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Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2019
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management updated to data storage.
4,002 questions
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
1,640 questions
asked Nov 28, 2024, 2:28 PM
Admin CLPSA 0 Reputation points
edited a comment Mar 27, 2025, 9:01 PM
Mike Crowley 211 Reputation points
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can't connect to Azure VM migrated from Hyper-V

Migrated VM from Hyper-V server. Vm is up and running and I can ping it. However, boot diagnostics shows no internet (it had internet on the Hyper V host): Whenever I try to connect from RDP From Bastion Bastion SSH just says network…

Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2019
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management updated to data storage.
4,002 questions
asked Mar 25, 2025, 10:37 PM
Steve Watkins 20 Reputation points
commented Mar 27, 2025, 5:52 PM
Steve Watkins 20 Reputation points
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windows server 2016 standard license

From Where I can buy a windows server 2016 standard license

Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2016
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management updated to data storage.
2,613 questions
asked Mar 27, 2025, 4:33 PM
Issac John 0 Reputation points
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Azure HotPatching - Server 2022 Datacenter

Deployed server 2022 VMs using hotpatch datacenter image. Servers showing updates in azure update manager as expected. Some clustered servers are in an availability set. Periodic assessment: Enable (current) Hotpatch: Enable (current) Patch…

Windows Server 2022
asked Mar 27, 2025, 4:25 PM
DonnaSmith 141 Reputation points
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Ensuring Compliance with Active Directory for 500 Users: Licensing and Security Considerations

Hi All, Could you please provide clarification regarding the following query raised by one of our customers? 01. The customer has a total of 500 users: 250 are on-premises users, and the remaining 250 are remote users. 02. There is a single file server…

Windows Server 2022
asked Mar 27, 2025, 4:04 PM
HJ 0 Reputation points
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Windows Server 2016 Event ID 5858 and WMI Errors

Details are needed regarding Event ID 5858 in Windows Server 2016. The following operations are associated with the event: Operation = Start IWbemServices::DeleteInstance - Root\Rsop\Computer :…

Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2016
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management updated to data storage.
2,613 questions
asked Mar 27, 2025, 12:54 PM
Pultorak, Stephen (EHS) 0 Reputation points
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Revoked Certificates are not Deleted from computer sotre

Hi! Need some help with PKI issue. I have PKI in our domain and auto-enrollment policy is configured. All domain computers succesfully obtain personal cert. So no problem with it. Now I need to revoke some of issued certificates. For test…

Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2019
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management updated to data storage.
4,002 questions
asked Mar 26, 2025, 3:29 PM
commented Mar 27, 2025, 12:33 PM
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Connectivity Issue

Hi Team, Our VM, running Windows Server 2012 R2 with SQL Server, was accessible via an internal load balancer on port 1433. The VM was part of the backend pool, and SQL connectivity through the load balancer worked as expected. Recently, we upgraded the…

Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
1,640 questions
asked Mar 27, 2025, 12:24 PM
Ranjith Velamala 45 Reputation points
edited the question Mar 27, 2025, 12:30 PM
simo-k 6,110 Reputation points
3 answers

Explorer Send To Mail Receipient asks for Credentials

Hello everybody! Users on Windows Server 2019 Terminal Servers right-click on a file, select "send to", "e-mail recipient". Outlook 2019 is running. Windows Explorer (!) asks for credentials, but regardless of correct or incorrect…

Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2019
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management updated to data storage.
4,002 questions
asked Mar 20, 2025, 3:38 PM
Stefan Falk 171 Reputation points
answered Mar 27, 2025, 10:04 AM
Stefan Falk 171 Reputation points
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Windows Server Remote Desktop Session Host disconnecting clients

We are using Windows Server 2022 as a remote desktop session host, with session based remote connections and have the issue, that the remote sessions are randomly disconnected to our freerdp based clients. When exploring the windows protocol we notice…

Windows Server Remote and virtual desktops Remote desktop services and terminal services
asked Mar 26, 2025, 2:08 PM
Marcel Körbler 0 Reputation points
answered Mar 27, 2025, 10:03 AM
Marcel Körbler 0 Reputation points
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NetworkList Profiles Registry Has No Profiles

Hello, I have been trying to resolve a years long issue with this Windows server 2016 in Dell Poweredge R440 not being able to connect to a server, although it does still connect to the internet. While I can connect to the internet, I can't do anything…

Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2016
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management updated to data storage.
2,613 questions
asked Mar 26, 2025, 2:13 AM
Jason Stinson 0 Reputation points
commented Mar 27, 2025, 9:44 AM
Zunhui Han 4,045 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
2 answers

ICMP Timestamp Request Remote Date Disclosure

How to fix ("ICMP Timestamp Request Remote Date Disclosure") for Windows servers

Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2019
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management updated to data storage.
4,002 questions
asked Mar 24, 2025, 10:52 PM
Jay Tee 10 Reputation points
answered Mar 27, 2025, 9:37 AM
Alex Burlachenko 2,680 Reputation points
1 answer

Not able to connect to server error "Specified network name not available"

I have windows server 2019 standard installed which is in Domain, I have shared drive folders to users created in active directory. All of the client PC's which are accessing the shared folder are in workgroup, have assigned specific user ID and password…

Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2019
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management updated to data storage.
4,002 questions
asked Mar 27, 2025, 7:41 AM
Info 0 Reputation points
answered Mar 27, 2025, 9:32 AM
Molly Lu-MSFT 2,121 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
0 answers

disable delete function for Vm on Hyper-V

Hi I wish to disable the delete function on my VM's on Hyper-V

Windows Server 2022
asked Mar 27, 2025, 8:38 AM
Riaan Lotriet 0 Reputation points
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Server 2016 trying to download some updates from WSUS and not directly from MS

Hi, in our infrastructure we have a WSUS server with the option "Do not store updates locally, computer install from MS Update". Now, we have an issue on a machine with SQL related updates. All other Windows related updates worked flawlessly.…

Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2016
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management updated to data storage.
2,613 questions
asked Mar 26, 2025, 2:15 PM
ChristianBrena 20 Reputation points
answered Mar 27, 2025, 8:34 AM
Hania Lian - MSFT 22,706 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
1 answer

Is the latest curl vulnerability "Curl < 8.12.0 Double Close (CVE-2025-0665)" fixed in the Feb 2025 patches?

Our Windows servers has been notified with the curl vulnerability "Curl < 8.12.0 Double Close (CVE-2025-0665)". We have applied the Feb month OS patches already. But it did not fix the vuln. Is MS planning to release the fix soon in their…

Windows Server Devices and deployment Install Windows updates, features, or roles
asked Feb 26, 2025, 9:57 AM
Sinsi P A 0 Reputation points
commented Mar 27, 2025, 8:12 AM
Joshua Huang 20 Reputation points
2 answers

The SAM database was unable to lockout the account of Administrator due to a resource error, such as a hard disk write failure

Found several errors in the event viewer, and it makes no sense. The SAM database was unable to lock out the account of the Administrator due to a resource error, such as a hard disk write failure (the specific error code is in the error data) . Accounts…

Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2019
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management updated to data storage.
4,002 questions
asked Mar 26, 2025, 10:01 PM
John Cahill 0 Reputation points
answered Mar 27, 2025, 7:27 AM
Daisy Zhou 31,776 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
1 answer

Licensing Server 2022 Standard with Action Pack

Hello! We have a Microsoft Partner Action Pack subscription and there is a benefit called Windows Server 2022 Standard - 16 activations. I have two questions regarding this, since there are no further details in the Partner Center: Does 16 activations…

Windows Server Devices and deployment Licensing and activation
asked Mar 25, 2025, 8:19 AM
Christopher 0 Reputation points
commented Mar 27, 2025, 6:22 AM
Hania Lian - MSFT 22,706 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
2 answers

Windows Server 2019 Inexplicable restart, view the event log as event ID:41

虚拟服务器在2025/03/26 04:04左右重启,查看事件日志显示“系统已在未先正常关机的情况下重新启动........”

Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2019
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management updated to data storage.
4,002 questions
asked Mar 27, 2025, 4:33 AM
旭庆 邹 0 Reputation points
commented Mar 27, 2025, 6:19 AM
旭庆 邹 0 Reputation points
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I have a Windows Server 2022 as my DC from which I am trying to start the wazuh service running in the client endpoints.

I have Windows server 2022 as DC and client endpoints with wazuh agent installed in it. I made some changes from DC to client machines, but I have to restart the wazuh service for those changes to take effect. For this, I used startup scripts, which run…

Windows Server 2022
asked Mar 27, 2025, 5:29 AM
Monika 0 Reputation points