Windows Server 2012
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
1,564 questions
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Upgrading Child Domain: Running Adprep in 2012r2
Hi, In order to upgrade a domain to 2012r2, one has to run adprep. Adprep has to have connection to schema fsmo and other roles (infra/rid ?), and needs 3 types of permissions when we run /forestprep, 1 when running /domainprep. Now, how does this…
asked 2020-11-12T15:16:19.147+00:00
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InfoTechdude
156
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answered 2020-11-18T09:36:45.547+00:00
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Vicky Wang
2,646
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Migration from Server 2012 Foundation to Server 2019 Essential?
Client (charity - low budget) has an in-place Server 2012 Foundation box from their previous IT provider. Is it possible to complete a migration to a new server, running 2019 Essential, to capture existing AD and roles, or do we need to start from…
asked 2020-11-03T20:46:34.387+00:00
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Blake Cousins
1
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commented 2020-11-18T04:13:42.383+00:00
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Andy YOU
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Best practice for upgrading Remote Desktop Services 2016 (Azure 2016 datacenter VM) to 2019 (Azure 2019 datacenter VM)
Hi, Our RDS solution is in Azure 2016 datacenter VMs, we need to upgrade to 2019 to be able to create a new collection for 2019 RDSH/VMs. Since these RDS infrastructure VMs are in azure, in-place-system upgrade is not supported to upgrade the servers…
asked 2020-11-02T11:51:07.193+00:00
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Kumar, Rupesh
1
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commented 2020-11-10T14:40:12.907+00:00
prmanhas-MSFT
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4 answers
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Is P2V Windows Server 2008 R2 with dynamic spanned disks supported for migration to Azure ?
Hello, We're doing a large scale migration project which consists of VmWare ESXi and physical machines being migrated to Azure through Azure Migrate (ASR). We have a particular issue with Windows 2008 R2 server using about 10 dynamic spanned volume…
asked 2020-11-08T09:51:18.6+00:00
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Michael Novak
81
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accepted 2020-11-10T09:56:25.667+00:00
Michael Novak
81
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2 answers
Convert MAK to KMS licenses
Dear, Via this account I'm writing I've access to our MS Volume licensing center. We purchased licenses for our activation of Windows Server 2019 standard servers. Now we got MAK licenses. Our current systems are all Windows Server 2019 Standard…
asked 2020-11-05T10:55:33.407+00:00
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Beckers Jens (PZ Aarschot)
1
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commented 2020-11-09T08:22:57.573+00:00
Dale Kudusi
3,226
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5 answers
One of the answers was accepted by the question author.
Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Update not working
Hi, I upgraded Win Server 2008 to Win Server 2012 R2. After upgrade Win Update is not working. When I press Check for updates, I receive following messages: Windows Update can't check for updates because the service is not running. You may need to…
asked 2020-10-30T18:30:25.387+00:00
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MiliCro
21
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answered 2020-10-30T23:42:15.93+00:00
Dave Patrick
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How access is granted by source domain local group in target domain resource permission ACL (via migrated group membership or via sidhistory or both) and how exactly access check is performed?
Hello, I've source domain local group applied on resource ACL. Resource have been migrated to target domain server along with ACL permissions as-is. Source domain local group have also been migrated to target domain using sidhistory and scope has been…
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ADMT PES (Password Export Server) 3.1 x64 Package - Download link broken: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=1838
ADMT PES (Password Export Server) 3.1 x64 Package - Download link broken: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=1838 I am attempting to perform an ADMT migration I wish to setup Password Export Server as part of that migration …
asked 2020-10-19T01:05:37.88+00:00
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BradAtOhnyx
21
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commented 2020-10-25T03:22:13.8+00:00
Dave Patrick
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How long will my account remain upgraded ?
hello i just wanted to know how long will my account remain upgraded in the trial mode? Thanks
asked 2020-10-20T12:05:45.337+00:00
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Saif Jo
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answered 2020-10-22T07:53:30.52+00:00
Dale Kudusi
3,226
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Storage Migration Service transfer fails with Exception of type 'System.Exception' was thrown.
