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Logon attempt failed via RDP periodically

Hey everyone, We've got an issue, domain users who allow to access to member server\client via RDP couldn't access even Administrator who allow to access to any computer\Server object in domain. it's happened periodically. which means if we would…

Windows Server Management
Windows Server Management
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
354 questions
Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
8,803 questions
Remote Desktop
Remote Desktop
A Microsoft app that connects remotely to computers and to virtual apps and desktops.
3,219 questions
Windows DHCP
Windows DHCP
Windows: A family of Microsoft operating systems that run across personal computers, tablets, laptops, phones, internet of things devices, self-contained mixed reality headsets, large collaboration screens, and other devices.DHCP: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). A communications protocol that lets network administrators manage centrally and automate the assignment of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses in an organization's network.
941 questions
Microsoft Authenticator
Microsoft Authenticator
A Microsoft app for iOS and Android devices that enables authentication with two-factor verification, phone sign-in, and code generation.
2,869 questions
asked 2022-01-16T23:01:00.203+00:00
Arnold MIshaev 216 Reputation points
commented 2023-03-21T18:41:38.71+00:00
Matt Brown 0 Reputation points
1 answer

WIndows Hyper-V Server 2019 - Resource monitor

Hi all, I am using Windows Hyper-V Server 2019 as hypervisor. It is Windows core edition, so there is limited GUI management. Most administration tasks can be done remotely through Computer Management. However, in last days I needed to closely monitor…

Windows Server Management
Windows Server Management
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
354 questions
asked 2023-03-15T17:45:56.58+00:00
Mike 0 Reputation points
commented 2023-03-20T15:54:29.7666667+00:00
Mike 0 Reputation points
1 answer

Looking for suggestions on the best way to implement WSUS in our complex test environment.

We have a pretty unique environment where we do product testing. We have these test beds that are cloned from templates we have created. The same templates are used for every test bed so the devices in each test bed have the same computer name and same…

Windows Server Management
Windows Server Management
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
354 questions
Windows Group Policy
Windows Group Policy
A feature of Windows that enables policy-based administration using Active Directory.
2,008 questions
Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
8,803 questions
asked 2023-03-15T17:19:14.2833333+00:00
Guy Raymond (guraymon) 0 Reputation points
answered 2023-03-16T15:12:19.63+00:00
Limitless Technology 15,936 Reputation points
1 answer

Microsoft Office is no longer connecting to server

I am not able to work through my normal email account and am getting a "Microsoft Outlook cannot connect to Server. I need help.

Windows Server Management
Windows Server Management
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
354 questions
Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
8,803 questions
Outlook Management
Outlook Management
Outlook: A family of Microsoft email and calendar products.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
3,740 questions
Microsoft Exchange Online Management
Microsoft Exchange Online Management
Microsoft Exchange Online: A Microsoft email and calendaring hosted service.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
3,118 questions
Outlook
Outlook
A family of Microsoft email and calendar products.
544 questions
asked 2023-03-03T20:57:21.9333333+00:00
Pam Patrick 0 Reputation points
commented 2023-03-10T07:18:38.42+00:00
Faery Fu-MSFT 7,781 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer

DFS Replication

Hi all, We have DFS server today. It is an old one 2016 machine which will be replaced by 2022. We think that the best way to migrate shared to a new server is to start DFS replication. Now we have a 2 questions: When we add a new referral server what…

Windows Server Management
Windows Server Management
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
354 questions
Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2019
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
2,395 questions
Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
8,803 questions
Windows Server Infrastructure
Windows Server Infrastructure
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Infrastructure: A Microsoft solution area focused on providing organizations with a cloud solution that supports their real-world needs and meets evolving regulatory requirements.
436 questions
asked 2023-03-06T15:12:42.7766667+00:00
Troops 1 Reputation point
answered 2023-03-07T15:39:54.72+00:00
Limitless Technology 15,936 Reputation points
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Using gMSA for Task scheduler and Service account scenario?

Based on: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/fundamentals/service-accounts-group-managed I'm trying to implement the gMSA for the following scenario: Task Scheduler account Service account (Failover Cluster, SQL Server, ADFS,…

Windows Server Management
Windows Server Management
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
354 questions
Windows Server Security
Windows Server Security
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
1,353 questions
Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
8,803 questions
Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
3,947 questions
Windows Server Infrastructure
Windows Server Infrastructure
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Infrastructure: A Microsoft solution area focused on providing organizations with a cloud solution that supports their real-world needs and meets evolving regulatory requirements.
436 questions
asked 2023-03-02T00:57:27.1466667+00:00
EnterpriseArchitect 2,386 Reputation points
accepted 2023-03-03T11:37:05.1666667+00:00
EnterpriseArchitect 2,386 Reputation points
2 answers

WMI class "Win32_QuickFixEngineering" missing on Windows Server 2016 system

Hello, we've just encountered an issue on a Windows Server 2016 machine regarding the WMI. On that machine, attempting to read the installed updates via Get-Hotfix, Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_QuickFixEngineering, or wmic qfe list full does not work.…

Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
8,803 questions
Windows Server PowerShell
Windows Server PowerShell
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.PowerShell: A family of Microsoft task automation and configuration management frameworks consisting of a command-line shell and associated scripting language.
4,736 questions
Windows Server Management
Windows Server Management
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
354 questions
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2016
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
1,853 questions
asked 2023-03-01T10:59:59.4066667+00:00
Christopher Schröpfer 0 Reputation points
answered 2023-03-03T11:12:20.0333333+00:00
Limitless Technology 15,936 Reputation points
1 answer

Generate certificate for VPN

Hi, I have a Windows 2022 server configured as a Certification Authority. I have to generate a certificate that is valid for user authentication for the VPN. In other words, once the user has logged in with the VPN client, they will only be able to…

Windows Server Management
Windows Server Management
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
354 questions
Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
8,803 questions
Windows Server Security
Windows Server Security
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
1,353 questions
asked 2023-02-27T09:30:37.3966667+00:00
Raul Guchinife 20 Reputation points
commented 2023-03-02T08:01:57.1533333+00:00
Raul Guchinife 20 Reputation points
2 answers

Terminal Server in Azure

Hello, We are looking to setup our environment completely in Azure (no on-premise environment). My understanding is we can create a VM and set it up to be our Terminal Server with RDS User CALs for multiple users to log in. Do we have to setup Azure AD…

Windows Server Management
Windows Server Management
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
354 questions
Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
8,803 questions
Azure Virtual Desktop
Azure Virtual Desktop
A Microsoft desktop and app virtualization service that runs on Azure. Previously known as Windows Virtual Desktop.
970 questions
asked 2023-02-13T20:41:50.2666667+00:00
Goran F 0 Reputation points
commented 2023-03-01T21:07:02.65+00:00
Prrudram-MSFT 13,451 Reputation points
1 answer

MWS2016 Standard windows manager failed automatic refresh failed

Role and feature refresh failed with the following error: Server execution failed

Windows Server Management
Windows Server Management
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
354 questions
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2016
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
1,853 questions
asked 2023-02-24T16:41:18.8033333+00:00
Victor Bernal 0 Reputation points
commented 2023-02-27T13:44:59.5133333+00:00
Dave Patrick 341K Reputation points MVP
3 answers

Migrating Roles or Replication

Hello,  I have a WS 2012R2 which is  a AD, DC, DNS,DHCP and File Server. (was like that) The domain users have Roaming Profiles, and Folder Redirection activated, and those user files are saved on this server.  Re-Moving folder redirection seems painful.…

Windows Server Management
Windows Server Management
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
354 questions
Windows Server Setup
Windows Server Setup
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Setup: The procedures involved in preparing a software program or application to operate within a computer or mobile device.
190 questions
Windows Server Migration
Windows Server Migration
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Migration: The process of making existing applications and data work on a different computer or operating system.
321 questions
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
1,176 questions
Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2019
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
2,395 questions
asked 2023-02-21T16:06:36.66+00:00
Learn TECH 0 Reputation points
commented 2023-02-23T13:18:23.0766667+00:00
Dave Patrick 341K Reputation points MVP
8 answers

RSAT - Access denied - After August KB5016616 & kb5012170 updates

Hello, after installing the latest cumulative(KB5016616) and security(KB5012170) updates for August for win10 ver. 20H2 1094.1889, our HelpDesk is having problems with RSAT. While traying to reset password they obtain following error…

Windows Server Management
Windows Server Management
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
354 questions
Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
3,947 questions
Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
8,803 questions
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.
2,211 questions
asked 2022-08-19T09:22:46.61+00:00
Blast 16 Reputation points
commented 2023-02-22T22:41:58.0066667+00:00
Dion Whitehouse 0 Reputation points
2 answers

The redfish basic test on HLK failure. could we modify script?

If our BMC/IPMI do not support {"ResetType":"GracefulRestart"}, can we modify the content of Pester.Redfish.HLK.Tests.ps1 to {"ResetType":"PowerCycle"} or just skip it? can you recommend advise to us?

Windows Server Management
Windows Server Management
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
354 questions
Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
8,803 questions
Windows Hardware Performance
Windows Hardware Performance
Windows: A family of Microsoft operating systems that run across personal computers, tablets, laptops, phones, internet of things devices, self-contained mixed reality headsets, large collaboration screens, and other devices.Hardware Performance: Delivering / providing hardware or hardware systems or adjusting / adapting hardware or hardware systems.
1,285 questions
asked 2023-02-21T03:04:21.2233333+00:00
wai Liu 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2023-02-22T03:09:40.2366667+00:00
Roy Li - MSFT 28,046 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
2 answers

Firefox allowed and blocked sites , Match patterns issue.

