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Domain Trusts
I am currently testing Windows Server 2025 before rolling any upgrades out to our customer base. We have trusts configured between two remote forests where one of the domains is a subdomain of the other. Because of this we have to use Name Suffix Routing Exclusions to prevent AD attempting to route the subdomain through the parent. However, every time the 2025 domain controllers are rebooted the exclusions are being wiped. Is this a known bug in 2025?
Windows Server 2019 grey "X" on folders on LTO
Hi everyone We have just upgraded one of our servers from 2016 to 2019 Std. Since then when I try to copy a file to the LTO, which is directly connected to the server, icons appear with a grey "X" in the bottom left corner. I tried moving the file but the same result appears (when I move it back to the Desktop the "X" disappears). There is no cloud sync of any kind related to this server. Just to be clear, everything worked fine on 2016. Hope someone is able to help. Thank you in advance. Best regards
No control which updates to install anymore
Hello Community, In Windows Updates, in server 2022, Its all or nothing. Cant control which updates to install. Since this seems to be the default behavior, Is this the best practice to do all the updates at once? Just do them all at once as only choice and cross your fingers? Thanks, John
TSplus as an alternative to RDS without paying RDS license fees to microsoft
Hello, We are evaluating whether to use TSplus (https://www.terminalserviceplus.eu/) as an alternative to Microsoft RDS/Terminal Server. According to TSplus we can not install or uninstall the RDS role, so we do not use RDS CALs and use TSplus CALs. This way it would not be necessary to pay for Windows Remote Desktop licenses. Is this correct? I can't find any information from Microsoft about it reading documentation. As I see it is correct that using TSPlus without installing Microsoft RDS it would not be necessary to pay Remote Desktop licenses. Could someone confirm me that it is so?Server 2016 Windows Update disabled?
I have Windows 2016 and 2019 Servers. All in in the same OU and getting the same Group Policy. This is confirmed via gpresult. I am using GP to disable Automatic Updates. This looks to be working in 2019: But with Server 2016, it says this: Should I expect these servers to update?
Configuring AD with macOS mobile account
I'm needing to use Active Directory and file sharing to create functional macOS mobile accounts. I've created the user accounts in AD and assigned them to a Profile Path on a valid share. I successfully bind the macOS machine to the AD server. Everything looks good and I'm seemingly able to log into the machine with the credentials for any given user. Yet when I log in, the user's home folder doesn't get created on the server where the Profile Path is set to. On a Windows11 machine, this does get created as expected (and used) after logging in with an AD user. But, on the Mac, it doesn't. It looks like the mobile account just creates a local home folder and never pushes back, so to speak, to the AD server. Does anyone have experience with this and know what I may be doing wrong? Mike
Weird issue accessing netlogon
Got a bit of a weird issue here...... We have just started using AAD machines via autopilot & intune and doing testing on them accessing resources on our current onprem domain, got things sorted so they can access file shares and DFS namespace shares perfectly fine and thats all going through, but having an issue with intermittent issues with netlogon. There seems to be no pattern but when trying to hit \\domain\netlogon that will work but when trying \\domain.fqdn.gov.uk\netlogon that wont work. However without doing anything trying again a little while later and it will be the opposite way around that can access on the full fqdn but not the short name, and then to make it worse, sometimes both work at the same time. Different devices have been tried and had 2 side by side where one could access short but not fqdn and the other could access fqdn but not short. At the same time if i try to access any server shares on either short name or fqdn then those are fine, seems to just be issues with netlogon on the domain. at all times i can run to \\domain & \\domain.fqdn.gov.uk and the folder list of sysvol and netlogon both appear but its just guess work which is going to work. This happens the same on both our internal network and when connected via cisco anyconnect vpn back into our network. Hopefully someone has come across a similar issue and fixed it! Thanks if you have managed to read this far :)
Windows Server 2022 Licensing
Hello Everyone, We currently have a server with 2x16 CPU cores. On this server, "Windows Server 2022 Standard" is installed. Five virtual servers are planned to run on this server. Currently, we have the following licenses: 1 x "WINSVR 2022 STD AddLic 16 Core ROK" 2 x "WINSVR 2022 STD AddLic 4 Core ROK" 1 x "Windows Svr Std 2022 64 Bit 1 pk DS P OEI DVD 24 Core" (This license was already activated on another server, which no longer exists. Is it possible to transfer this license to the new server?) Are these licenses sufficient, or which additional licenses would be required?Hyper V Across 2 Server Rooms
Does Hyper V provide a method of running servers across 2 server room, so that if one server room is lost the VMs can start in the other server room. Does this require a witness node installed in a 3rd location (like VMware) ? Are there any reference designs available from the like of Dell or HP using current hardware ?
