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Re: Server 2025 Core ADDS DC, Network Profile Showing as "Public" and not as "DomainAuthenticated"
can anyone confirm this fixed with latest LCUs? I am not seeing this anymore. Thanks for trying and removing your workaround, temporarily, to reassure this. when validating please use the latest ISO or unmodified deployed version (registry etc).Re: In-place upgrade possibility planned for Windows Server 2025 Datacenter Azure Edition ?
+1 on this this is a huge gap, to fill this please consider offering IPU to 2022 Azure Edition via Windows Update. It is technically possible. There is a reason why we do not have ISO images anymore but just marketplace images.Re: vNVMe on Hyper-V to unlock PCIe 5.0 NVMe performance
Hi all, I agree that using VMware NVMe Controller in a VM delivers better performance compared to VMware default SCSI Emulation and I suspect the same would happen to Windows Hyper-V I can even tell this NVMe controller delivers better perf. when using SAN that is not using a single NVMe or SSD but traditional HDD. This might be due to the protocol stack. There are improvements in NVMe storage driver that might not be seen in the SCSI emulation but only the WS Storage and Hyper-V Team could help here. What would be cool but hard to test is a direct comparison of same HW with VMware and Hyper-V Windows Server 2025. Please keep in mind to use the latest Diskmark as this has an updated and optimized diskspd.exe.Windows Admin Center (Modernized Gateway)
Hi everyone, just to avoid confusion. The product of "Windows Admin Center" listed in the Windows Server Insider webpage is obsolete. Please use aka.ms/wacdownload to obtain the latest. There is no public preview at the time of writing. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windowsinsiderpreviewserverRelease of Windows Server 2025 Datacenter Azure Edition
Hi all, I am happy to see there are still Insider versions of Windows Server Datacenter Azure Edition vNext Is there any ETA for a release for the next iteration after 2022? What are the feature benefits that justify Azure Edition "2025" to be ahead of WS 2025 Thank you for your help!Re: Windows 11 Insider Preview 10.0.26200.5516 (ge_release_upr) installing Failure
That is not much todo with AI. Windows 11 is most modular. If you need a very compact version then consider GitHub Tiny11.ps1. You can also upgrade your rig with a larger SSD, they are not expensive. NVMe (via sabrent PCI-E to NVMe Adapter) would be an option but since you have two 980, the PCI-E slots are blocked. Is there a specific reason why using the Insider version? It has more experimental features and eventually debug code.Re: Windows 11 Insider Preview 10.0.26200.5516 (ge_release_upr) installing Failure
Try Windows Key +X > Terminal (Admin) Powercfg -h This disables hibernation and should free up good amount of space. Otherwise in the same Terminal session use winget to search and install treesizeview.free Often it's Apple phone Backups eating up disk space. Using OneDrive? You can setup folders with large rarely used files to be on demand only. Check your OneDrive sync settings and file Explorer settings. Please mark as solution if this helped, otherwise reply and tag me. Usually the 120 GB can serve well enough.BLOG: Guidance for Windows Recovery partition (WinRE) patching and why you would need it
This is an extended blog, which continues in comments. Why WinRE partition is controversly discussed on the web? You want to enlarge the C (OS Partition) in a VM and WinRE partition is in the way, the most common advice is to delete the WinRE Partition to resolve this limitation. And this is a bad advice imho. Why keeping the WinRE partition? The WinRE partition enables you for different to access different options including uninstalling Updates *pre-boot* that prevent a system startup. This doesn't happen very often but it can happen. This feature has been added to WinRE starting with Windows Server 2022, and Windows 10 22H2 / Windows 11 22H2, or newer. It is quite unknown, though. Leverage Quick machine recovery, perfectly described by Rudy Ooms in this blog. Direct UEFI setup (BIOS) access, even with fast boot enabled. Use Shift +Restart when in Windows. Device restore or other troubleshooting steps like access to Safe Boot. GPT / UEFI required and recommended anyway for both Windows Server and Client. What's the correct location of WinRE partition? Ideally you only have one WinRE Partition on your OS disk. If you find that your WinRE it is located left of the OS boot drive (C) it has been installed by a bugged release (old ISO). I am sure it was Windows Server 2019 when we noticed that. Aka Windows 10 1809. See below why the certainty. When installing Windows or especially Windows Server always use the lastest ISO for fixes like this or for in-place upgrades. There is no such updated ISO for Windows Server 2016, very unfortunately. They started patching them on a monthly basis with Windows Server 2019. You can access your latest ISOs either via my.visualstudio.com (Dev / Test use only), or admin.microsoft.com for VLSC or CSP production More information can be found in the comment below. Why do I have more than one WinRE partition? This often happened when the existing could not be enlarged during in-place upgrade. Maybe also a bug. Haven't seen this long time. It was common before Windows 10 1809. When installing more than one Windows on one or different physical disks, unfortunately Windows Setup will not use existing WinRE Partitions but create another for each Windows instance. This is known as side-by-side installation or more commonly "Windows OS multi-boot". Each OS instance will create and maintain its own WinRE Partition (by design). Windows OS Multi-boot is a common scenario for users, using designated Windows Installations for specific use cases, like Windows Insiders to test different Insider branches on one physical machine and disk. Speaking for myself I use multi-boot for Windows 11 to seperate gaming from productive work and to evaluate Windows Server Insider. Please mind, each instance requires a seperate license. Why patching Windows RE is important? There is a 2024 CVE that needs to addressed. Please find more information in the comments below on the "How-to".patching the WinRE CVE and remediate the 01-2024 LCU failing. More information on how to actually fix this can be found in this comment below How to relocate the WinRE partition? A WinRE Partition left of C (OS Partition) makes no sense as Windows still may not move partitions to the right or left (while technical possible). Windows can only shrink partitions. But not move them. Mind, that if you change / delete WinRE partitions you need to inform Windows about it via reagentc.exe These tools can be used: Windows Diskpart Settings App > Storage Settings > Advanced Storage Settings > Disks and Volumes Windows 10 22H2 / Windows 11 22H2 / Windows Server 2022 or newer. diskmgr.mmc all legacy OS Windows Key + X > Disk Management Trusted 3rd party tool for Home Use (Windows 10 / 11) or paid for Windows Server use: Minitools Partition Wizard (Free). Available through winget. Formerly recommended Minitools Partition Wizard but they now have a paywall. If you are ok I would still recommend it. Legacy tools like Acronis Partition Wizard is no longer optimized for or SSD / NVMe. Bonus: Use Partitioning tools for Windows Server / expanding WinRE / resize or move OS Drive Create a PAWS VM Client or Server on Azure Local, Azure, Hyper-V, VMware etc. Buy the Tool (aquire a license, required for Windows Server) Install the license on the PAWS Shutdown affected VM Attach affected virtual disk to the PAWS VM, do the resize job Attach modified disks back to the original VM Pro: easy and licensing costs efficient. Cons: Downtime and manual task Hope this is helpful to you. Appreciate your likes, spreading the word.Re: BLOG: CVE-2024-38063 - Disabling IPv6 binding = fix - or not?
Another issue with Disabling IPv6 arises with Domain Controllers that would cause the networking profile errornously set to public,rendering this Domain Controllers isolated and useable for the purpose of ADDS and DNS, unless one actives IPv6 and restart NIC, or with IPv6 disabled run a GPO PowerShell startup script that restarts the netadapter. When is Network Profile Issue for Domain Controllers going to be at least acknowledged? | Microsoft Community Hub
