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RDP Allows Only One User on a Server Serving as Both RDS License Server and Session Host.

I have set up a Windows Server as both an RDS License Server and a Session Host in a domain environment. The licenses are already activated, and the License Manager shows 20 available licenses. However, when I try to connect to this server via RDP, I get…

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asked 2025-09-11T13:20:42.2+00:00
Yasue Ota 20 Reputation points
answered 2025-09-11T16:05:31.67+00:00
Domic Vo 4,440 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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How can I upgrade in-place windows datacenter 2016?

Hello guys! I have some licenses for 2022 Datacenter which I downgraded 3 years ago. Right now, I am forced to upgrade to 2022 again. From what I saw, only Evaluation ISO's are present, which require a clean install. Is there any way to obtain the ISO…

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asked 2025-09-03T07:19:03.3966667+00:00
Matei Mirel Ionut 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-09-03T07:58:21.58+00:00
Harry Phan 3,725 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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Windows Backup failed to get an exclusive lock on the EFI system partition (ESP) - Symantec Endpoint Protection

Hello everyone. I have 30 odd Windows 10 & Windows 2019/2022 Servers that get this error randomly when performing a Bare Metal backup using Windows Backup to internal and external hard drives. Error: Windows Backup failed to get an exclusive…

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asked 2022-06-17T02:27:41.73+00:00
Jesse Flintoff 236 Reputation points
commented 2025-09-02T19:27:02.2866667+00:00
Mark Weiss 91 Reputation points
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"Is Extended Security Update (ESU) available for Windows Server 2016, and what is the contracting procedure?

EOS of Windows server 2016 support is planned at Jan of 2017. For some reasons, there can be case that we need ESU for Windows Server 2016 on EC2 server of AWS. So we want to confirm there will be ESU for Windows Server 2016, and if we want to get ESU…

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asked 2025-09-01T08:54:33.2133333+00:00
ishi 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-09-02T00:53:30.8733333+00:00
ishi 0 Reputation points
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VM Agent is not ready - VM agent not able to connect wire server

We have a Win VM serving as the domain controller. recently we started to notice Agent status not ready and sometime if this happens, the domain validation failure results in loss of access to the resources, sometime running the network connectivity…

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asked 2025-08-28T19:41:50.09+00:00
Shan Ramachandran 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-08-28T20:27:59+00:00
Harry Phan 3,725 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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w2indow server 2019, how to figure virtual ethernet switch connections in hyper-V

on windows server 2019, how to figure virtual ethernet switch connections

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asked 2025-08-25T20:53:29.3833333+00:00
Edward Weller 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-08-25T21:21:09.83+00:00
Marcin Policht 56,925 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
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Solarwind Kiwi Syslog - Show Error

I have a server Running with Windows Server 2022 and installed Kiwi Syslog Server 9.8.3 in it, also installed a log forwarder in the machine, but when I try to see the logs it shows something like : "The description for Event ID 2050 from source…

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asked 2025-08-20T02:31:34.0566667+00:00
Himanshu Dwivedi 100 Reputation points
answered 2025-08-21T06:14:55.3966667+00:00
Domic Vo 4,440 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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DPM 2022 not show running jobs and finished jobs

Hi, I have mounted a DPM 2022 server with SQL 2019 on a windows server 1016. The problem is that if I launch the inventory, or another job, it visually disappears even though it is running. It seems as if the jobs are not saved in the history or…

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asked 2022-09-23T10:13:33.317+00:00
Mike 12-2 6 Reputation points
answered 2025-08-20T17:10:34.5066667+00:00
Jeffrey Smth 0 Reputation points
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create IPP printer with username and password with Powershell or script

Hi To all, i#m searching for a capability to add IPP printer(s) with an authentication on Windows Server or Client operating systems. I already got a powershell script running to add a IPP printer with IPPS port, but did not get the checkbox…

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asked 2025-08-14T08:08:56.3866667+00:00
Abendroth, Philipp 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-08-18T07:59:19.4466667+00:00
Harry Phan 3,725 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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Windows Server 2022 CALS not being used when users log into a 2019 Server

Hello all, We recently migrated to a new RDS Licensing Server on Windows Server 2022 and pointed all other Remote Desktop Session Host (Terminal Server) servers running Windows Server 2019 to this new licensing server. All configuration steps were…

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asked 2025-08-14T20:52:41.92+00:00
Velazquez, Erick 20 Reputation points
commented 2025-08-15T14:14:34.0066667+00:00
Velazquez, Erick 20 Reputation points
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SYSPREP Unattend file [C:\Windows\Panther\unattend.xml] has already been processed.

