Windows PowerShell announcements

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  Local and virtual PowerShell user group listing
  Marco Shaw Friday, March 05, 2010 9:04 PM

  Find a PowerShell user group here: http://powershellgroup.org/
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  Marking questions as answered
  Marco Shaw Friday, February 26, 2010 2:22 AM

  Quite often, some users will be provided with a solution, yet won't mark the thread as answered.  The moderators of this forum will try to review almost every thread/answer, and may prematurely mark a thread as answered, when it isn't.  In cases like those, the original poster can feel free to unmark the thread as answered.

Windows Server 2012 Application Certification and program (Windows Logo) announcements

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  Channel 9 Video: An Overview of the Windows Server 2012 Logo Program
  Jerome Otto Microsoft contingent staff Friday, March 29, 2013 12:44 AM

  We have created a Channel 9 video, which provides an overview of the Windows Server 2012 Logo Program, in order for ISVs to quickly gain an overview of the Windows Server 2012 Logo Program. The video can be viewed at the following URL, and any questions can be directed to this TechNet Forum or to our support email [email protected].

  http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Windows-Server-App-Certification-Program 

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  Microsoft Platform Ready Support Blogs
  Jerome Otto Microsoft contingent staff Tuesday, March 05, 2013 7:41 PM

  Announcing MPR Support Blogs with answers to Frequently Asked Questions

  Answers to frequently asked questions found during support of the Microsoft Platform Ready Test Tool can be found at http://blogs.msdn.com/b/winsdk/archive/tags/certification/.

  In addition, questions regarding the Certified for Windows Server 2012 Logo, or the Microsoft Platform Ready Test Tool, can also be directed to [email protected]

  
  
  
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  Certified for Windows Server 2012
  Jerome Otto Microsoft contingent staff Wednesday, June 27, 2012 10:11 PM

  Certified for Windows Server 2012

  Announcing the Windows Server Application Certification Program

  • The Windows Server Application Certification Program is a unified, fully automated, free self-test program.
  • The Windows Server Application Certification Program is based on the Compatibility and Security pillars of quality for Windows Server 2012.
  • ISVs can use the technical requirements and testing tool to evaluate compatibility of Server applications, and easily achieve the “Certified” Logo.
  • Successful applications will be listed in the Windows Server Catalog website. For more exposure, applications can be listed in the new Windows Server Marketplace by following these simple steps.
  • Successful submissions count toward attainment of MPN competency.

  Link to additional information and resources

  Technical Requirements	Requirements for Windows Server App Certification Program
  Highly automated, free, Self-test tool	Microsoft Platform Ready Test Tool (MPR Test Tool)
  Microsoft Platform Ready website	Microsoft Platform Ready
  Windows Server 2012 Logo Program landing page and resources	Windows Server 2012 Logo Program

  Microsoft encourages Windows Server ISV community, IT Pros and developers to use the technical requirements and tools to drive for greater Application Compatibility and quality of your solutions.

  Questions regarding the Certified for Windows Server 2012 Logo, or the Microsoft Platform Ready Test Tool, can be directed to [email protected]

  
  
  
  

WSUS announcements

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  WSUS 3.0 SP2 RTM is now available!
  Cecilia Cole Tuesday, September 01, 2009 6:13 PM

  The WSUS Product Team is proud to announce that WSUS 3.0 SP2 is now available! Get it today!

   

  We recommend installing SP2 on all existing and new installations of WSUS.

   

  WSUS 3.0 SP2 supports the latest operating systems including Windows Server® 2008 R2 and Windows 7 clients. WSUS 3.0 SP2 is more robust and features significant improvements in client performance, reliability, and increased server usability and reliability.

  Administrators will see improvements in several areas including:

  Reports

  ·       New Update and Computer Status reports provide the ability to report on only the updates you’ve approved for installation. You can run these reports from the WSUS console or use the API to incorporate this functionality into your own reports.

  Auto-Approval Rules

  ·       Auto-approval rules now include the ability to specify the installation deadline date and time for all computers or specific computer groups.

  Update Files and Languages

  ·       Improved handling of language selection for downstream servers includes a new warning dialog that appears when you decide to download updates only for specified languages.

