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Windows 10 or 11 as a server

We have a client who is convinced that he can run WIndows 10 or 11 as a server because his software vendor told him he could. Clearly in the EULA it says you can't use it as a server. Is there a phone number at Microsoft I can refer him to?

Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
8,775 questions
asked 2023-03-21T21:53:29.4666667+00:00
CCWTech 0 Reputation points
2 answers

SQL backup size different on network vs local

I'm running a FULL SQL Server backup job and writing it to two locations (one local and one network). The backup on the two locations is not the same size. Does the network vs local affect the size of the backup?

SQL Server
SQL Server
A family of Microsoft relational database management and analysis systems for e-commerce, line-of-business, and data warehousing solutions.
9,045 questions
asked 2023-03-21T19:15:16.5466667+00:00
bukkybu 306 Reputation points
answered 2023-03-21T21:53:08.7566667+00:00
Erland Sommarskog 72,226 Reputation points MVP
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What and where is my verification code

How can I get verification code

Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,207 questions
asked 2023-03-21T21:51:08.95+00:00
Paul Franklin 0 Reputation points
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azure synapse new Link connection error: Failed to enable Synapse Link on the source due to 'The database master key is missing.'.

I am creating a new azure synapse 'Link connection' ... after defining everything including source SQL server ( which lives on NON azure ) and destination Dedicated SQL pool I hit the Start button and get error Failed to enable Synapse Link on the…

Azure Synapse Analytics
Azure Synapse Analytics
An Azure analytics service that brings together data integration, enterprise data warehousing, and big data analytics. Previously known as Azure SQL Data Warehouse.
2,836 questions
asked 2023-03-20T16:40:18.0666667+00:00
sekhemrekhutawysobekhotep 36 Reputation points
edited a comment 2023-03-21T21:51:06.6833333+00:00
BhargavaGunnam-MSFT 9,986 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer

Azure Public DNS query/logging capability?

Please advise if there is a way to log Azure Public DNS queries requests so that we can run a query to see DNS trends, etc. I don't see any option to configure diagnostic settings to configure LogAnytics workspace. Thx!

Azure DNS
Azure DNS
An Azure service that enables hosting Domain Name System (DNS) domains in Azure.
413 questions
asked 2023-03-06T18:10:57.17+00:00
DK007 0 Reputation points
edited an answer 2023-03-21T21:50:20.76+00:00
ChaitanyaNaykodi-MSFT 11,166 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer

How to turn off autofocus on Azure B2C Sign In page

It seems like the content served by Azure B2C for Sign In has "autofocus" property set on some html element. It causes my web page to scroll down on small screens (e.g. on mobile). <button class="accountButton firstButton…

Azure Active Directory
Azure Active Directory
An Azure enterprise identity service that provides single sign-on and multi-factor authentication.
13,474 questions
asked 2023-03-20T14:32:51.7566667+00:00
Jan Borowiak 10 Reputation points
edited an answer 2023-03-21T21:48:14.9333333+00:00
James Hamil 12,901 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
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What is invalid about this docx?

Hi, I generated this docx with my software. The Open XML SDK productivity tool does show some validation errors, but fixing these errors doesn't make it so this docx can be opened in Word. Usually when I have an invalid docx word gives me the option to…

Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
2,168 questions
Office
Office
A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.
209 questions
Office Open Specifications
Office Open Specifications
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Open Specifications: Technical documents for protocols, computer languages, standards support, and data portability. The goal with Open Specifications is to help developers open new opportunities to interoperate with Windows, SQL, Office, and SharePoint.
92 questions
asked 2023-03-21T18:42:10.34+00:00
Matthew Binsfeld 21 Reputation points
commented 2023-03-21T21:48:13.2466667+00:00
Mike Bowen 936 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
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SSRS report in CSV output is not labeling one of the column

SSRS outputs the report without any issues. When exporting the report in Excel/PDF all column headers are labeled as expected. But when the report is exported as CSV one of the column header is not labeled as expected. Not sure how to resolve this issue.