When we try to sysprep a W2K19 Instance to prepare as an Image we get the sysprep error [sysprep.exe] UnattendFindAnswerFile: Unattend file [C:\Windows\Panther\unattend.xml] has already been processed. and sysprep will be not executed. When we run…

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asked 2025-08-08T11:39:58.5866667+00:00
Ralf Geglin 0 Reputation points
edited an answer 2025-08-13T03:14:11.6166667+00:00
Quinnie Quoc 3,120 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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The safest method to upgrade our MS Fileshare Cluster while maintaining good file transfer performance for 50TB of Fileshare data.

We have a stretch cluster between two datacenters (3 city blocks apart) that uses Storage Replica to keep the files in sync. Its hardware configuration is 1 FileServer running Windows Server 2019 directly connected via fiber to 1 Storage appliance in…

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asked 2025-07-09T12:41:37.3866667+00:00
Danny Arroyo 61 Reputation points
answered 2025-08-07T02:24:24.8466667+00:00
Henry Mai 2,620 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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Give example of "Microsoft Windows 2025 upgrade" example response file

Give example of "Microsoft Windows 2025 upgrade" example response file for setup.exe to use

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asked 2025-08-01T04:38:02.0933333+00:00
SysOpsEvisions-2656 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-08-05T07:15:30.5566667+00:00
Joseph Tran 1,490 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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Root CA ignores CSR's critical flag on key usage

I created a certificate signing request for a new intermediate CA. The CSR was created with the critical flag on the KeyUsage property. I can verify this by running certutil -dump certificate.req. Upon importing the CSR into the (standalone) root CA, it…

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asked 2022-01-03T16:19:19.913+00:00
Daniel Niccoli 196 Reputation points
edited a comment 2025-07-31T14:09:16.02+00:00
Gavin Meerwald 0 Reputation points
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Windows Server 19 Upgrade to 2025

We are looking to do an in-place upgrade from Windows Server 19 to Windows Server 2025. We understand that we will need to purchase a new license and obtain a new product code. Do we need to have the product code for 2019? The person who set up our…

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asked 2025-07-29T18:59:31.6266667+00:00
Paige Kelly 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-07-29T19:27:21.7733333+00:00
Marcin Policht 56,925 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
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Migrate Azure resources from one tenant to another tenant

Hi Team, I am looking for some guidance to know the best approach to migration Azure VM and other resources from one tenant to another tenant (we can consider a situation where company has been acquired or getting separated), what are the possible…

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asked 2023-10-20T11:50:56.3766667+00:00
Gautam Gulati 45 Reputation points
commented 2025-07-24T21:54:48.86+00:00
Pauline Thomas 0 Reputation points
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Safe to Enable Deduplication on Mirror Composed of Dynamic Disks in Windows Server 2025?

Regardless if dynamic disks have been deprecated, is it safe to enable data deduplication on a mirror in Windows Server 2025?

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asked 2025-07-21T22:14:14.78+00:00
Dale Smoker 20 Reputation points
commented 2025-07-22T15:20:05.33+00:00
Dale Smoker 20 Reputation points
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Windows Server Backup stopped working after disk changes

I just reconfigured the storage on one of my Hyper-V hosts, I removed 4 HDDs and added an SSD. Now Windows Server Backup stopped working, even though the HDDs formed a spanning volume which never was part of the backup. Wbadmin.msc says "A fatal…

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asked 2021-07-12T13:37:49.967+00:00
Marcus Büttemeyer 391 Reputation points
commented 2025-07-21T05:15:50.6933333+00:00
Tamás Károlyi 0 Reputation points
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WSUS client shows 0 missing patches but WSUS console shows needed patches

Hello Everyone, I’m currently facing an issue with WSUS in a non-domain (workgroup) setup and would appreciate your guidance. We recently set up WSUS on Windows Server 2022. Our environment does not use Active Directory, so each client server is…

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asked 2025-07-16T05:29:40.32+00:00
Sumit sk 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2025-07-20T10:26:55.6366667+00:00
ppavle 3,955 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
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Where does windows installation search for drivers to install?

Hello, I often deploy custom windows 10 and 11 images using WDS, but I'm not able to understand where the installation process looks for driver to install during the installation. I know after the installation and the first boot, windows looks for .inf…

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asked 2025-03-01T09:03:51.51+00:00
Marco Tommaso 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-07-18T19:48:16.93+00:00
Factor3 0 Reputation points