  Easy Upgrade

  ·       WSUS 3.0 SP2 can be installed as an in-place upgrade from earlier versions of WSUS and will preserve all of your settings and approvals. The user interface is compatible between WSUS 3.0 SP1 and SP2 on the client and the server.

  Software Updates

  ·       Stability and reliability fixes for the WSUS server, such as support for IPV6 addresses.

  ·       The approval dialog now sorts computer groups alphabetically by group name.

  ·       Computer status report sorting icons are now functional in x64 environments.

  ·     A new release of Windows Update Agent is included with WSUS 3.0 SP2 that provides improvements in reliability and faster client scan times, the ability to perform ‘scoped’ scans, improved update organization, more clarity on update value and behavior, plus improved display of imaged machines.

  Operating Systems Supported by WSUS 3.0 SP2

  Server

  ·       Windows Server 2008 R2

  ·       Windows Server 2008 SP1 or later

  ·       Windows Server 2003 SP1 or later

  Client

  ·       Windows 7 client

  ·       Windows Server 2008 R2

  ·       Windows Server 2008 SP1 or later

  ·       Windows Server 2003 SP2 or later

  ·       Windows Vista

  ·       Windows XP Professional

  ·       Windows XP Professional SP1

  ·       Windows XP Professional SP2

  ·       Windows XP Professional SP3 or later

  ·       Windows 2000 SP4

   

  For more information about WSUS 3.0 SP2 including documentation and download instructions, see:

   

  1.       Windows Server Update Services 3.0 SP2 Dynamic Installer for Server Manager (KB972493)

  2.       Windows Server Update Services 3.0 SP2 (KB972455)

  Additional information

  For more information about this release visit us at our Windows Server Update Services page.

   

  The Product Team would like to thank you for your support throughout Beta and RC of this release. Thank you for making WSUS a better product!
  
  WSUS Product Group

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  Updated WSUS v3 SP2 documentation (July 2011) is now available in the Technet Library
  Lawrence Garvin MVP Thursday, July 28, 2011 4:24 PM

  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd939796(WS.10).aspx
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  Please install KB2828185 on your WSUS 3 SP2 (3.2) servers (KB2828185 succeeds and rolls-up KB2734608)
  Ben Herila [MSFT] Microsoft employee Thursday, February 21, 2013 9:00 PM

  If you've just installed a new WSUS v3 SP2 server and have not patched it with KB2828185, you need to do that first. This KB rolls up all prior updates to WSUS 3 SP2 (3.2), up to and including KB2734608.

  1. Cancel out of the setup wizard (where you got the "Object moved" error).

  2. Download and install KB2828185. (Follow the instructions in the KB article - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2828185).

  3. Relaunch the setup wizard from the WSUS console in Options.

  Here are five threads where this has been discussed since it first appeared on Feb 4th:

  2013-02-04: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverwsus/thread/793fa053-e41f-44fa-a8d3-b544abb191fc

  2013-02-04: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverwsus/thread/d2d60b1e-8f0a-4106-9c95-22938ff92978

  2013-02-05: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverwsus/thread/f3d59e60-abd2-4ab1-bf02-75336e78e253

  2013-02-06: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverwsus/thread/70328cc7-3415-4eb7-8585-47d163f9cf4c

  2013-02-18: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverwsus/thread/0201f2d9-2115-47ea-bc80-c0de924c8594

  
  
  

Service Pack 1 RC for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 announcements

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  This forum is now read-only
  Anthony_Mann Microsoft contingent staff Tuesday, February 22, 2011 9:31 PM

  Now that Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 has been released, this forum is now marked read-only. This enables users to search, but not post. If you have any questions, please ask your questions in the other Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 forums.

Remote Desktop Services (Terminal Services) announcements

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  Windows Foundation Server supports Terminal Services
  Christa Anderson Microsoft employee Monday, June 22, 2009 11:04 PM

  A low-cost server platform for small businesses, Windows Foundation Server includes support for Terminal Services including TS Gateway for secure remote access. More information is linked below.
  
  http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/foundation.aspx
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  Remote Desktop Community Application Compatibility Site is Live
  Silvia Doomra [MSFT] Microsoft employee Tuesday, August 10, 2010 4:37 PM

  To understand application compatibility for RDS environment and the issues faced by other users and their possible solutions, please visit: the new community driven website http://www.microsoft.com/rds/compatibility/Default.aspx

File Services and Storage announcements

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  New white paper providing guidance for sizing NTFS volumes
  Jose Barreto - MSFT Wednesday, February 23, 2011 1:55 PM

  Microsoft released a new white paper, available here, discussing best practices and guidance for sizing NTFS volumes and some details on CHKDSK execution times on Windows Server 2008 R2. When planning Windows Server deployments, we are often asked questions such as “How large can I make my volumes?” or “How long will it take to repair a volume?”. This white paper helps answer these questions.

