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Microsoft regularly releases both updates and solutions for Windows Server. To ensure your servers can receive future updates, including security updates, it's important to keep your servers updated. Check out Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 update history for a complete list of released updates.
These are the top Microsoft Support solutions for the most common issues experienced when using Windows Server 2016. The links below include links to KB articles, updates, and library articles.
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Solutions for installing or upgrading Windows Server
- Resolve Windows 10 upgrade errors : Technical information for IT Pros
- Servicing stack update for Windows 10 Version 1607 and Windows Server 2016: August 8, 2017
- Compatibility update for upgrading to Windows 10 Version 1607 and Windows Server 2016: August 3, 2017
- An in-place system upgrade is not supported on Windows-based Azure VMs
- Upgrade and conversion options for Windows Server 2016
- Server role upgrade and migration matrix for Windows Server 2016
- Windows Server Installation and Upgrade
- Release Notes: Important Issues in Windows Server 2016
- Recommendations for moving to Windows Server 2016
Solutions for Volume Activation
- Windows Server 2016 Activation
- Review and Select Activation Methods
- Activation Error Codes for Volume Activation
- How to troubleshoot the Key Management Service (KMS)
- Volume Activation Troubleshooting
- Activation Error Codes
- Windows installation may fail with error "The product key entered does not match any of the Windows images available for installation. Enter a different product key"
Solutions related to DCPromo and installing domain controllers
- Active Directory and Active Directory Domain Services Port Requirements
- Active Directory Firewall Ports – Let's Try To Make This Simple
- Exchange Server support for Windows Server 2016
- Using Ntdsutil.exe to transfer or seize FSMO roles to a domain controller
- Troubleshooting Domain Controller Deployment
- Troubleshooting Active Directory Installation Wizard Problems
- Known Issues for Installing and Removing AD DS
Solutions for Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS)
- How to configure automatic registration of Windows domain-joined devices with Microsoft Entra ID
- Setup issuance of claims
- Configure AD FS to authenticate users stored in LDAP directories
- AD FS support for alternate hostname binding for certificate authentication
- Protect against password attacks
- Upgrading to AD FS in Windows Server 2016 using a WID database
- Windows 10 Sign on – enabling device authentication with AD FS
- Managing SSL Certificates in AD FS and WAP in Windows Server 2016
- Access Control Policies in Windows Server 2016 AD FS
Solutions related to Active Directory replication
- Troubleshooting Active Directory Replication Problems
- Download Active Directory Replication Status Tool from the Microsoft Download Center
- e2e: How to troubleshoot common Active Directory replication errors
- Troubleshooting AD Replication error 8606: Insufficient attributes were given to create an object
- Event ID 2108 and Event ID 1084 occur during inbound replication of Active Directory in Windows 2000 Server and in Windows Server 2003
- Troubleshooting AD Replication error 8451: The replication operation encountered a database error
- Troubleshooting AD Replication error 1127: While accessing the hard disk, a disk operation failed even after retries
- Clean Up Server Metadata