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Kerberos Failures Due to Time Drift

Hi support team We’ve been running into a recurring technical issue across multiple sites in our AD forest. Several clients are intermittently failing Kerberos authentication, throwing KRB_AP_ERR_SKEW errors. From what we can tell, this points to time…

Windows for business | Windows 365 Business
asked 2026-07-16T04:18:37.2266667+00:00
Hakim Ismail 0 Reputation points
1 answer

Troubleshooting Automated DNSSEC ZSK Rollover Failures / Requesting Manual Override Procedure

We are currently experiencing an issue with our automated DNSSEC key management on our internal corporate zones. Environment/Context: Internal DNS zones configured for full DNSSEC compliance. Key rollover orchestration is handled by an automated…

Windows for business | Windows Server | Directory services | Active Directory
asked 2026-07-16T03:37:42.2333333+00:00
Ahmad Ibrahim 40 Reputation points
answered 2026-07-16T04:09:50.3+00:00
Jason Nguyen Tran 22,905 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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Admin prompt when trying to change IP settings under network configuration.

After upgrading from Win10 to Win11, our techs that are placed in the Network Configuration Operators group via GPO can no longer change their IP settings without getting an Administrator credentials prompt. Since they are not Administrators they can no…

Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | Directory services | Active Directory
Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | User experience | Other
asked 2024-08-14T21:11:14.16+00:00
Brennan Schulte 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-07-16T03:38:12.07+00:00
Arren Bul-an 25 Reputation points
1 answer

Windows 11 25H2 Devices Experiencing Servicing State Inconsistencies with Cumulative Updates

I'm looking for guidance on a Windows servicing issue that has been affecting a subset of devices in our environment for several months. We manage approximately 3,000+ Windows 11 25H2 devices, and this issue is only occurring on a portion of them,…

Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | Devices and deployment | Install Windows updates, features, or roles
asked 2026-07-15T18:28:16.62+00:00
Smith, Colby A 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-07-16T00:30:08.1933333+00:00
Jason Nguyen Tran 22,905 Reputation points Independent Advisor
2 answers

On-premises MFA for Active Directory and RDP without relying on cloud services

Hi, We're planning to add MFA to our on-premises Active Directory environment. Most users authenticate directly against Active Directory, and our administrators also use RDP to manage Windows servers. Since part of our infrastructure is isolated from the…

Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | Directory services | Active Directory
asked 2026-07-15T18:15:26.7+00:00
Sharlotta_ 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-07-16T00:28:15.3966667+00:00
Demian Rakovsky 0 Reputation points
2 answers

frequent “Access Denied (0x00000005)” on shared printers with Windows 11 + WHFB (Kerberos ID 208 errors)

I’m a Level 1–2 IT technician at a company currently deploying Windows 11 devices enrolled in Intune with Windows Hello for Business (WHFB). Since this rollout, we’ve been experiencing an intermittent “Access Denied” (0x00000005) error when users try to…

Windows for business | Windows 365 Enterprise
asked 2026-06-04T20:06:37.7633333+00:00
young leo 1 Reputation point
commented 2026-07-16T00:28:14.12+00:00
Steven Nguyen (WICLOUD CORPORATION) 85 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Remote Help Unattended Guardrails

Our facilities team uses Intune Remote Help to maintain unmanned logistics dashboards across our warehouses. Since these machines don't have a physical operator to accept an incoming connection, what explicit tenant security policies must be enabled to…

Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | User experience | Remote desktop services and terminal services
asked 2026-06-26T04:01:36.1333333+00:00
Priya Patel 5 Reputation points
commented 2026-07-16T00:18:40.22+00:00
Jason Nguyen Tran 22,905 Reputation points Independent Advisor
3 answers

I have an intact copy of my system drive with Win10 active that will not boot. Inaccesible boot device

Can I rebuild the boot manager from scratch on this drive from an Install disk? The system drive is intact and passes all tests. But BCD rebuild has just not helped rectify problem. Keep eventually getting inaccesible boot device and cycles of restart,…

Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | User experience | Other
asked 2023-09-08T11:24:45.4033333+00:00
RajShah-1334 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-07-15T23:41:10.2566667+00:00
Desean Lauderdale 0 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Windows Activation Issue with Original OEM Product Key

Hello, I am a staff member at a public university, and I am trying to activate Windows on our university computers using the original product keys that came with each device. However, I have been unable to activate Windows with these original keys. I…

Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | Devices and deployment | Licensing and activation
asked 2026-07-15T11:51:43.06+00:00
Hudson Ramon Almeida 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-07-15T22:31:21.7733333+00:00
Chen Tran 11,950 Reputation points Independent Advisor
1 answer

Will SCVMM 2025 be able to use and manage SDN Network Controller deployed as native Failover Cluster resource

Building out our new Hyper-V environments. We will use Windows 2025 Datacenter hosts/cluster, with SCVMM 2025 management. We want to use SDN and everything points to deploying native on the failover cluster, but it doesn't look like SCVMM 2025 will…

Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Clustering and high availability
asked 2026-07-15T20:09:30.05+00:00
James Jensen 1 Reputation point
answered 2026-07-15T22:25:06.72+00:00
Chen Tran 11,950 Reputation points Independent Advisor
1 answer

More advanced filtering for SQL Server Management Studio Object Explorer

This is a question and likely a feature request. It there any way to get more advanced filtering in SQL Server Management Studio Object Explorer? When dealing with large numbers of objects such as Databases, Table, and Stored Procedures, it is painful…

Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | User experience | Other
asked 2026-07-15T20:30:18.46+00:00
Harry Anastopoulos 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-07-15T21:49:07.87+00:00
Chen Tran 11,950 Reputation points Independent Advisor
5 answers

What is the alternative tool for RSAT for MAC machine?

