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Windows Admin Center 2410: cannot add computers
After a fresh installation of Windows Admin Center 2410, I cannot add any servers, clusters, PCs etc. WAC gives me "You can add this computer to your list of connections, but we can't confirm it's available" when I enter a computer name (either of FQDN or computer name alone). When I change to the Search Active Directory tab, I get: "We can’t search Active Directory because the Windows Admin Center computer isn’t joined to an Active Directory domain. It’s also possible that your account doesn’t have permission to read from Active Directory." The account I use is a domain admin, and the server running WAC is definitely joined to the AD DS. The server had the previous version of WAC installed where everything worked. Now, with the new version, that's no longer the case...ahinterlApr 09, 2025Brass Contributor4.9KViews9likes17CommentsGroup Policy to allow specific users to install specific software without admin privileges
I am a newly system administrator for an organization and I am trying to create a Group Policy that will allow specific users to download and use certain software like LogMeIn123 without having to use admin privileges. We don't want to give full admin rights, but only for this specific instance. I have done some research, but I am not sure the best way to set this up. The problem is our IT team consists of 3 members total and cannot be everywhere at once and this would be beneficial in key times. I have seen some people recommend using a login script, but I am not sure how to do that. I have also seen some people recommend using a third-party tool which is out of the questions for our organization. I am also open to other ways and ideas of having preforming this. Can anyone please provide me with some instructions on how to set this up? Thanks in advance for your help! Additional information: I am using Windows Server 2012R2. I have a list of the specific users that I want to allow to install LogMeIn123. I have the LogMeIn123 installation file located on a network server.TurtleDeagonApr 08, 2025Copper Contributor28KViews0likes6CommentsStorage Migration Service Error 36890
Hello Really hoping someone can help, I have found similiar posts but they are much older and usually resolution has been to update Storage Migration Extension (I am using 4.1.0) I am receiving Error 36890 and gets stuck at loading once I reach the start the transfer stage (more details below) Source Server is 2008 R2 and Destination is Server 2022 Standard, Current server is a DC but my understanding is I will need to demote before we start the cutover? (I did also remove AD and it didnt make any difference, so have restored AD/DC as I had to abort the migration) Thanks in advance 02/03/2024-09:10:21.994 [Erro] GetTransferDeviceState request failed for job=Test error=36890: ErrorCode: 36890, Transfer was not run at Microsoft.StorageMigration.Service.StorageMigrationService.GetTransferDeviceState(String jobName, Int32 maxCount, Byte[] nextToken) [d:\os\src\base\dms\service\StorageMigrationService.ITransfer.cs::GetTransferDeviceState::2187] 02/03/2024-09:10:21.995 [Erro] ExceptionMessage : (Transfer was not run), ExceptionToString: (ErrorCode: 36890, Transfer was not run at Microsoft.StorageMigration.Service.StorageMigrationService.GetTransferDeviceState(String jobName, Int32 maxCount, Byte[] nextToken) at SyncInvokeGetTransferDeviceState(Object , Object[] , Object[] ) at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.SyncMethodInvoker.Invoke(Object instance, Object[] inputs, Object[]& outputs) at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.DispatchOperationRuntime.InvokeBegin(MessageRpc& rpc) at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.ImmutableDispatchRuntime.ProcessMessage5(MessageRpc& rpc) at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.ImmutableDispatchRuntime.ProcessMessage11(MessageRpc& rpc) at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.MessageRpc.Process(Boolean isOperationContextSet)) [d:\os\src\base\dms\service\ErrorHandlerBehaviorAttribute.cs::HandleError::37]SolvedWhytey88Apr 07, 2025Copper Contributor3KViews3likes25CommentsHow to connect from windows admin center to client using winrm with port 2828
Hi all, Due to security issues I need to configure the default port of winrm on windows from 5985 to 2828 and 2829 with https. I want to configure to connect from windows admin center to client which is windows server with winrm port 2828, what should i do. Thanks all!kdn2kApr 03, 2025Copper Contributor36Views0likes0CommentsFailover Cluster Validation Stuck