I have blocked websites using a match pattern <all_urls> for admx firefox and it is working fine but when I allowed the websites using different match patterns, it is not working. example pattern is "*.google.com". I need to block and…

Windows Server Management
Windows Server Management
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
354 questions
Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2019
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
2,395 questions
Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
8,803 questions
Windows Group Policy
Windows Group Policy
A feature of Windows that enables policy-based administration using Active Directory.
2,008 questions
Windows Server PowerShell
Windows Server PowerShell
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.PowerShell: A family of Microsoft task automation and configuration management frameworks consisting of a command-line shell and associated scripting language.
4,736 questions
asked 2023-02-16T22:28:40.7266667+00:00
Sarmad Zaheer 0 Reputation points
answered 2023-02-17T12:18:53.0833333+00:00
Limitless Technology 15,936 Reputation points
4 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Is there any software that converts an OS-installed GPT to MBR?

Hi. I did convert Windows 2008 R2 to Hyper-V VM using StartWind Converter. ( Source Physical Server is Windows 2008R2 on UEFI. ) But, VM isn't booting. The reason is UEFI and 2008R2 cannot be mixed on Hyper-V. MS Doc says Generation 1 is BIOS base and…

Windows Server Management
Windows Server Management
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
354 questions
Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
8,803 questions
Hyper-V
Hyper-V
A Windows technology providing a hypervisor-based virtualization solution enabling customers to consolidate workloads onto a single server.
1,935 questions
Windows 10
Windows 10
A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.
6,634 questions
Windows 7
Windows 7
A Microsoft operating system.
370 questions
asked 2023-01-19T12:19:36.1766667+00:00
capserver 81 Reputation points
accepted 2023-02-15T09:28:33+00:00
capserver 81 Reputation points
1 answer

Network Load Balancing Manager Windows server 2016

Hi We are already running a NLB cluster for production workload with 2 hosts and it's working fine. As the users experiencing some performance issues time to time, we are trying to add another member to the host. But when we are connecting the new host…

Windows Server Management
Windows Server Management
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
354 questions
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2016
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
1,853 questions
Windows Server Setup
Windows Server Setup
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Setup: The procedures involved in preparing a software program or application to operate within a computer or mobile device.
190 questions
Windows Network
Windows Network
Windows: A family of Microsoft operating systems that run across personal computers, tablets, laptops, phones, internet of things devices, self-contained mixed reality headsets, large collaboration screens, and other devices.Network: A group of devices that communicate either wirelessly or via a physical connection.
296 questions
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Clustering: The grouping of multiple servers in a way that allows them to appear to be a single unit to client computers on a network. Clustering is a means of increasing network capacity, providing live backup in case one of the servers fails, and improving data security.
758 questions
asked 2023-02-09T00:59:51.81+00:00
Dhanuka Pathinayake 0 Reputation points
answered 2023-02-09T15:24:51.3066667+00:00
Limitless Technology 15,936 Reputation points
0 answers

how to get location of a server in Data Center by powershell command

Need to find location of a particular server in Data Center. For Example we have Server A on x location, Server B on y location, Server C on z location. In our AD for a Domian, we have all these server: A, B and C. How do I know the location of the…

Windows Server Management
Windows Server Management
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
354 questions
Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
3,947 questions
Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
8,803 questions
Windows Server Migration
Windows Server Migration
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Migration: The process of making existing applications and data work on a different computer or operating system.
321 questions
asked 2023-01-11T17:22:19.7666667+00:00
Prity002 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2023-02-02T12:38:18.0333333+00:00
Givary-MSFT 13,236 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
2 answers

Windows remote management error user authentication using basic authentication scheme failed

Error started showing up on AD server 2019. Doesn't seem to cause any issues that I can see. When I run Event ID: 10111 User authentication using Basic authentication scheme failed. Additional Data Unexpected error received from…

Windows Server Management
Windows Server Management
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
354 questions
Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
3,947 questions
Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
8,803 questions
asked 2023-01-05T19:12:25.92+00:00
jennylee 81 Reputation points
commented 2023-01-31T15:04:53.19+00:00
jennylee 81 Reputation points
0 answers

Certification Authority - Turning Off Old CA Server breaks Kerberos and SCCM

I am switching my company to a new Certification Authority server. The new one (CA2) is configured as a host and I copied the settings over from the old one (CA1), so any changes on one occur on both. However, whenever I take the old one offline, users…

Windows Server Management
Windows Server Management
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
354 questions
Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
8,803 questions
asked 2023-01-30T21:47:29.6033333+00:00
jm 0 Reputation points
3 answers

how to connect sql enterprise server version 8 on windows 2003 server to windows 10?

i have an issue and looking for solution from this forum, i'm using windows server 2003 and sql server enterprise version 8 on it, other clients are using windows 7 and they are connected to this server. now i'm trying to install windows 10 and connect…

Windows Server Management
Windows Server Management
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
354 questions
Windows 10
Windows 10
A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.
6,634 questions
SQL Server
SQL Server
A family of Microsoft relational database management and analysis systems for e-commerce, line-of-business, and data warehousing solutions.
9,070 questions
asked 2023-01-25T13:08:06.59+00:00
Nafees Ansari 0 Reputation points
edited an answer 2023-01-27T07:09:47.9733333+00:00
Olaf Helper 27,136 Reputation points