Using Storage Migration Service through WAC to migrate shares from a fully patched 2008R2 server to a 2019 server. I've confirmed all settings here: https://video2.skills-academy.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/storage-migration-service/migrate-data; and…
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Upgrade the windows server 2016 STD ROK to Windows 2019 STD
I have purchased the HP server along with i also purchase the OS ( windows 2016 STD ROK). Right now i want upgrade the OS from windows 2016 STD to 2019 STD. please guide to us, how can we do renewed the licence...
asked 2020-09-09T11:35:23.94+00:00
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Ajay Chauhan
1
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commented 2020-09-22T08:01:13.667+00:00
Jenny Feng
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3 answers
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SCOM 2016 DB Migration - Reporting Server
Hi, We are doing the SCOM 2016 DB migration. We have moved the operation DB into a separate SQL Server. The management console able to connect to the new DB after edit the registry. However, we need to move the reporting server to new DB. We have…
asked 2020-09-18T12:23:22.567+00:00
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Chan, Johnny
21
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commented 2020-09-21T14:06:04.35+00:00
Chan, Johnny
21
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4 answers
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Upgrading windows server 2003 to 2016
I wish to upgrade my windows server 2003 to windows server 2016, is there any easy procedure to do that? The 2003 server contains an application so is there any way doing it without data loss? Are there any other things I have to be informed about…
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Windows 2008r2 upgrade
Hi I wanna to upgrade windows server 2008r2 to latest versions of windows servers, so please can i upgrade without formatting my server. or there any software just lik MediaToolCreation which helps me to upgrade my server thanks.
asked 2020-08-29T05:02:09.53+00:00
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Abdisalam Omar
1
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commented 2020-09-15T07:04:50.917+00:00
Dale Kudusi
3,226
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2 answers
Certificate template key length after AD upgrade
My AD forest have slowly evolved from its NT4 ancestor. Certificate services were introduced when it was at 2003 level. Now I have migrated up to 2016, and the key lengths of the certificate templates are (of course) the same they were when created years…
asked 2020-09-07T07:52:12.25+00:00
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Antoine Leca
21
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commented 2020-09-14T06:04:42.813+00:00
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Daisy Zhou
20,791
Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
2 answers
Domain Migration over VPN - cached credential issue
I am working on a domain migration from a merger, and the users were somehow already migrated by someone else. Now, in the 11th hour of joining devices, which we are doing manually for some reason, we are running into problems, much to zero shock on my…
asked 2020-09-09T22:15:56.563+00:00
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Tony S
96
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commented 2020-09-11T02:32:17.88+00:00
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Hannah Xiong
6,256
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2 answers
Migrating Active Directory Domain Controller from Windows 2016 to Windows 2019
Hello there, We had Windows Server 2012 R2 domain controller with DNS and Active Directory Certificate Services in the past, and we migrated to Windows Server 2016. And, now we have planned to migrate the Windows Server 2016 domain controller to…
asked 2020-08-27T07:23:17.777+00:00
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Anand Franklin
21
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commented 2020-09-02T02:14:13.333+00:00
Daisy Zhou
20,791
Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
14 answers
Issue seizing fsmo role
Hello All I'm trying to transfer fsmo role from a 2008 sbs to 2012 r2 server but having some issue transferring the PDC and RID master roles. The others (schema master, naming master and infrstructure master) were trasnfered successfully. i ran…
asked 2020-08-14T02:14:38.81+00:00
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Jason
1
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answered 2020-08-27T06:04:34.783+00:00
Vicky Wang
2,646
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3 answers
Migrate Radius Server and Certificate Authority Servers from Server 2012 to New Server 2019
Hi Dudes, Just wondering how I can migrate two old 2012 servers to Server 2019 Data Centre: So I would like to migrate Radius Server Currently used by our Cisco WLAN controller and Certificate Authority Servers from Server 2012 to New Server 2019,…
asked 2020-08-10T01:11:34.307+00:00
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Namless Shelter
231
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answered 2020-08-27T02:51:38.353+00:00
Hannah Xiong
6,256
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2 answers
Migration of AD and DFS from 2008 R2 to 2016
Hi all, I have an AD in 2008 R2 server and user data like Desktop, Documents are saving in DFS 2008 R2 server. DFS-N server and DC are on the same server. Now I want to migrate both AD and DFS servers to 2016. So, my question is which one I need to…
asked 2020-08-14T10:19:24.323+00:00
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Ajith Borra
116
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commented 2020-08-20T01:04:29.373+00:00
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Fan Fan
15,321
Reputation points Microsoft Vendor