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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 I reroute all traffic to my VM's via my jumpbox?

I'm building a network of VM's in Azure, 1 group of VM's for the webtier and 1 group of VM's for the data/sql-tier. I will create a jumpbox VM that enables access for devops purposes via VPN. Now I read that I should have minimal software and…
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Why isn't my scheduled task triggered reliably?

It's 19:01 now. This is what the Scheduled Tasks window on my Windows Server 2016 shows: As you can see, the highlighted task is: triggered to run at xx:15 every hour, is scheduled to run again at 19:15 and last ran at 16:15. When I checked about…
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Hyper-V Windows Server 2016 - Assign Public IP to Guest VM and allow internet access

I'm setting up a Hyper-V (Win Server 2016) lab on a leased Dedicated Server. The server has 2 (can get more) permanent IP addresses. I want my Guest VM(s) to have full internet access, and use one of the permanent public IPs so I can RDP in and have…
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Task Scheduler in Server 2016 Datacenter Edition Doesn't Run Automatically

We are migrating some applications and we use the Windows Task Scheduler as a tool. Migrate from Server 2012 Datacenter for Server 2016 Datacenter. I create the tasks in several ways, importing from task scheduler in Server 2012, manually or using…
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Constant error from Service SyncHost & CDPUserSvc on Windows Server 2016

We are are running a couple of Windows Server 2016 boxes for some of our environments to start testing things out but we have been getting constant errors from the two above services not running. Essentially, the above services create themselves as…
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Get-DscResource not returning full list when run from Jenkins on Windows

I have a Windows Server 2016 Jenkins build box. I want to run some powershell in a Jenkins job. As a test I have set the job to do this in a Execute Windows batch command build step: powershell -command Get-DscResource -module xhyper-v I get this…
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Need a whitelist firewall software for Windows Server in Google Cloud

We are migrating to Google Cloud (GCE). We have a SFTP server running on Windows Server. We want to migrate this but we must have a white list filter and block all other SSH login attempts (i was getting hits minutes after install, hackers trying…
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PHP on IIS 10 can't access network share

I was previously running iis 8.5 on 2012 R2 and this was all working perfectly. After moving to a clean install of Server 2016 I ported over the sites from the previous install and everything seemed to work. Except for the one PHP page. Previously…
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Is it possible to install IE 11 on a Windows Nano server (2016)?

I'm working on some Selenium stuff in AWS. Unfortunately, Server 2012 and 2016 (with GUIs) haven't been all that helpful. I've run into quite a few snags. I'm wondering if it would be possible to install IE11 on either a Nano server or a Core…
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Dell PowerEdge T130 with S130 RAID Controller - Driver for Windows Server 2016 nonexistent

So I have Dell PowerEdge T130 tower server, and I wish to install Windows Server 2016 Essentials on it. When I configure RAID in Dell Lifecycle Controller everything is fine, but when I try to run installation it asks me for drivers. I've looked few…
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Hyper-V Cluster network not reachable between nodes

Microsoft recommends a Hyper-V Cluster has its own dedicated cluster network that will be: Used for inter-node cluster communication such as the cluster heartbeat and Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV) redirection. With help from the following guide…
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Is it possible to make a Windows Server 2016 VDI template?

I was looking for this but could not find any answer (nor a question like that to be honest :). Anyway the questions is, is it possible to create a VDI collection from a template with Windows Server 2016 OS installed? I did try it both in the…
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Is it possible to set up URL Rewrite rules in IIS in Windows Server 2016?

URL Rewrite extension for IIS will install without error on Windows Server 2016 but does not seem to work, the icon does not appear in IIS inetmgr.exe. Has anyone seen this?
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Windows Server 2016 : using Restore-WebConfiguration

I'm trying to use the powershell cmdlet Restore-WebConfiguration on Windows Server 2016, and I'm getting this error: PS > Restore-WebConfiguration name get-webconfiguration : Retrieving the COM class factory for component with…
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AD 2016 share per person

I am very new to windows server 2016 or any other one so don't hate. I am trying to setup a ad directory domain that will mount a drive for the user that logged in. Until now I only got the logging in working. I haven't got the user drive working. I…
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