The first early preview version (Technical Preview) became available on October 1, 2014. Windows Server 2016 was released on September 26, 2016 at Microsoft's Ignite conference and became generally available on October 12, 2016.
Questions tagged [windows-server-2016]
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Ignoring Self-Signed Certificates from Powershell Invoke-RestMethod doesn't work (it's changed again...)
After using standard solutions for ignoring certificate verification, Invoke-RestMethod is returning:
Invoke-RestMethod : A system error occurred and has been logged. Please try again later or contact your administrator.
I just noticed this…

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SQL Server Agent service could not be started
I start a Windows SQL Server in a Docker Container on a Windows Server 2016 virtual machine with this command:
docker container run --name mssql-server --detach --publish 1433:1433 --memory 2048mb --volume C:\_Data:C:\_Data --env…

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Powershell x86: Could not load file or assembly Microsoft.SqlServer.BatchParser
When I try to do an invoke-sql command from Powershell X86 I get an error
invoke-sqlcmd -Query "SELECT 'HELLO!'" -ServerInstance Server -Database DB
invoke-sqlcmd : Could not load file or assembly
'Microsoft.SqlServer.BatchParser,…

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File Last Modified Not Updating when Java Writes to Windows Server 2016
I have a Java 10 application on Windows Server 2016 which is continually writing to a file using java.util.logging. In Windows File Explorer, the "Last modified" and "Size" columns do not update. Pressing [F5] does not update the details. DOS DIR…

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Missing asp.net features on IIS 10.0
I'm using IIS 10.0 and ASP.NET feature section isn't showing
My environment: Windows Server 2016
My issue is similar to the issue posted here: No asp.net features on IIS 7.5 and No ASP.NET features shown in IIS 7.5
The 'add features' fix mentioned…

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401 when calling UserInfo using ADFS 4.0 and OpenID Connect
I've successfully created a new Application Group with a Server Application as well as a Web API and the OpenID Connect protocol is working w/out any issues until I try and make a call to UserInfo. The Relying Party identifier is the same GUID as…

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Active directory accounts inside a windows container (server 2016 TP5)
So I have Windows Server 2016 TP5 and I'm playing around with the containers. I am able to do basic docker tasks fine. I'm trying to figure out how to containerize some of our IIS-hosted web applications.
Thing is, we usually use integrated…

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Windows authentication of an application hosted in Windows Container
I would like to use Windows authentication to access an ASP.NET application, hosted in a Windows Container (in Windows Server 2016 TP4). For this, I presume I need to add the container to the Active Directory domain. Is it all possible to add a…

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Crash in GC finalizer thread, what's the problem with "DestroyScout"?
I'm facing with a .Net server application, which crashes on an almost weekly basis on a problem in a "GC Finalizer Thread", more exactly at line 798 of "mscorlib.dll ...~DestroyScout()", according to Visual Studio.
Visual Studio also tries to open…

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Why would a .bacpac file take several hours to import?
I'm developing an Umbraco 8 site and in the very early stages so an extremely small database set up on SQL Server 2017 Express.
I've got to the point where I'd like to transfer this to a server so that I can show other people. I've exported a…

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Does Chromium headless work on Windows Server Core 2016?
Background
I am tasked with replacing our IE based printing logic with Chromium so that we can eventually support running our current server software on Windows Server Core or potentially other operating systems that support .Net Core. My current…

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Windows 2016: Docker container error
I'm using docker on Windows server 2016, I have created a container using the "microsoft/windowsservercore:latest" image.
On this image i have installed "Print-Server" role but when I try to call "Get-Printer" cmdlet I obtain an error with the…

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Concourse with Windows Containers
I try to setup a concourse build server (http://concourse-ci.org/) that supports as many languages/platforms as possible.
I've read that beginning with Windows Server 2016 it will be possible to have Windows as containers. As concourse writes on its…

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No Final Strategy for running Linux container on Windows Server 2019
I am quite confused with the strategy of providing the Linux container support on Windows. I have Heard alot about LCOW and WSL to run linux container but I am still not sure why they are not providing the support of Linux Container using MOBY VM as…

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How to prevent ctypes.CDLL("jvm.dll") giving "module not found" error on Windows Server 2016?
How do we get ctypes.CDLL("jvm.dll") to not find the dll and not give a "module not found" error?
We have verified the paths and can get them through file "open" commands of the jvm.dll - but the exact same paths when given to ctypes gives a "module…

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