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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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Storage Spaces on Windows Server 2016: Virtual disk operational status suboptimal

What does it mean? I can't find any documentation anywhere.
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Unable to install Windows Server

I'm documenting this here as I spent ~3 days on and off trying to get my head around these specific problems and there was surprisingly little on the web. I have a HP ProLiant Gen8 G1610T which I want to use as a media server so I bought 2 x 4 TB…
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AWS Latency in opening ports?

I recently wrote a C# console application server and client, which I am demonstrating on an AWS EC2 Instance of Windows 2016 Server. It uses a special port I defined 9314 over TCP. I have added the port number and allowed addresses from everyone to…
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Issues with Network Level Authentication after migrating DNS

Notice NLA is enabled Since Windows Server 2016 came out I've migrated my 2012R2 server to a new instance of 2016. I've migrated the AD DNS DHCP CS to the new server. I have validated every piece in the lab, and everything seems to be working…
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How to restrict a network port to be used by VM but not host computer?

Want to know if it is possible to assign a network port on my server to only be accessed by the VM on that server. This would mean the host computer would not be able to use it to access that network resources. Configuration: Port 1: LAN A Port…
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Can a Failover Cluster CSV volume be owned by two clusters during the upgrade process?

We have a 2-node Hyper-V failover cluster running Windows Server 2012 (R1) with about 60 virtual machines running; upgrading to Windows Server 2016 RTM. Since we aren't on 2012R2, we can't use the new rolling cluster upgrade process. So, during…
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Is Supports Second Level Address Translation (EPT or NPT) required to use Hyper-V?

This page, https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server-docs/get-started/system-requirements--and-installation says I need: Supports Second Level Address Translation (EPT or NPT) to run Hyper-V. I read elsewhere that I don't really need it,…
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Hyper-V VM - Cannot Access Internet with DHCP but Can With Static

EDIT: I dropped the default gateway from the DHCP server during a configuration change. I have a 2016 TP5 VM on a 2016 TP5 Hyper-V host connected to a internal virtual switch, the VM acquires a IPv4 address via DHCP and can resolve and ping internal…
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Accessing a Program Over a Network

My boss is looking for us to have as little local installs as possible. We're running Active Directory on Server 2016. We're trying to install Platypus Billing System and a Watchguard VPN over a network for users to access from a Mapped Drive. So…
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How to remove default "web server (HTTP)" outgoing port from Routing and remote access windows 2012 server

Added print screen where windows add default firewall port forwarding rules ant not allow to remove them. It is possible to remove or change outgoing port?
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Can I deploy the same app in multiple containers in Windows Server 2016

I am consolidating a bunch of super old servers (~200). All the code has been tweaked to be able to run on a single box. Except there is a 3rd party web service app that listens on a socket on each one of these servers. The vendor is not going to…
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Xen domain windows 2012 r2 - cant add usb

I have xen 4.4.3-9.el6 on CentOS: 6.7 (Final) Problem is I cant add usb devices to my windows 2012R2 domain; If I usexm usb-add demo_win2012_r2 host:0529:0620: I can see my device in windows but it is not recognised. And it only works with usb…
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Hyper-V 2016 Gen2 VM PXE DHCP Timeout (Wireshark DHCP Discover -> Offer -> ???)

I've built a test lab running Windows Server 2016 and SCCM 2016 and I'm having an issue with PXE booting a VM to install an OS via SCCM. Here's the run down on the configuration. At this stage SCCM isn't being touched Windows Server 2016 Technical…
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IIS SMTP Relay to gmail fails occasionally

I'm using IIS SMTP relay to gmail to send outbound emails. I create this email text file with SSIS script task and place the file in the Pickup directory. This script runs every 15 minutes. It works most of the time, but sporadically it fails with…
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How Do I Make DNS Requests to An Internal DNS Server for Site That Was Previously Hosted On Prem Route To A Site Off-Prem With A Diff URL?

This is embarrassing, but I'm hoping the hive can point me somewhere on this one. I've got a domain that until recently pointed to an internally hosted site. Almost immediately prior to my taking over this position, that site was moved to managed…
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