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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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configure iis6 smtp server to send from a specific IP

We have a dedicated Windows 2016 server that hosts multiple websites. Each site uses the IIS6 SMTP server to send emails from the websites (enquiries, order confirmations, etc.) - each site has a unique IP address but messages sent from the server…
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Windows Server 2016 - SYSTEM Listening on Port 22

Encountering an issue I've not seen before, hoping for some ideas. Windows Server 2016 x64,Clean Install. I'm trying to install a 3rd party EFT Server, but I can't complete setup as its showing Port22 is in use (SFTP). Running netstat -ano I can see…
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how many nodes can we add to windows failover clustering

In Availability group, for windows server 2012 only 4 replicas supported from windows server 2016 8 replicas supported Just like that how many nodes can add into our windows failover clustering? Physical machines? VM's?
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Certificate Server Issues

We have 1 root server and 2 intermediate servers. We have been having issues where every year when it's time to renew user and computer certs issued from the intermediate servers, they do not renew properly even when it looks like everything should…
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Restrict RDP access via Username but Allowed via Computer

Can anyone help me with my configuration? So I need to configure RDP access restrictions for certain users and machines. I've managed to do this by creating a GPO rule on Allow log on through Terminal Services and only apply access to certain…
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Start program as user on Windows Server 2016 boot (allowing access to program via RDP)

I'd like to set up a non-domain'd Windows Server 2016 to automatically start a specific graphical application as a specific user at boot such that it is always running -- even after a reboot -- and always accessible by anyone who RDP's into the…
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Having trouble issuing the 2nd enterprise CA on the same offline Root CA as the 1st. Windows Server 2016

I am running into an issue and hoping someone can help me. We were asked to set up a new Root CA and 2 subordinate (issuing) CAs under it (the request includes using Azure and placing each VM in a different region for redundancy). We issued the…
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FTP accessible on LAN, but not to port forwarded WAN on public IP address

I have been dealing with this issue a number of different times now, and each time I work on it I can not determine a solution. I have searched these forums, my firewall forums and worked with a few firewall admins, as well as working with the…
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Let's encrypt certificates fail to verify, throw errors in a Node.js web app

I've recently started getting issues with my Let's Encrypt certificates. On the web browser I don't get any issues for the certificate, but when I run an Java web app thru NGINX using the certificate and I try to connect using axios npm package from…
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Windows Server 2016 tried to install very old CUs in September 2022

I have a few Windows Server 2016 machines running. All of them are configured for automatic Windows updates, which worked fine so far. We regularly monitor whether they are "up to date", so there are no old updates missing. Tonight (2022-09-08), two…
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Windows Server 2016 Active Directory : A computer with a specific user can see all the network

On my local network managed by Windows Server 2016 and users with a domain, a computer (ORD-A) with a specific user (USR-A) can see the whole network even though I have already organized access to every folder on the network. What is still weird is…
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When creating a new user in Windiws server 2016, I get a blue screen with no options

I have a Windows server 2016. When I try to add a new user from my admin account, the user gets created successfully. However, when I try to login as the new user, I get this blue screen with no options except the logout button when I click on the…
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Office shared-disk error "We are connecting to \\server, please wait"

When browsing a fileserver direclty from Office applications as Excel/Word, it takes a long time to connect to the shared-disk, so opening/saving files are a problem (see screenshot). error loading "We are connecting to \server\share, please…
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Microsoft Storage Powershell Module 'Get-Disk' doesn't list disks when Failover-Clustering is installed

I have 10 disks on a Windows 2016 Server. If I have the Windows feature 'Failover-Clustering' installed, the Get-Disk cmdlet only reflects two disks - even when the server is not yet part of a cluster. If I uninstall Failover-Clustering, the other…
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Endlessly spinning loading indicator on Windows Server 2016

I've got a Windows Server 2016 installation that went haywire and doesn't boot properly. It's a VM, so I can access the files fairly easily (as well as change the virtual hardware parameters) but that doesn't make fixing the issue any easier. At the…
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