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Updating PowerShell5 via WSUS - possible and needed?
Good day, not sure if its the right subforum. If not, please move. I have a couple of 2016 servers in a domain where I handle updates via WSUS. On the WSUS, in the tab Products and Classifications, PowerShell - x64 is check marked but PowerShell Preview - x64 is not. I guess this refers to PowerShell 7 and it works on the servers on which PowerShell 7 is installed. But the PowerShell 5 versions are not updated via WSUS. The PSVersion on some servers show PSVersion 5.1.14393.8062 which is not the most current. Is there a way to update PowerShell 5 via WSUS, how's the Product named in the tab Products and Classifications? Is it possible to update PowerShell 5 via WSUS at all ?Is there a need to update it at all? Best RegardsSolvedhauer94Aug 12, 2025Copper Contributor85Views0likes1Comment
Server 2022 WMI Issues
Hi there, I have a Server 2022 with WMI problems affecting the server in a few ways. The server is a domain controller, RD Broker and hosts some files also. The server actually operates ok for the users day-to-day. I discovered the issue when opening AD Connect, getting an Invalid Class error message. When running various fundamental commands at the command prompt (e.g. tasklist) I get the same error. When looking at the WMI Control in Computer Management again - Invalid Class. I have tried various fixes found online such as verifying the WMI repository (it comes back as consistent) but I think I've reached a dead end. I don't want to restore the server from backup as I believe this issue has been ongoing for a couple of months before it was discovered. I can't get in to the Remote Desktop part of server manager to replace the certificate, and the certificate expires next week. Does anyone have any ideas please? Any help greatly appreciated, thanks. ChrisSolvedChri5reynold5Apr 14, 2025Copper Contributor265Views0likes2Comments
Windows Server 2025 DC Won't Install / Uninstall MSI packages, NIC Domain Category issue.
In the last week I have set up a Win 2025 Server Std Hyper-V host with 2 VMs, one being a domain controller. I have discovered that once the machine is promoted to a DC I can no longer install any .msi packages. .exe packages seem to work fine. My scenario: After setting up the VM (before promotion to DC), I installed my RMM package (.msi - NinjaRMM) and all was fine at that point. I can see and access the VM in my RMM console. After promoting the machine to a DC, I noticed later that the status in my RMM was offline or disconnected. I soon discovered this problem with installing / uninstalling packages. Somehow I was able to uninstall the NinjaRMM, but could not re-install it. Also when Ninja installs the agent it also installs Splashtop. At this point I cannot uninstall Splashtop. Using something simple like the Putty 64bit .msi for testing. Can't install that neither. Any .msi I have tried just hangs for about 30 minutes then times out. Main error code in the .msi log is 1603, which is supposed to be closely related to permissions, but I have found no issues with permissions. Check GPO and have found nothing there either. I have Win 2022 DCs in the same domain and have no issues installing / uninstalling these packages. Internet search has found similar issues, but no answers. Secondly, when rebooting the 2025 DC, the NIC initially gets assigned the Public network category. Disabling / Re-Enabling the adapter the Domain category is immediately assigned. Secondly, I attempted to create a PS script to restart the adapter at startup (task manager...set to run as SYSTEM), and while the tasks starts, it never runs the script. After working with ChatGPT it was suggested to change the script to have a simple one line command 'Exit 0' statment. That doesn't run either. Seems that this problem has relations to being run as SYSTEM, which I believe is also related to the install issue. Internet searches found others stating they have encountered similar issues, but no resolutions. For the install issue, some have stated that if they demote the DC to a member server, .msi installs run successfullly (which seemed to be my case before I promted it a DC). I haven't tried demoting it to a member server, but I did spin up a second Win 2025 Server VM, joined it to the domain and at that point I have no issues installing / uninstalling anything...including .msi packages (oops, I did state this in an earlier paragraph). Tried contacting MS. Seems with no support plan they won't talk with me. That's awesome, you pay for a product, and they won't provide support for it. Such a joy. Hoping that someone might have seen these issues as well. LThibxSolvedlthibxMar 14, 2025Brass Contributor2.4KViews0likes4CommentsNo support for Protected Users in Microsoft Entra Domain Services?
I have been loooking into mapping best practices about configuring hardening / tiering model from on-premises Active Directory to Microsoft Entra Domain Services (MEDS). I'm well aware that MEDS is NOT a replacemenet for AD DS and have many restrictions and missing features, but that does not stop me from wanting to make it as secure as possible for member servers to be joined to. Since MEDS is a PaaS in Azure, deployed from within Azure and managed in another way than Active Directory, of course there are different ways of implementering a good tiering model. In my study I wanted to see if I could enable Protected Users feature (join users to Protected Users Group). However I find this group to be present but not possible to add members to (feature greyed out). I have a member server in the MEDS instance and have installed AD DS Tools. My user is member of AD DDS Administrators group. I would like to know if anyone have some knowledge on the subject to share?Solved106Views0likes1CommentIncrease the size of user profile disk in my remote desktop server
Hi all experts. I have a server for remote desktop services purposes, Windows 2016 standard, and domain joined. It is configured using User Profile Disk, and the maximum limit is set to 5GB. I want to increase the maximum limit but I can't do it under the collection's properties because that field is grayed out. My questions: How to increase the maximum limit? Please guide me and let me know how. Can I increase the maximum limit for 1 single user only? If yes, please let me know how. I found some info from the web that this can be done by the Diskpart command, is it true? If I follow the Diskpart method, do all user profiles encounter data lost? I need your guidance and input, I appreciate it. Here are some images:SolvedszuguanFeb 20, 2025Copper Contributor2.4KViews0likes6CommentsWindows Server 2022 or 2025 Data Centre edition- concurrent editing of Microsoft office documents
Does Windows Server 2022 or 2025 Data Centre edition provide real time collaboration or concurrent editing (through workspaces etc) by multiple users on Microsoft office documents hosted on it locally. So for the sole purpose of having concurrent editing feature of office documents, can Windows Server 2022 or 2025 Data Centre edition become an alternative to using Sharepoint server hosted locally or on premise.Solvedsn_01Feb 13, 2025Copper Contributor200Views0likes2Comments
Active Directory Functional Level Support
Hi all, This is a first time post for me here but I am struggling to find this information out from MS or MS support themselves. I am currently assisting a customer upgrade some servers from Windows 2012 R2 to Windows 2022 and 2 of the servers are DCs. Now I am well across the recommended upgrade process but I have seen in their current AD that they are running functional level 2008 R2. I am well aware that 2008 R2 and 2012 R2 are no longer supported but what about the AD functional level? Now I have researched this half to death across the MS KBs, tech forums etc. and I am conflicting information. Some MS representatives in forums have said that these functional levels are not supported but they don't supply any official documentation or statement from MS which says this. I just raised a ticket with MS support to ask the question but the responding engineer was confusing as hell and whilst I appreciate English would be their second language, I don't think they understood what I asked. So is there anyone in the discussion forum who knows the answer to this? If you do, can you please point me to the official MS statement backing this up as well. Is AD functional level 2008 R2 and 2012 R2 supported or not supported? Appreciate any help anyone here can provide. Cheers AlexSolvedozzeus76Nov 25, 2024Copper Contributor1.2KViews0likes4Comments
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