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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 failing to deploy a converted MSI file to clients via GPO

I have been struggling with deploying a Kaspersky network agent to my clients that are part of the work Domain. I have performed the below steps; Joined the client to the domain Ping the name of the domain as well as my AD which is responsible…
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Can't enable ssl on windows apache24

So, i've already sucessfully installed ssl certificates in apache virtual hosts (2 websites) but i'm unable to access them because every time I activate SSL in httpd.conf apache service wont start # Secure (SSL/TLS) connections Include…
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How can I know which version of .Net is using an application in IIS?

We have migrated an application from Net version 3.5 to 4.8. The truth is that we are encountering many problems. Everything seems right, but it doesn't seem to work returns a 500 error without any more information. My approach is that it is not…
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Zabbix hold files on windows OS

The essence of the problem: Zabbix does not allow deleting files in Windows. It is especially critical when files need to be deleted every day. I guess that's the issue with this item: vfs.dir.size[D:\oracle\fast_recovery_area\db ] Error…
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Wsus client getting error 403 (0x80244018)

It's been a week that my clients can't download updates from my wsus server. They control and find updates normally but when it comes to download them, they are all getting 403 error from the server. Here the log file entry: 2023/03/20…
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GPO VBS Script does not run at startup

I need to setup a GPO that execute a VBS script at Startup. I already create a script and test it without GPO and works perfectly, but when I do gpupdate /force and restart computer, nothing changes. Event viewer has no erros or warnings about Group…
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Can I have a single DHCP server with Multiple NICS

My question is on the feasibility of having a single DHCP server with 2 NICS, each NIC connected to an independent network. Each independent network will have an IP helper configured pointing to the respective NIC on the DHCP server. Would this work…
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Server loses domain connection when promoting to domain controller

I am trying to stand up a new domain controller and add it to an existing domain. The two servers are in two separate cloud zones. Before promoting the new server I was able to contact the existing DCs. I was able to add it to the domain, update…
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Free up space on C drive Server 2016

I have a server running Server 2016 and the C drive is getting full. This server's only role is to run an accounting program (MRI) that requires SQL Server. I have two SQL Server files in the download folder and I was wondering if I can move these.…
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What to do with DNS if IP address is changed?

I'm working with Windows Server 2016 Essentials. Someone in the organization installed a Linksys mesh network into the router that our server was once plugged into. The Linksys parent node's DHCP is now assigning IP addresses. When the mesh network…
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Windows Server Essentials 2016 SSL on IIS trashed - how do I fix it?

I have completely trashed my certificate settings for IIS and now can't connect new machines using the http://servername/connect function. I am able to access the site using https://servername, but not the ip address. The connect process requires…
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ADFS Web Application proxy 2016 errors

I have a Domain Controller(Windows server 2016) and installed ADFS on another machine(Windows Server 2016) on the same domain. I can access the IDP signon page in the domain machines internally. Now, I am trying to provide a reverse proxy to the…
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DNS Not Working Properly After Mulithomed DC Change

After adding a secondary NIC to a Windows Server 2016 DC I went back to remove the secondary NIC from DNS. It had already registered itself with DNS and I only want the server to listen on one NIC for DNS requests. I followed this procedure from MS…
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Recover files from deduplicated volume in Windows Storage Server 2016

We have a Windows Storage Server 2016 having some volumes with Storage Deduplication enabled. Its OS crashed so we had to re-install the OS (couldn't restore from backup). There are some files which seem to be deduplicated before reinstall. When we…
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On some servers, my users have to use @ to login and on other servers they have to use the domainname\username ormat

On some servers, my users have to use username@domainname to login and on other servers they have to use the domainname\username format. All the servers are in the same domain, and running Windows 2012 and 2016. The wrong format gives error…
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