Hello everyone, I'm having the following problem when creating a 2-node HA cluster (Server 2025) using the Windows Admin Center (Gateway). Up to the point "Validate Cluster" everything worked fine. Unfortunately, the process gets stuck at "1% Gathering data about nodes". However, I can confirm that the cluster report was successfully created on the first node without any errors. Has anyone else seen something similar and, ideally, have a solution for me? I checked the following: Permissions such as CredSSP, Remote Powershell and WinRM are correctly implemented on the WAC gateway and nodes. Manually execute the PowerShell command successfully: Test-Cluster -Node $ServerList -Include "Storage Spaces Direct", "Inventory", "System Configuration"MSchmidt2040Apr 03, 2025Copper Contributor62Views0likes0CommentsStorage Migration Service - Can't open transfer and error logs after migrating data
Hi Community, After migrating a drive I'm trying to see which file transfers failed and why but I'm getting this message when trying to open either the transfer log or the errors only log: Transfer Log - Please check file sharing is allowed in your firewall. : This request operation sent to net.tcp://localhost:28940/sms/service/1/transfer did not receive a reply within the configured timeout (00:01:00). The time allotted to this operation may have been a portion of a longer timeout. This may be because the service is still processing the operation or because the service was unable to send a reply message. Please consider increasing the operation timeout (by casting the channel/proxy to IContextChannel and setting the OperationTimeout property) and ensure that the service is able to connect to the client. My destination server is also the migration server (just migrating one drive) and all required ports were openend automatically, I've also double checked the firewall on the source server. Anyone have any ideas?loenenbMar 30, 2025Copper Contributor28KViews1like17CommentsWindows Admin Center v2.4 will not use SAN Cert
Hello, We've noticed an issue with the new Windows Admin Center Modernized Gateway (v2.4) and SAN certificates, at least in our environment. All of our servers get an autoenroll computer certificate (hostname.domainname.com) -- it only uses a common name, and has no subject alternative names. For webservers, we generate an additional certificate with subject alternative names, so that web browsers do not report an insecure https website. Windows Admin Center v2.4 does not seem to work with these certificates. When installing WAC and selecting the correct SAN certificate in the "Custom Setup" or even setting the certificate manually using Set-WACCertificateSubjectName -Thumbprint 'thumbprintofcert' the website will only use the autoenroll certificate. I deleted the autoenroll certificate from the machine, and tried setting the certificate to the SAN cert and the site will not even load. As soon as I forced a gpupdate /force to get a new autoenroll computer certificate and it will use that one, but never the SAN cert. Just in case it was the subject name of the cert, I generated a new SAN cert with a completely different name from the autoenroll cert: WAC.domainname.com instead of APP-WAC01.domain.com. I then used the Set-WACCertificateSubjectName -Thumbprint and verified that it was using the new SAN cert by running Get-WACCertificateSubjectName and it showed that it was using the WAC.domainname.com certificate. Website would not load at all. So I don't know if it has issues with SAN certs, or anything other than an autoenroll certificate with only a common name, but nothing works. If Windows Admin Center Modernized Gateway still used IIS, we'd be able to get IIS to use the SAN cert like the previous version of Windows Admin Center. Is this a known issue? Anyone else having issues with SAN certs? -JSolvedrmoatMar 26, 2025Brass Contributor394Views0likes5CommentsHow do I create a new certificate for Windows Admin Center??
I just now observed that our internal WAC certificate was only two months old and it's already expired. Can I simply create and use our own self-signed certificate and use it?? Do I install it like normal certificates within the Certificates MMC and WAC will automagically use it?? Thank you, Tomtlyczko2Mar 26, 2025Copper Contributor90KViews0likes24CommentsInconsistent WinRM Connections
Hi, I've deployed version WAC 2.4.1 (v2) in the past week and have found connections to servers outside the local subnet very inconsistent. The comms side of things have been checked and we have no issues with firewalls or ACL's, and our servers are properly setup to allow WinRM connections from nodes in other subnets (Windows Firewall is also configured accordingly). The connections from our gateway server to other servers (in different subnets) do work, but when we first logon to the gateway server each day I can connect to the servers on the same subnet as the gateway without issue, but then get WinRM connection issues for the other servers. However, if I then leave it for a couple of minutes and try again, I can get connected to the servers in the other subnets without issue and get no WinRM error messages. It's a very strange issue, and all the servers concerned are on Windows 2022. Has anyone else experienced this? Thanks, KennyhughtheparrotMar 24, 2025Copper Contributor19Views0likes0Comments
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