Hi, We want to install powershell active directory , for that we need Remote Server Administration Tools, Since it is available only for Windows, what is the alternative tool which we can use for RSAT?

Windows for business | Windows Server | User experience | PowerShell
asked 2022-11-28T10:24:49.01+00:00
Krishnamoorthi, Monisha 1 Reputation point
edited an answer 2026-07-15T20:57:50.56+00:00
John 85 Reputation points
1 answer

Intermittent SMB over QUIC Disconnects Despite UDP 443 Being Allowed

Hello everyone, We're seeing an issue where remote users can access SMB shares over QUIC initially, but the connection is lost shortly afterwards without any obvious network interruption. Since UDP port 443 is already open and routing appears to be…

Windows for business | Windows 365 Business
asked 2026-07-13T11:10:59.9466667+00:00
Emily Johnson 20 Reputation points
commented 2026-07-15T20:49:47.02+00:00
DC@CTD 91 Reputation points
2 answers

Unable to Install KB5099538 and KB5094123 on Windows Server 2019 (Build 17763)

I am running Windows Server 2019 (build 17763) and have been unable to install the following cumulative updates: June 2026 Cumulative Update (KB5094123) July 2026 Cumulative Update (KB5099538) Both updates fail to install, whether attempted via Windows…

Windows for business | Windows Server | User experience | Other
asked 2026-07-15T11:40:12.1933333+00:00
Faruk Gokcek 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-07-15T19:13:51.69+00:00
SamT 6 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Windows Update Error 0x80073712 on 4 of my Windows Server 2025 PC's

I upgraded 60 servers in my environment from Windows Server 2022 to Windows Server 2025 back in March. Four of those servers have given Windows Update Error 0x80073712 on each monthly security update ever since. I have tried running all of the…

Windows for business | Windows Server | Devices and deployment | Install Windows updates, features, or roles
asked 2026-06-17T21:27:04.12+00:00
Justin Matthews 20 Reputation points
accepted 2026-07-15T18:39:19.7733333+00:00
Justin Matthews 20 Reputation points
1 answer

Users in trusted partner forest intermittently failing to authenticate against resources

Hello, Im having issues with users in a trusted partner forest intermittently failing to authenticate against our resources and the system doesnt seem to let them through consistently. Those users we have intermittent connection issues with. Ive already…

Windows for business | Windows Server | Directory services | User logon and profiles
asked 2026-07-15T17:23:56.15+00:00
John Doe 20 Reputation points
answered 2026-07-15T18:15:04.82+00:00
Tracy Le 10,485 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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How to find MS locked screen image that changes daily

Sometimes I forget to or don't have the chance to right click on the image details for my lockscreen image, but I want to know what today's image is. How do I find that after my machine is unlocked?

Windows for business | Windows 365 Business
asked 2026-07-15T17:04:11.0766667+00:00
Ben Hicks 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-07-15T18:05:25.6066667+00:00
HLBui 9,570 Reputation points Independent Advisor
3 answers

Security for Notes window

We have users with limited security to most screens. I am trying to find the task that allows a user access to the Notes window. They get the usual message about insufficient security to access this window. All POWERUSERS can get to the Notes window.

Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | User experience | Other
asked 2026-07-15T09:34:47.9633333+00:00
Richard E. Wheeler 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-07-15T17:50:38.9066667+00:00
Richard E. Wheeler 0 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Oops, broke our system rollback! How to fix a broken password lock out in Active Directory?

Hello guys, our automated backup system rolled one of our secondary application servers back to an older version. Now it seems the local administrator password on the machine is completely out of sync with what our main server thinks it should be, and…

Windows for business | Windows 365 Business
asked 2026-07-13T17:34:40.22+00:00
Isabella Brown 20 Reputation points
commented 2026-07-15T17:48:46.89+00:00
Isabella Brown 20 Reputation points
1 answer

Enterprise root CA certificate is nearing expiration

We've an enterprise root CA certificate that is nearing its expiration date. No trust chain should be broken for existing issued certificates when we renew it. When we look into renewing the root CA, we want to ensure we follow the supported procedure…

Windows for business | Windows 365 Business
asked 2026-07-15T16:58:23.3666667+00:00
Yone Louis 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-07-15T17:41:30.09+00:00
Tracy Le 10,485 Reputation points Independent Advisor