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Windows Server 2016 is the current server operating system from Microsoft.

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Whats new in Windows Server 2016

• Windows Server Containers: Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview now includes containers, which are an isolated, resource-controlled, and portable operating environment. They are an isolated place where an application can run without affecting the rest of the system or the system affecting the application.

• Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) in Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview includes new features that enable you to configure AD FS to authenticate users stored in Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directories. For more information, see Active Directory Federation Services Overview [Role/Tech Overview].

• A Hyper-V or Scale-out File Server failover cluster can now easily be upgraded without any downtime or need to build a new cluster with nodes that are running Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview.

• Windows Server Antimalware is installed and enabled by default in Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview, but the user interface for Windows Server Antimalware is not installed. However, Windows Server Antimalware will update antimalware definitions and protect the computer without the user interface. If you need the user interface for Windows Server Antimalware, you can install it after the operating system installation by using the Add Roles and Features Wizard.

• For the Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview, the Remote Desktop Services team focused on improvements based on customer requests. We added support for OpenGL and OpenCL applications, and added MultiPoint Services as a new role in Windows Server.

• An update in storage quality of service now enables you to create storage QoS policies on a Scale-Out File Server and assign them to one or more virtual disks on Hyper-V virtual machines. Storage Replica is a new feature that enables synchronous replication between servers for disaster recovery, as well as stretching of a failover cluster for high availability..

• The underlying console host (Conhost.exe) has been updated in several ways, adding new and different functionality to the Windows command prompt, the Windows PowerShell prompt, and any other character-mode applications.

• Windows PowerShell 5.0.

◦ This preview release introduces a new feature that enables Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) for the Windows Server Gateway.

◦ Window DNS Client provides enhanced support for computers with more than one network interface.

◦ The DHCP Server role no longer supports Network Access Protection (NAP).

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Configure custom SSL certificate for RDP on Windows Server 2012 (and later) in Remote Administration mode?

So the release of Windows Server 2012 has removed a lot of the old Remote Desktop related configuration utilities. In particular, there is no more Remote Desktop Session Host Configuration utility that gave you access to the RDP-Tcp properties…
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Open a new cmd console on Windows 2012 Server core after closing the last one?

On my new test server, which is a Windows Server 2012 core server, I've closed the only open cmd console with the exit command. How do I open another prompt now? Am I going to be forced to reboot the machine?
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How do I add the Windows GUI to Windows 2016 Server Core?

We just got our dedicated server from Rackspace. It was loaded with W2008 on it. I decided to put the most recent OS on it so I wouldn't have to upgrade it later. Apparently during the installation, I selected the no gui option. I tried to install…
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Windows Server 2016 scheduled task schedule must be in future

We have a 2012 server that has about 20 scheduled tasks that are used for monitoring. We have built a 2016 server to replace it and as I move tasks to the new server I have run into an issue. Most of our tasks run every few minutes. In Server…
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Bootable Windows Server 2016 USB Drive

I have 8 HP ProLiant DL380 servers that are mounted in a data center. I have to deploy Windows Server 2016 Datacenter operating system on all of them using a particular customer's (modified) ISO. Unfortunately, the only way I can access this…
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What does @ mean in a hostname in DNS configuration?

I'm creating new DNS records in our DC (Windows Server 2016) and I bump into zones where there are a lot of records that do not have a regular hostname, only an "@". We are using scopes and policies, new Windows Server 2016 features for DNS…
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How can I verify AD replication between two DCs works

We have a domain with 3 DCs in different networks and we want to decomission one of them. However, I suspect that the two remaining DCs will not replicate properly between each other due to some network misconfiguration. So I want to ensure that,…
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server 2016 active directory and hyper-v same server

I am getting ready to move my production environment from server 2012 R2 to server 2016 I want to do a clean install and in doing some inventory really only have two server I can use for staging, I want to be able to do a clean install. I have read…
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How do I find out what version of SMB is in use by each attached client to a Windows Server 2016?

I am trying to determine which version of SMB/CIFS is in use by clients attached to shared folders on my Windows Server 2016. If I run the powershell command Get-SmbConnection on the Windows Server, it will show the SMB version in use on shared…
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Apparently Robocopy does not understand Windows Server 2016 deduplication. Is there a way to make it work without corrupting the volume?

Scenario: Doing a server migration from old Server 2008 R2 to new Server 2016, following this Server Fault guide: File server migration using Robocopy After Robocopy completes, enable deduplication on Server 2016 for the copied volume, and then use…
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Windows server 2016 Configuration Manager Client (5.00.8458.1000) fail

I have two fresh installs of Windows server 2016 Everytime I try to run Configuration Manager Client (5.00.8458.1000) i get an error Configuration Manager Client (5.00.8458.1000) - Error 0x80070643 I have disabled UAC Ran…
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Windows Server 2016 not updating through WSUS

We have a WSUS server running on Windows Server 2016. WSUS detects and sends updates to all systems, including the 2012 servers. WSUS will detect but not send updates to any of the 2016 servers. It shows 0 updates needed, all updates show…
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Can't use long path names in Windows 2016

I was pleased to see with the latest Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 the old 260 character restriction for folder and file names can be overcome. I've just installed Windows 2016 on a new machine and have followed the steps to enable long paths…
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Storage Spaces Direct guidelines

I have recently deployed WS2016 DC on 4x DL380 G7s for PoC purposes. Each server has 4x 300GB 10K SAS drives, also, I have a couple of Intel SSDs that I can temporary borrow from my company. My main goal is to test different Storage Replica "modes"…
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Windows: How do I log out of a remote desktop that only gives a disconnect option?

The problem with disconnect is it locks my AD account when I change my password. (Do disconnected remote desktop sessions lock accounts?) The remote session only gives me options to "Shutdown", "Restart" and "Disconnect".
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