Windows Server 2016

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Using PowerCfg To Set Server Power Plan From Command Line

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]
Set Power Plan Via Command Line

Being able to automate and set Power Plan options via the command is useful for both automation and tasks on Server Core.  We can use powercfg.exe to control power plans - also called power schemes - to use the available sleep states, to control the power states of individual devices, and to analyze the system for common energy-efficiency and battery-life problems.

Below are multiple examples of the … Read the rest “Using PowerCfg To Set Server Power Plan From Command Line”

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Unable to Install Windows Updates or Windows Components

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]
Checkdsk Scan To Troubleshoot DISM Issues

The below post initially stemmed from an Exchange Risk Assessment which noted that all of the customer's Exchange servers were missing critical Windows updates.  The customer's security team were slightly upset as they believed (mistakenly) that all assets were properly updated.  This was not the case.  When we looked into the details, the monthly Windows Server 2012 R2 updates had been failing to… Read the rest “Unable to Install Windows Updates or Windows Components”

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Connect to AD FS 2016 WID Using SQL Server Management Studio

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

As part of troubleshooting a recent Windows Server 2016 AD FS issue, I wanted to take a look at the database using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).  In order to successfully connect there are a couple of gotchas to note as the database used was the Windows Internal Database (WID).  This is the default AD FS 2012 R2 and 2016 deployments.  There is no SQL management interface and the correct con… Read the rest “Connect to AD FS 2016 WID Using SQL Server Management Studio”

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Exchange 2010 Support For Windows Server 2016 Domain Controllers

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Previously Exchange 2010 was not supported with Windows Server 2016 Domain Controllers.  The support position was discussed in  the Exchange Support For Windows Server 2016 post back in 2016.  This was a challenge for organisations who still had Exchange 2010 deployed yet wanted to move forward with AD DS upgrades so that they could take advantage of the newer AD features.  While people would try … Read the rest “Exchange 2010 Support For Windows Server 2016 Domain Controllers”

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Install DFSRDIAG On Windows 2012 R2 and Windows 2016

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Working on multiple versions of Exchange means having multiple different labs.  Each lab will have different versions of Exchange, different update levels and also different Active Directory site layouts.  They are all required to test and validate different configurations.

These VMs are not always running.  As a result, DFS sometimes needs attention if the environment was powered off for an extend… Read the rest “Install DFSRDIAG On Windows 2012 R2 and Windows 2016”

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WAP 2016 Published Application Not Working – HTTP Error 503

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Imagine the situation.  You just finished deploying AD FS 2016 and Web Application Proxy (WAP) servers in a highly available environment with the AD FS namespace load balanced internally and externally.  There are multiple AD FS servers and WAP servers.  This is an interesting deployment project and all is going well.   After verifying that core AD FS and WAP functionality works as expected you th… Read the rest “WAP 2016 Published Application Not Working – HTTP Error 503”

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New Netstat Options

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

New?  Well some options are not that new really.  Others are however!

Sometimes it is the little things in life that can help immensely.  Take our venerable friend, netstat!  Even though it has been around for many moons folks often get into the habit of using only certain options, switches or parameters.   For reference purposes, the Windows XP Netstat options are doc… Read the rest “New Netstat Options”

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Script To Remove Windows Update Server Values From Registry

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

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 network, the original WSUS servers are no longer available, and I typically point to Microsoft Update or a different WSUS server.

In the case of pointing to Microsoft Update, I wanted to delete the initial WSUS registry values.  In my case, these are … Read the rest “Script To Remove Windows Update Server Values From Registry”

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Exchange Support For Windows Server 2016

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Windows Server 2016 And Exchange SupportWindows Server 2016 is available, and it is now supported to install Exchange 2016 onto this version of Windows.  Initially this was not the case.  Exchange 2016 CU3 added support to install Exchange 2016 onto Windows Server 2016.  However, there was an issue with Windows which required based installations to be paused.  The required fix has been released by the Windows team in KB3206632.  This up… Read the rest “Exchange Support For Windows Server 2016”