SQL Server
SQL Server
A family of Microsoft relational database management and analysis systems for e-commerce, line-of-business, and data warehousing solutions.
9,045 questions
SQL Server Reporting Services
SQL Server Reporting Services
A SQL Server technology that supports the creation, management, and delivery of both traditional, paper-oriented reports and interactive, web-based reports.
2,226 questions
asked 2023-03-21T21:48:06.1633333+00:00
Avyayah 1,146 Reputation points
0 answers

machines do not show under replicate

Hello, we manually installed agents, the vm's were discovered and assesed. but they are not available to replicate. pleae help

Azure Migrate
Azure Migrate
A central hub of Azure cloud migration services and tools to discover, assess, and migrate workloads to the cloud.
576 questions
asked 2023-03-21T21:47:56.76+00:00
Ray Harris 0 Reputation points
0 answers

How to handle access denied exceptions to folders and/or files?

Hi friends. I'm making a program to delete empty folders from a certain drive. The program is already ready, but when it finds folders or files without access, the program stops. How do I handle these read-only exceptions? That is, skip these files and…

Visual Studio
Visual Studio
A family of Microsoft suites of integrated development tools for building applications for Windows, the web and mobile devices.
2,756 questions
C#
C#
An object-oriented and type-safe programming language that has its roots in the C family of languages and includes support for component-oriented programming.
7,500 questions
asked 2023-03-21T20:54:13.0833333+00:00
José Carlos Souza 481 Reputation points
commented 2023-03-21T21:47:52.8+00:00
Ayomide Oluwaga 1 Reputation point
1 answer

SQL Server Product Key Backwards Compatibility :SQL Server 2009 Standard Edition Product Key for SQL Server 2008

I am trying to use SQL Server 2009 Standard Edition Product Key for SQL Server 2008 Standard Edition but get the error "The SQL Server Product is not Valid". Is there a way to make it work?

SQL Server
SQL Server
A family of Microsoft relational database management and analysis systems for e-commerce, line-of-business, and data warehousing solutions.
9,045 questions
asked 2023-03-21T21:39:35.13+00:00
Farhad Kayani 0 Reputation points
answered 2023-03-21T21:46:20.23+00:00
Erland Sommarskog 72,226 Reputation points MVP
3 answers

Teams Login on Mobile Device

Teams is no longer working on my phone. When I try to sign in I get an error "We do not support adding restricted cloud accounts yet. Please sign out of all existing accounts to add this account." I tried to delete and reinstall the app but…

Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams
A Microsoft customizable chat-based workspace.
5,879 questions
asked 2020-08-19T18:40:44.987+00:00
J Harper 1 Reputation point
commented 2023-03-21T21:45:59.6066667+00:00
Dustin 1 Reputation point
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Azure Device Update Retrieval Errors

I created an IoT Hub instance and Azure Device Update Instance in a resource group via bicep templates. I have deployed the same bicep templates without issue in the past. However, in this tenant after deploying - the 'Updates' Tab on the IoT Hub…

Azure IoT Hub
Azure IoT Hub
An Azure service that enables bidirectional communication between internet of things (IoT) devices and applications.
745 questions
asked 2023-03-20T21:03:35.49+00:00
Abby Greentree 56 Reputation points
commented 2023-03-21T21:45:53.4266667+00:00
SatishBoddu-MSFT 14,436 Reputation points
0 answers

Xamarin forms invoking javascript from webview

The android project in the sample as described in this article does not work. The iOS project works exactly as described in the article. The Android does nothing.…

Xamarin
Xamarin
A Microsoft open-source app platform for building Android and iOS apps with .NET and C#.
4,919 questions
asked 2023-03-21T21:45:34.7833333+00:00
tbelvin 1 Reputation point
1 answer

Are there issues with West Europe Form Recognizer at the moment?

