Items related specifically to Windows Server 2012 R2
Installing Exchange 2010 onto Windows Server 2012 R2 is a request that frequently heard on the TechNet Exchange forums. You may have seen posts from m… Read the rest “Installing Exchange 2010 on Windows Server 2012 R2”
The below is an issue which caused this week’s customer a little stress. They wanted to review the current AD FS configuration, but were not able to … Read the rest “Get-AdfsProperties Error ADMIN0120”
Working on multiple versions of Exchange means having multiple different labs. Each lab will have different versions of Exchange, different update le… Read the rest “Install DFSRDIAG On Windows 2012 R2 and Windows 2016”
One of the added features in AD FS 2012 R2 was the ability to leverage group managed service accounts (gMSA) which obviated the requirement to manuall… Read the rest “Change AD FS 2012 R2 Service Account Password”
New? Well some options are not that new really. Others are however!
Sometimes it is the little things in life that can help immensely. … Read the rest “New Netstat Options”
In some of the lab environments provided to me, the base Windows image has pre-set WSUS updates servers. When I then move the lab VMs to a different … Read the rest “Script To Remove Windows Update Server Values From Registry”
The below content is superseded -- for information on updating your certificates please see:
Active D… Read the rest “Updating Windows Server 2012 R2 AD FS SSL and Service Certificates”
Some of my lab servers run in Microsoft Azure with no redundancy. This is because they are only a lab, and I want to minimise the monthly billin… Read the rest “Exchange Services Not Starting on Windows Server 2012 Due to Network Location Profile”
This is an updated version of the original Windows Server 2012 post. The genesis of which was an application requirement to install Media Player… Read the rest “Install Desktop Experience – Windows Server 2012 R2”
When creating a new Database Availability Group, there was a bit of rude shock when the installation failed. This customer had deployed multiple Exch… Read the rest “Add-DatabaseAvailabilityGroupServer – You Must Provide A Value For This Property”