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Windows 11 25H2: Hypervisor detected and VBS running despite Hyper-V, VBS, Credential Guard disabled

(Edited) Windows 11 Home 25H2 (Build 26200.8655) I am trying to completely disable VBS and the Windows hypervisor because VirtualBox is running in Hyper-V mode (green turtle icon) and performance is significantly reduced. I have already disabled: …

Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | Storage high availability | Virtualization and Hyper-V
asked 2026-06-20T02:21:06.03+00:00
DavidBeaumont 5 Reputation points
edited an answer 2026-09-05T12:05:00.4066667+00:00
davekp 0 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

WindowsStore.admx — Inverted semantics for "Disable all apps from Microsoft Store"

The Group Policy setting "Disable all apps from Microsoft Store" defined in WindowsStore.admx has inverted Enabled / Disabled semantics compared to its display name. Current behavior: Enabled → DisableStoreApps = 0 → Microsoft Store…

Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | Directory services | Deploy group policy objects
asked 2026-09-04T20:40:14.6633333+00:00
Terrusltime 20 Reputation points
accepted 2026-09-05T07:46:26.05+00:00
Terrusltime 20 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Entra Connect Password Writeback Fails Due to RPC Filtering

Cloud password resets fail to sync back to on-prem AD. How can we restrict RPC ports for AD Sync without breaking password writeback?

Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | Directory services | Active Directory
asked 2026-09-01T02:20:56.99+00:00
Ahmad Ibrahim 60 Reputation points
accepted 2026-09-05T05:59:38.88+00:00
Ahmad Ibrahim 60 Reputation points
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Windows 11 - File Explorer - Problems with Naming/Renaming Folders

To the Esteemed Engineers of Microsoft, Permit me to extend my warmest congratulations on the invention of a File Explorer so temperamental, so whimsical, so utterly possessed by the spirit of mischief, that it has turned the simple act of naming a…

Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | User experience | Other
asked 2025-09-05T17:27:21.4+00:00
commented 2026-09-05T03:13:53.9833333+00:00
Mithrandir 0 Reputation points
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How to provide any feedback???

I have attempted numerous ways to request troubleshooting help and to provide feedback on MS Windows and apps, but I am running into issues every time. The "Feeback Hub" app doesn't appear to exist when I search for it, so that's out. Then when…

Windows for business | Windows 365 Enterprise
asked 2025-09-19T22:33:25.9933333+00:00
SNYDER Detrick 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-09-05T02:47:28.8933333+00:00
DaveLove-1285 0 Reputation points
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Shielded VM Key Storage Provider (KSP) – TPM 2.0 Communication Lockup

Hi all, A Shielded VM fails to power on with the error: “The Virtual Machine Subsystem failed to decrypt the VM state.” Further diagnostics indicate that the host Key Storage Provider (KSP) has lost communication with the physical TPM 2.0 module. What is…

Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | Storage high availability | Virtualization and Hyper-V
asked 2026-09-04T15:53:35.06+00:00
Fath Swift 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-09-04T16:50:53.55+00:00
Scott Nguyen 1,965 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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Migration of active directory MNDC from 2012 to 2022

Hi I am planning to migrate our Active Directory Server from Windows Server 2012 to 2022 and I would like to ensure a smooth transition, especially since we have several applications link like Sophos Firewall, icewarp mail solution etc that are linked to…

Windows for business | Windows Server | Directory services | Active Directory
asked 2026-09-04T14:51:50.58+00:00
Vijay Gund 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-09-04T15:44:16.7033333+00:00
Xuan Nhu 890 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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Miracast connectivity issue "Couldn't connect."

Hi, we are currently excperience a issue with miracasts in our company. We are experiencing an increasing number of issues with Windows + K (Miracast) within our organization. A few months ago, we started migrating our devices from SCCM to Intune.…

Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | User experience | Other
asked 2026-08-26T09:09:30.31+00:00
Jairo Oudwater 25 Reputation points
commented 2026-09-04T15:14:23.9766667+00:00
Michael Panagos 0 Reputation points
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Software-Defined Networking (SDN) State Database Synchronisation Failure

Hi all, Our SDN Network Controller cluster is currently reporting Service Unhealthy. Following a brief network partition, the state databases across the 3 controller VMs have fallen out of sync and failed to recover automatically. Could anyone advise on…

Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | Networking | Software-defined networking
asked 2026-09-04T14:20:05.4033333+00:00
Thomas Evans 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-09-04T14:55:22.2066667+00:00
VPHAN 43,155 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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Windows Autopilot device deregistration – PC locked to previous tenant

Fui encaminhado pelo suporte Microsoft Consumer para o Suporte Comercial/Empresarial. Caso de referência 7108045681. Preciso de assistência com Windows Autopilot device deregistration de um computador adquirido usado que permanece registrado no tenant da…

Windows for business | Windows 365 Enterprise
asked 2026-08-30T17:05:23.1666667+00:00
Bruno Gil 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-09-04T14:18:34.81+00:00
Allan Solomon Mejia 7,995 Reputation points
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How to calculate S2D usable storage overhead for a 10TB 3-way mirror?