Hi there, We have been having issues since about an hour ago. We are able to submit custom documents up for analysis via API call: https://{{CognitiveServices}}/formrecognizer/documentModels/{{ModelID}}:analyze?api-version={{APIVersion}} However, when we…

Azure Form Recognizer
Azure Form Recognizer
An Azure service that applies machine learning to extract text, key/value pairs, tables, and structures from documents.
690 questions
Azure Cognitive Services
Azure Cognitive Services
A group of Azure artificial intelligence services and cognitive APIs that help build intelligent apps.
993 questions
asked 2023-03-21T12:38:27.6866667+00:00
Emily Harper 81 Reputation points
commented 2023-03-21T21:45:25.9633333+00:00
VasaviLankipalle-MSFT 1,581 Reputation points
1 answer

I need permission on a registry key

I need all restricted packages permission on a registry key. Possibilities to do that? I'd really appreciate that. I think HKLM/ControlSet~/Control has it.

Windows 10
Windows 10
A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.
6,600 questions
Windows 11
Windows 11
A Microsoft operating system designed for productivity, creativity, and ease of use.
4,033 questions
Azure Container Registry
Azure Container Registry
An Azure service that provides a registry of Docker and Open Container Initiative images.
249 questions
asked 2023-03-21T21:29:45.4366667+00:00
Nick B 241 Reputation points
edited an answer 2023-03-21T21:44:39.2166667+00:00
Dave Patrick 340.3K Reputation points MVP
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Help needed - "account needs to be added as an external user in the tenant"

I'm retired and an infrequent user of MS Teams, the last time about 6 months ago. Today I was prevented from joining someone's teams meeting. This error was eventually displayed - Selected user account does not exist in tenant 'Microsoft Services' and…

Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams
A Microsoft customizable chat-based workspace.
5,879 questions
asked 2023-03-21T19:30:51.8166667+00:00
Bob Groethe 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2023-03-21T21:43:49.03+00:00
Mohamed El-Qassas 1,371 Reputation points MVP
1 answer

Find the UNC path for a file on my computer

I want to split my access database and the support.microsoft site has a handy step-by-step guide, but right at the end, throws in "The location that you choose must be available to everyone who will use the database. Because drive mappings can vary,…

Access Development
Access Development
Access: A family of Microsoft relational database management systems designed for ease of use.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
755 questions
asked 2021-07-13T20:41:49.59+00:00
Pete Royall 1 Reputation point
commented 2023-03-21T21:43:37.7366667+00:00
F Campbell 0 Reputation points
1 answer

Azure lab services VM losing connection

I'm new to Azure and I'm trying to change the DNS IP (in the TCP/IPv4 properties) of the Lab services VM to our Domain Controller VM's IP in Azure. The Domain Controller VM resides in Azure but outside of the Azure Lab services environment but has…

Azure Lab Services
Azure Lab Services
An Azure service that is used to set up labs for classrooms, trials, development and testing, and other scenarios.
225 questions
Azure
Azure
A cloud computing platform and infrastructure for building, deploying and managing applications and services through a worldwide network of Microsoft-managed datacenters.
245 questions
asked 2023-03-21T21:17:20.01+00:00
flk2023-7225 0 Reputation points
answered 2023-03-21T21:43:25.7066667+00:00
Ayomide Oluwaga 1 Reputation point
3 answers

Unable to install SQL Server. I keep getting this error;"Could not find the Database Engine startup handle". Over 10 times now

I have been unable to install SQL for a few days now. I am using windows 11 and I am trying to install the basic option. I will appreciate any help I can get Overall summary: Final result: Failed: see details below Exit code…

SQL Server
SQL Server
A family of Microsoft relational database management and analysis systems for e-commerce, line-of-business, and data warehousing solutions.
9,045 questions
asked 2023-03-19T22:14:00.2366667+00:00
Osazemen Jennifer Aghedo 0 Reputation points
commented 2023-03-21T21:43:13.1066667+00:00
Erland Sommarskog 72,226 Reputation points MVP