RTM Version Availability
I have seen several blogs that seemed to indicate that Windows Server 2012 RTM would be released on Technet and MSDNon the 15th and Partner sites on the 16th. Was this bogus information? I have not...
View ArticleServer 2012 Hyper-V Replica Failback
Question on failing back to the primary datacenter after a unplanned DR event. So primary site fails and we manually bring up the replicas at the fail over site. So I've seen in the documents where...
View ArticleServer 2012 Direct Access
I am trying to get Direct Access to work. I have setup a single direct access test server on our network with a single internal NIC and internal IP address, done all the configuration based on a few...
View ArticleHyper-V Server 2012 RC install doesn't see hdd
I've got Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 (so it's the "core" version) installed on an older 100Gb SATA drive (vm's are on a 2nd drive); all working fine. I've booted from the Hyper-V Server 2012 RC cd, chose...
View ArticleThe Remote Registry service is not running Windows Server 2012 Core ?
The Remote Registry service is not running Windows Server 2012 Core ? Creating a Hyper-V Cluster on 2012 Core, but cannot manage remotely, because Cluster Wizard states The Remote Registry Service is...
View ArticleWindows 8 cannot connect on Sever 2008 R2 Hyper V Manager
When I open the Hyper-V manager on my Windows 8 Release Preview I can connect to other 2012 Server normally, but if I try to connect to a Windows Server 2008 R2 hyper-v Host I get this error: "An error...
View ArticleWhere are tsadmin.msc and tsconfig.msc?
I just installed a copy of Windows Server 2012 but I'm not able to configure RDP Settings and manage RDP Connections as usual because the specific MMC snapins (tsconfig.msc and tsadmin.msc) appears to...
View ArticleWindows 2012 Hyper-V SR-IOV adn VLAN's
I have set up Hyper-V with SR-IOV on my Windows 2012 servers. I have also found that I have to create a NIC team to assign VLAN's to interfaces. The VLAN interfaces can't be set to use SR-IOV. I guess...
View ArticleRemoteFX licence protocol error when trying to RDP to Win7 guest
Added RemoteFX adapter to Win7 Enterprise (SP1) guest and cannot RDP to the guest machine... keep getting an error re. license protcol. If I remove the RemoteFX adapter, I can RDP fine to the same...
View ArticleManaging Server 2012 via RSAT from Windows 7
Hi, Are you able to manage Server 2012 via RSAT from a Windows 7 machine or does it have to be Windows 8? Thanks.
View ArticleTask Manager - system idle process does not show correct used CPU time
In Task Manager, in the Details tab, the System Idle Process CPU time seems broken. Two problems: 1. It doesn't start counting from zero until Task Manager is opened. All other processes start counting...
View ArticleNAT with Network Virtualization/NVGRE
We are planning our Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V deployment and will be using the NVGRE approach to network virtualization. I can't seem to find any resources that explain how we NAT public IP's to the...
View ArticleChanges to selected columns to display in Details tab in Task Manager are not...
I use Task Manager on Server 2008 R2 to monitor performance. I have added several columns to the Processes tab using View..Select Columns. I have added CPU time, I/O read/write/other bytes, etc. The...
View ArticleNo Video Controller Support
I installed Windows 2012 on my new laptop. Everything works except the video. I can’t get the external video to display. The laptop has the Intel HD video controller in the system. No matter who’s...
View ArticleServer 2012 Backup fails (another process has locked portion of ....)
Tried two installations of Windows Server 2012 standard. One clean install and the other an upgrade of a web server. Trying to run Windows server backup (single backup). Selecting custom (adding all...
View ArticleHow many servers can you manage with Server Manager
Hi, It looks like the general recommendation is 100 maximum. We manage several thousand Windows machines so if it 100 that's not really of any use to most larger scale enterprises? Does anybody know if...
View ArticleLimited Number Of Administrative Tasks that can be performed against remote...
Within server Manager when you click on Tools I believe this is based on the client machine that you are running server manager on even if you have a different machine highlighted elsewhere in the...
View ArticleEFS not using AD CS certificate
Hello! I'm running Windows 8 RTM and Server 2012 RC, and I noticed that EFS on my Windows 8 RTM machines aren't using the EFS certificate that was issued through my domain's certification authority....
View ArticleInstalling Certification Authority on Server 2012 Datacenter RTM Results in...
Hello I was trying to move the certification authority to a new 2012 server from a 2008 R2 Enterprise server. I backed up the CA and registry key and uninstalled certificate services and restarted the...
View ArticleHyper-V Internal Network issues
I am having issues trying to connect to a Virtual Machine that is on an internal network on a 2012 Hyper-V host. The host is configured in routing and remote access to route to the network and I can...
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