Auto fill notworking despite Enable fill handle and cell drag and drop being checked. Also copy/ paste (P) not working either
Auto fill notworking despite Enable fill handle and cell drag and drop being checked. Also copy/ paste (P) not working either. I am using Microsoft Professional Plus 2016. Could you please help
Windows for business | Windows 365 Business
Renew Certificate
I push dot1x certificate from intune and the certificate itself generated by our internal microsoft ca server. If the certificate will be expired on 2 months then how we can renew the certificate to make sure the dot1.x is not interuppted.
Windows for business | Windows Server | Directory services | Certificates and public key infrastructure (PKI)
Windows Hello for Business for local domain user MFA.
I need to implement MFA for users logging into Windows workstations in a traditional on-prem Active Directory environment. The main issue is IT support. Sometimes I need to sign in as the user's domain account to troubleshoot their workstation, but if…
Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | Directory services | Active Directory
Advanced sharing settings
Hi, I'm writing a script to automatically configure Windows Server 2025 without using GUI. Is there a way (preferably using PowerShell) to enable all the settings found in the Advanced Sharing Settings window? Specifically, I'm looking to turn on the…
Windows for business | Windows Server | Networking | Network connectivity and file sharing
Disk pools drop offline due to SAS enclosure ID collision when connecting secondary JBOD
I am connecting a secondary JBOD storage enclosure to our S2D node, but as soon as it is attached, the disk pools drop offline. The issue appears to be an enclosure ID collision on the SAS fabric, causing conflicting device paths across the nodes. How…
Windows for business | Windows 365 Enterprise
NFS v4.1 clients freeze during domain controller restart due to File locks
We have Linux clients mounted to a Windows Server NFS v4.1 export, and whenever the primary Domain Controller restarts, the clients experience file locks and IO freezes. I don't know how to solve this. How can I configure NFS Kerberos identity mapping…
Windows for business | Windows 365 Enterprise
SMB multichannel constraints with mixed NIC speeds
On our file server, SMB Multichannel transfers aren’t spreading traffic across all available adapters. The issue seems tied to mismatched interface speeds one NIC runs at 10GbE while another operates at 25GbE. Because of this imbalance, the multichannel…
Windows for business | Windows 365 Business
Verifying and Re-Enabling RDMA after driver updates
Hi team After updating physical NIC drivers on an S2D host, the RDMA settings on the adapters get reset and storage resync traffic drops back to TCP speeds. For example, after installing a new Mellanox/NVIDIA ConnectX‑5 firmware package, the host…
Windows for business | Windows 365 Enterprise
DFSR Event ID 2213 Leaves SYSVOL Replication Suspended After Unexpected Shutdown
We experienced an unplanned power outage that caused several Domain Controllers to shut down without a clean shutdown. After the servers came back online, DFSR Event ID 2213 was logged and SYSVOL replication remained suspended. The affected DCs are…
Windows for business | Windows Server | Directory services | Active Directory
Windows Server 2022 VMs on Azure Local crash in hvsocket.sys with bugcheck 0x139
Problem description Describe the problem you're seeing, including any error messages or codes. Environment Service: Azure Local Topic: VM restarted or stopped unexpectedly What I've already tried List any troubleshooting steps you've already…
Windows for business | Windows Server | Performance | System performance
Windows Server 2022 RDS: session arbitration hangs after Event 17 (0x8007045B), TermService and UmRdpService become unkillable and users cannot log on
Windows Server 2022 Standard, build 20348.5622 (21H2), activated retail channel, running as a Hyper-V guest. Not domain-joined, all user accounts are local. RD Session Host role installed with Per Device licensing, 50 CALs installed and 44 available.…
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Hyper-V Saved-State VM Migration Fails Due to Missing Encryption Keys
Hi all, We are migrating several Hyper-V virtual machines that were left in a Saved State to a new Hyper-V host. The VM configuration and saved-state files were copied successfully, but the new host cannot resume the VMs because it does not have the…
Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Virtualization and Hyper-V
Windows 11 Pro RDP sessions become stuck and cannot be reconnected — even local console login gets blocked
I am experiencing a persistent Remote Desktop session problem on a Windows 11 Pro PC. I connect remotely to this PC using the built-in Windows Remote Desktop protocol, usually through Tailscale. The same issue occurs regardless of whether the RDP client…
Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | User experience | Remote desktop services and terminal services
Windows defender free or paid version?
I found out that there are free and paid Microsoft Defender. Customer is intending to install Windows Server 2022. For confirmation purposes, would that fall under the Microsoft Defender for Individuals (Paid)? The objective is to install Common…
Windows for business | Windows Server | Devices and deployment | Other
Protect Powershell script to be not editable, but executable
Hi, can you anybody show me how can I protect a script, so that the script cannot be changed (modified), but it's can be run for example every night at 00:00 as scheduled task? Thank you.
Windows for business | Windows Server | User experience | PowerShell
KB5124008 (26200.9445) breaks machine secure channel / domain trust — reproducible, Server 2019 DCs
After installing KB5124008 (OS Build 26200.9445) on Windows 11 domain-joined workstations, affected machines lose their domain secure channel and users can no longer log on interactively. I have a deterministic reproduction (uninstall fixes it, reinstall…
Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | Devices and deployment | Install Windows updates, features, or roles
KB5124008 (Win 11 25H2, build 26200.9445) breaks Plan9/virtiofs host share attachment for Hyper-V based sandbox VMs
Summary After installing KB5124008 on Windows 11 25H2 (build 26200.9445, x64), a third-party application that hosts a lightweight Hyper-V based Linux VM can no longer attach host folder shares to its guest. The VM boots normally and the host side reports…
Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | Storage high availability | Virtualization and Hyper-V
FGP vs GPO
I was tasked with changing current default password policy and having admin/service accounts have a different password policy than the default one. I was told FGPP is the way to go with this. But am being told that it can be done with another GPO…
Windows for business | Windows Server | Directory services | Deploy group policy objects
Why is FSRM no longer sending quota alert emails after TLS 1.2 upgrade?
I am very upset that FSRM will no longer send quota alert emails to administrators after our SMTP server was upgraded to require TLS 1.2. I have relied on this notification system for the majority of our server monitoring, and it upsets me that we will…
Windows for business | Windows Server | User experience | Other
Problem with policy issue on Server 2016 Essentials
Ok, I have two separate domains that were setup the same way, they prevously had Server SBS installed, and at some point migrated to Server 2016 Essentials. Fast forward a couple of years and I took over the networks and when trying to enable remote…