I need to provision a new 10TB 3-way mirror virtual disk on an S2D cluster, but it fails with "Not Enough Storage Capacity" despite showing 40TB of raw free space. If anyone knows how to calculate the usable storage overhead and reserve…

Windows for business | Windows 365 Enterprise
asked 2026-09-04T12:41:36.8133333+00:00
OCD77 Ephelios 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-09-04T13:29:44.68+00:00
Domic Vo 32,300 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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ReFS Event ID 133 corrupted metadata allocations

For this we have event log output for Hyper-V Event ID : 133 Volume : ?\Volume{d2b3c4d5-e6f7-890a-1b2c-3d4e5f6a7b8c} Hostname : INTERNAL.DOMAIN.COM\HYPERV-HOST-01 This volume: Backup volume on Hyper-V hosts has corrupted metadata allocations For server…

Windows for business | Windows 365 Enterprise
asked 2026-09-04T12:45:26.84+00:00
Joao Silva 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-09-04T13:19:19.38+00:00
Harry Phan 30,640 Reputation points Independent Advisor
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How can I resolve the IPAM cross-domain permission issue ?

I’m encountering an issue while executing Provision-IpamServer. The command fails to deploy the required GPOs in child domains within our multi-domain forest and returns an Access Denied error. Could you please guide me on how to assign cross-domain…

Windows for business | Windows 365 Business
asked 2026-09-04T08:02:26.3433333+00:00
Vincent Keung Koh 40 Reputation points
accepted 2026-09-04T13:14:41.21+00:00
Vincent Keung Koh 40 Reputation points
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Defender reports libssl vulnerabilities in numerous Windows components for months

Microsoft Defender has flagged around 25 vulnerabilities in Openssl 3.4.4, 3.5.6 and 3.6.1.0 ranging from Low to Critical, affecting Microsoft OneDrive and Microsoft Photos. These vulnerabilities have been live since April-June, and I can't find a single…

Windows for business | Windows 365 Business
asked 2026-09-02T14:59:20.64+00:00
Sergio Bettiol 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-09-04T11:04:42.29+00:00
xeroday 0 Reputation points
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Balancing storage after drive upgrade in S2D

Hey We recently replaced several 2TB capacity HDDs with larger 8TB drives in our Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) cluster. After the upgrade, the new storage space remained unallocated, which has led to capacity starvation across the cluster. Even though the…

Windows for business | Windows 365 Business
asked 2026-09-04T09:08:04.1133333+00:00
Micheal Brown 45 Reputation points
answered 2026-09-04T10:21:49.9433333+00:00
Chen Tran 12,770 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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I got this option: save your secret key to Azure AD

when i wanna enable bitlocker on disk D,After i set unlock password, the next step shows: How do you want to save your secret key ? There are some options below. save your key on Azure AD(A) save your key on U disk(U) save your key in File(F) print…

Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | Directory services | Active Directory
asked 2026-09-04T08:13:32.7766667+00:00
jacky lau 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-09-04T09:55:59.5133333+00:00
jacky lau 0 Reputation points
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Issue to the shared path

Hi, To the shared path (by Samba), I repeatedly got the issue below and I put the correct credentials

Windows for business | Windows Server | Networking | Network connectivity and file sharing
asked 2026-09-04T08:06:44.04+00:00
Jonathan 380 Reputation points
commented 2026-09-04T08:55:04.9766667+00:00
Jonathan 380 Reputation points
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Cluster communication audit and recovery

Hi I have a question about restoring cluster communication after a firewall configuration issue. Recently, a perimeter firewall rule change inadvertently blocked UDP port 3343 between cluster nodes. This caused node eviction and triggered split-brain…

Windows for business | Windows 365 Business
asked 2026-09-04T07:35:25.3066667+00:00
Chang Min 40 Reputation points
answered 2026-09-04T08:43:14.5133333+00:00
Domic Vo 32,300 Reputation points Independent Advisor
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Windows AIK Certificate Enrollment Fails with 404 Not Found (Pluton TPM / MSFT-KeyId)

System Information text OS Name: Microsoft Windows 11 家庭版 中文版 Issue Description When attempting to enroll a Windows AIK certificate using the command certreq -enrollaik -config "", the request returns an HTTP 404 Not Found…

Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | Devices and deployment | Other
asked 2026-08-26T04:06:04.4533333+00:00
Shion W 20 Reputation points
commented 2026-09-04T06:56:31.8433333+00:00
Daphne Huynh (WICLOUD CORPORATION) 1,305 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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I want to adjust storage job priority levels which will speed up storage rebalancing in our S2D cluster.

Is relying on the default auto-rebalancing jobs fast enough, or is there a way to increase their priority also, meaning that when we replace failed HDDs, the cluster will rebalance faster to avoid the localized high disk utilization we are seeing?

Windows for business | Windows 365 Enterprise
asked 2026-09-03T10:29:08.3966667+00:00
BlackJack 40 Reputation points
answered 2026-09-04T03:33:36.6566667+00:00
Daphne Huynh (WICLOUD CORPORATION) 1,305 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator