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We're starting to plan for a fully available Windows Server 2025 RDS farm. We already have a SQL Server cluster on Linux Ubuntu in the environment. I couldn't find any Microsoft documentation stating whether a SQL Server cluster on Linux can be used. Does anyone have any official references on this topic? Current SQL Server cluster environment: 2 SQL Server Standard 2022 Linux Ubuntu 22.04, Linux cluster (Pacemaker + Corosync) Thank you.
Multiple Namespace Detection in Windows NVMe Over TCP Initiator
We are evaluating the Windows NVMe Initiator and have observed an issue with namespace handling. Our NVMe subsystem contains multiple namespaces. When we connect to the subsystem over TCP and establish connections to all namespaces, they are all shown as connected under the controller. However, only one namespace (shared block device) is exposed and accessible within Windows. Based on our testing, it appears that the initiator may be mapping only the first namespace associated with a given Friendly Name. We were able to connect another subsystem, whose friendly name was different. Questions: Is support for multiple namespaces within a single subsystem currently available in the Windows NVMe Initiator? If so, are there any configuration requirements or known limitations related to namespace discovery and mapping? Is the initiator expected to expose all connected namespaces as separate disks within Windows? We would appreciate any guidance or clarification on the expected behavior.
Problems to join Debian/Ubuntu machines to a domain
Is not posible to join Debian/Ubuntu machines to a domain based on Windows Server 2025 (using realm at least) this is the error: ! Couldn't set password for computer account: XXXX$: Message stream modified adcli: joining domain xxxx.local failed: Couldn't set password for computer account: XXXX$: Message stream modified ! Failed to join the domain realm: Couldn't join realm: Failed to join the domain Domain is discoverable vía realm: root@lnms01:/home/administrator# realm discover xxxx.local xxxx.local type: kerberos realm-name: XXXX.LOCAL domain-name: xxxx.local configured: no server-software: active-directory client-software: sssd required-package: sssd-tools required-package: sssd required-package: libnss-sss Tested on WS2025 build 26227 and Linux 6.1.0-21-amd64 x86_64, Linux 6.6.31+rpt-rpi-v8 aarch64 and Linux 6.8.0-31-generic x86_64. Those 3 versions of Linux joined to another doman based con Windows Server 2022 without issues.Windows Crash During NVMe Over TCP Disk Disconnect
While evaluating the Windows NVMe Initiator, we have observed that disconnecting an NVMe disk frequently results in a Windows system crash. This occurs during the disconnect operation and appears to be reproducible in our test environment. Questions: Has anyone else encountered similar behavior? Are there any known issues related to NVMe/TCP disconnect handling? Are there recommended troubleshooting steps, logs, or diagnostics that we should collect to help identify the root cause? Any insights would be greatly appreciated.in-place upgrade fails from b29574 to latest vnext b29595
Hi all, is anyone facing the same issue IPU fails on a fresh b29574 upgrading to latest using WU? provided more information in feedback hub. Thanks for sharing your experience. as a next attempt I will mount ISO and upgrade. mind b29574 was the base bare metal installation so no previous IPUs involved. related feedback https://aka.ms/AA11g03n Tested Upgrade Paths Baseline TargetOS Result 29574 29595 fails 29574 29602 fails 29595 29602 fails Installed roles: - Hyper-V Specialities: tried SysWOW64 removal but failed to do so https://aka.ms/AA11eyy5 OS Drive is ReFS, potientially related https://aka.ms/AA11eyy8 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?> <SetupDiag xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/upgrade/setupdiag"> <Version>1.7.0.0</Version> <ProfileName>FindRollbackFailure</ProfileName> <ProfileGuid>3A43C9B5-05B3-4F7C-A955-88F991BB5A48</ProfileGuid> <FailureData>0xc1900101-0x20017 Error: SetupDiag reports rollback failure found.Last Phase = FinalizeLast Operation = Cleanup external drivers after installationError = 0xC1900101-0x20017</FailureData> <FailureData>LogEntry: </FailureData> <FailureData>Refer to "https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/Debug/system-error-codes" for error information.</FailureData> <FailureDetails>RollbackErrorCode = 0xC1900101, ExtendedCode = 0x20017, LastOperation = Cleanup external drivers after installation, LastPhase = Finalize</FailureDetails> <Setup360Result>0xc1900101</Setup360Result> <Setup360Extended>0x20017</Setup360Extended> <SetupPhaseInfo> <PhaseName>Finalize</PhaseName> <PhaseStartTime>06/06/2026 13:16:53</PhaseStartTime> <PhaseEndTime>06/06/2026 13:17:35</PhaseEndTime> <PhaseTimeDelta>0:00:00:42.0000000</PhaseTimeDelta> <CompletedSuccessfully>true</CompletedSuccessfully> </SetupPhaseInfo> <SetupOperationInfo> <OperationName>Cleanup external drivers after installation</OperationName> <OperationStartTime>06/06/2026 13:17:35</OperationStartTime> <OperationEndTime>06/06/2026 13:17:35</OperationEndTime> <OperationTimeDelta>0:00:00:00.0000000</OperationTimeDelta> <CompletedSuccessfully>true</CompletedSuccessfully> </SetupOperationInfo> </SetupDiag> also noticing uncommon links in root as if I were using FAT32.BLOG: Windows Insiders - State of vbscript deprecation June 2026
While I greatly appreciate the decision of vbscript / cscript / wscript removal, with security and hardening in mind – I would also appreciate if Microsoft could be actively using the vNext release channel, preparing for feature removal. With this blogpost, I am sharing my point of view on the state of dependencies I am seeing in this regard, focusing on a way forward towards the full removal of vbscript. My findings show, that there is a quite some action required, and this stands a bit contrary to the announcement, Microsoft intends removing the optional feature of vbscript by default with the upcoming release - anticipated by fall 2027. Given my lessons learned from Secure Boot CA2023 exchange initiative, Microsoft guidance, foremost PowerShell based scripts, tooling and dashboards have been released quite late, looking at the timeline, considering the impact and scale customers had to deal with, and consequences for their security posture if they are not ready and done, with first certificates to expire soon. Taking this learning into account and and projecting it to vbscript deprecration I come to the following conclusion: SMB customers, enterprises, Microsoft Products, see below, are required to be updated or replaced, in order of adopting this change. I believe there is quite some communication and learning curve required for users, admins, enterprises and OEMs in adopting the implicated change and including changed workflows and automation processes. Looking forward to the next Windows Insider and esp. Windows Server Insider vNext builds! Both Windows Insiders and Windows Server Insiders, also including ISV and OEMs may assist in reviewing and validating the new workflows required - assuming vbscript deprecation is in effect, as planned. Without further ado, I am sharing my observations in regard to VBScript deprecation. I will try to keep this blogpost updated as soon I am aware about public facing changes. Third-Party AMD Chipset drivers so far is one of the major non MSFT related blockers. Suggestions: Microsoft should initiate talks with AMD and other ISV and OEMs fixing their dependencies, also offering other solutions, see below. Currently AMD Chipset drivers silently using vbscript calls checking for OS and HW platform compatibility. The installer fails when vbscript optional feature is removed. OEM, ISV and Enterprise Potentially affected: expected dependencies for imaging, deployment and management workflows. Related or unrelated to Microsoft products. LOB apps custom Office Integration logon and logoff scripts setup and installers Recommendation: Please observe vbscript related events in Windows Event Viewer at scale using PowerShell, Remoting or Windows Event Subscriptions: VBScriptDeprecationAlert Event ID 4096 VBScript is scheduled for deprecation. Our telemetry indicates that your system is currently utilizing VBScript. We strongly recommend identifying and migrating away from any VBScript dependencies at the earliest. The following process has been detected as using VBScript. The associated process tree and call stack are provided below to assist in identifying the scenario in which VBScript was invoked. Microsoft Windows Server and Client OS affected: slmgr.vbs / printer management vbscripts / product activation logic and UX, setup.exe, slui.exe Office 2024 LTSC affected: slmgr.vbs / ospp.vbs / Office deployment toolkit / product activation logic Microsoft has placed a new PowerShell based script into the respective OSPP folder. This script however is rather offering on checking licensing and cannot activate the Office product at this time. Microsoft 365 Business, Enterprise, Home, Family Affected: ospp.vbs despite being subscription based will also trouble with activation once vbscript is removed Sconfig Related to product activation. no changes so far, relies on external changes. The script itself is safe to comply with the change, now it has been reworked and updated using PowerShell , starting Windows Server 2022. WinRM Affected: the whole WinRM configuration command, e.g. winrm qc Windows Server Roles and Features: KMS / ADBA Potentially affected as they rely on slmgr for adding and removing CSVLK keys. Windows Server Roles and Features: IIS legacy IIS extension management. Windows Server Roles and Features: WSUS related deployment and configuration scripts. System Center Products incl. ConfigMgr there might be depencendies for OS deployments in regard to OS imaging. ADK, esp. Windows Imaging Tools and VAMT 3 potentially affected. Need to adopt changes in regard to activation and other operations. Suggestions: Recommending all these scripts being converted using Claude or Copilot from vbscript to PowerShell. Providing a serviceable PS modules, especially for printer management, product activation, which enables enterprises to automate their activations and printers, even though Microsoft is going to remove vbscript. The modules should be improved for existing day two adminstration tasks and workflows. slmgr, in particular, had some nuances that were tedious such as identifying and removing (stale) activation keys. Existing tools like slmgr and other will not work well in remoting. They do something but their interactive parts and outputs are reserved for interactive user sessions. Example: you can use slmgr in a remote PowerShell session for installing and activating a key but therer is no result return to the shell. Combining slui.exe and slmgr.vbs into aforementioned improvements in functionality and syntax. Consider support for PowerShell 7 in WinRE and Offline Setup phase. Many thanks for your consideration! Directory: C:\Windows\System32\Printing_Admin_Scripts\en-US Mode LastWriteTime Length Name ---- ------------- ------ ---- -a--- 4/16/2026 10:43 AM 98756 prncnfg.vbs -a--- 4/16/2026 10:43 AM 66172 prndrvr.vbs -a--- 4/16/2026 10:43 AM 62698 prnjobs.vbs -a--- 4/16/2026 10:43 AM 95908 prnmngr.vbs -a--- 4/16/2026 10:43 AM 71616 prnport.vbs -a--- 4/16/2026 10:43 AM 44278 prnqctl.vbs -a--- 4/16/2026 10:43 AM 22612 pubprn.vbs Directory: C:\Windows\System32 Mode LastWriteTime Length Name ---- ------------- ------ ---- -a--- 4/16/2026 9:14 AM 4119 CallUxxProvider.vbs -a--- 4/16/2026 9:14 AM 145712 slmgr.vbs -a--- 4/16/2026 9:14 AM 1720 SyncAppvPublishingServer.vbs -a--- 4/16/2026 9:14 AM 204072 winrm.vbs Directory: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Printing_Admin_Scripts\en-US Mode LastWriteTime Length Name ---- ------------- ------ ---- -a--- 4/16/2026 10:43 AM 98756 prncnfg.vbs -a--- 4/16/2026 10:43 AM 66172 prndrvr.vbs -a--- 4/16/2026 10:43 AM 62698 prnjobs.vbs -a--- 4/16/2026 10:43 AM 95908 prnmngr.vbs -a--- 4/16/2026 10:43 AM 71616 prnport.vbs -a--- 4/16/2026 10:43 AM 44278 prnqctl.vbs -a--- 4/16/2026 10:43 AM 22612 pubprn.vbs Directory: C:\Windows\SysWOW64 Mode LastWriteTime Length Name ---- ------------- ------ ---- -a--- 4/16/2026 9:14 AM 145712 slmgr.vbs -a--- 4/16/2026 9:14 AM 204072 winrm.vbs Directory: C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-a..nagement-appvclient_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.29574.1000_none_0895f7c27f109b8a Mode LastWriteTime Length Name ---- ------------- ------ ---- -a--- 4/16/2026 9:14 AM 1720 SyncAppvPublishingServer.vbs Directory: C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-iis-legacyscripts_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.29574.1000_none_ba69ed912e209e30 Mode LastWriteTime Length Name ---- ------------- ------ ---- -a--- 4/16/2026 9:14 AM 98133 adsutil.vbs -a--- 4/16/2026 9:14 AM 41401 IIsExt.vbs Directory: C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-p..inscripts.resources_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.29574.1000_en-us_ 4ad0e09e0339f1ef Mode LastWriteTime Length Name ---- ------------- ------ ---- -a--- 4/16/2026 10:43 AM 98756 prncnfg.vbs -a--- 4/16/2026 10:43 AM 66172 prndrvr.vbs -a--- 4/16/2026 10:43 AM 62698 prnjobs.vbs -a--- 4/16/2026 10:43 AM 95908 prnmngr.vbs -a--- 4/16/2026 10:43 AM 71616 prnport.vbs -a--- 4/16/2026 10:43 AM 44278 prnqctl.vbs -a--- 4/16/2026 10:43 AM 22612 pubprn.vbs Directory: C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-s..r-core-mgmtprovider_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.29574.1000_none_62cec50667f8da2a Mode LastWriteTime Length Name ---- ------------- ------ ---- -a--- 4/16/2026 9:14 AM 4119 CallUxxProvider.vbs Directory: C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-security-spp-tools_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.29574.1000_none_81bcc6c67609fdb9 Mode LastWriteTime Length Name ---- ------------- ------ ---- -a--- 4/16/2026 9:14 AM 145712 slmgr.vbs Directory: C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-w..for-management-core_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.29574.1000_none_0688f60763f16bc8 Mode LastWriteTime Length Name ---- ------------- ------ ---- -a--- 4/16/2026 9:14 AM 204072 winrm.vbs Directory: C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_updateservices-services_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.29574.1000_none_bae89f3176313538 Mode LastWriteTime Length Name ---- ------------- ------ ---- -a--- 4/16/2026 9:14 AM 8332 DynamicCompression.vbs -a--- 4/16/2026 9:14 AM 4289 SetAppPool.vbs -a--- 4/16/2026 9:14 AM 5813 SetMimeMap.vbs Directory: C:\Windows\WinSxS\wow64_microsoft-windows-iis-legacyscripts_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.29574.1000_none_c4be97e36281602b Mode LastWriteTime Length Name ---- ------------- ------ ---- -a--- 4/16/2026 9:14 AM 41401 IIsExt.vbs Directory: C:\Windows\WinSxS\wow64_microsoft-windows-p..inscripts.resources_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.29574.1000_en-us_ 55258af0379ab3ea Mode LastWriteTime Length Name ---- ------------- ------ ---- -a--- 4/16/2026 10:43 AM 98756 prncnfg.vbs -a--- 4/16/2026 10:43 AM 66172 prndrvr.vbs -a--- 4/16/2026 10:43 AM 62698 prnjobs.vbs -a--- 4/16/2026 10:43 AM 95908 prnmngr.vbs -a--- 4/16/2026 10:43 AM 71616 prnport.vbs -a--- 4/16/2026 10:43 AM 44278 prnqctl.vbs -a--- 4/16/2026 10:43 AM 22612 pubprn.vbs Directory: C:\Windows\WinSxS\wow64_microsoft-windows-security-spp-tools_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.29574.1000_none_8c117118aa6abfb4 Mode LastWriteTime Length Name ---- ------------- ------ ---- -a--- 4/16/2026 9:14 AM 145712 slmgr.vbs Directory: C:\Windows\WinSxS\wow64_microsoft-windows-w..for-management-core_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.29574.1000_none_10dda05998522dc3 Mode LastWriteTime Length Name ---- ------------- ------ ---- -a--- 4/16/2026 9:14 AM 204072 winrm.vbs related announcements: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Windows-ITPro-blog/vbscript-deprecation-timelines-and-next-steps/4148301Server flighting not being offered on 29595 on 3 VMs
Hi, I'm on not getting build 29602 offered as a flight through Windows update on any of my VMs and I can figure out why, it has not been offered in the last couple of builds. Is anyone else experiencing this or have any ideas of how to fix this? Optional diagnostics are on and they are connected to my account under insider setting in Windows update settings. I am just not getting offered the build flight. Thanks Kevin
