorative for a given domain, to "fallback" and recurse via Forwarders / Root Hints when it cannot find the record locally? The scenario To give a…
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Windows Server 2016 automatically restart

We've had a 2016 reboot on critical servers after updates! Even worse, during operating hours! We have a group policy to prevent an automatic restart of the servers if a new update(s) is available: Configure automatic updating: 3 - Auto download…
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Exchange 2016 and Sever 2016 DCs: Unknown KDC Encryption type

Team, Exchange environment is all 2016, no mix. Parent and child domains exist, but the functional level of each domain and forest is 2012R2. All domain controllers have been 2012R2 until recently. The AD team (different from me) have introduced…
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What may increase the latency 3-4 times for SQL FCI the database?

We have SQL Server Basic Availability Groups (BAG) configured to run an SQL database running over local Intel SSD drive. I was asked to move a database to SQL Server Failover Cluster Instance (FCI) to increase the SQL Server performance: run the…
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