Windows Server 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Services - Read Only announcements

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  Windows Server 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Services Forum being merged with Windows Server Forums - Remote Desktop Services (Terminal Services)
  Kevin Beares - MSFT Microsoft employee Thursday, July 01, 2010 11:03 PM

  On July 1, we will be making this forum read only. After receiving a lot of feedback from the community, it was decided that this forum is a duplication and therefore redundant of the Remote Desktop Services (Terminal Services) Forum. So, until July 1, we will start asking customers to redirect their questions to the Remote Desktop Services (Terminal Services) Forum. On June 11, CSS engineers will move any new threads to the Remote Desktop Services (Terminal Services) Forum.

   

  Please post a reply to this thread if you have any feedback on this decision or the process. You can also email [email protected].

   

  Thanks,

   

  Kevin Beares

  Community Lead – Windows Server Division

Hyper-V announcements

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  Managing Server 2012 Hyper-V Remotely
  BrianEh MVP Friday, September 28, 2012 3:00 PM

  This has been a popular question lately, here are the details:

  Remote Server Admin Tools: 

  (please note that there is a client and server combination here.  AFAIK there is not (yet) a tool release to manage Server 2012 from Win 7 clients)

  Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 8: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=28972

  http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/2202.remote-server-administration-tools-rsat-for-windows-vista-windows-7-windows-8-windows-server-2008-windows-server-2008-r2-and-windows-server-2012-dsforum2wiki.aspx

  Manage Hyper-V Server 2012 Remotely:

  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj647785.aspx

  (there are domain member and non-domain member instructions in there)

Streaming Media Services announcements

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  Getting assisted support for Windows Media Services
  David Bristol [msft] Microsoft employee Thursday, August 15, 2013 3:17 PM

  Sometimes the links on support.microsoft.com are a bit hard to find.  If you need assisted support for Windows Media Services you can open a support ticket by going to http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?Gprid=3170.

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  Welcome to the Streaming Media Services forum!
  David M. Nelson Wednesday, April 28, 2010 10:08 PM

  The Streaming Media Services forum provides you an opportunity to join a community of Windows Media server customers where you can share knowledge, get questions answered, and learn from others with IT environments similar to yours. Start by posting Windows Media Services related questions in the forum corresponding to your topic of interest and leverage the knowledge available in the new forum community.

   

  If you have any questions or feedback about Windows Media Services 2008 for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, or about Windows Media Services 9 Series for Windows Server 2003, please feel free to post them in this forum.

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  Windows Media Services 2008 "R2" is available
  Chris Knowlton Friday, June 11, 2010 6:54 AM

  If you are running a Windows Server 2008 R2 server, then you will need the corresponding R2 release of Windows Media Services 2008. You have two options for getting it:

  • You can follow the download and installation instructions on http://support.microsoft.com/kb/963697
  • You can install and auto-configure WMS using the Web Platform Installer directly on your server

Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview and RTM - General announcements

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  WIndows Server 2012 R2 forum retirement
  Ryan Bolz Microsoft employee Monday, October 14, 2013 5:13 PM

  After Windows Server 2012 R2 is released on October 17, this forum will be archived. The URL will stay the same in case you have it bookmarked, but it will be moved to the Archived category. It will be made read-only so you can still search for questions/answers, but not create new threads or posts. Instead, please contribute to the community by asking and answering Windows Server 2012 R2  questions in the applicable forum in Windows Server forums. Please respond to this thread if you have any questions about this.

   

  Thank you.

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  Welcome
  Ryan Bolz Microsoft employee Tuesday, June 25, 2013 12:21 AM

  Welcome to the Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials Preview forum. Please feel free to post questions or discussions related to Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview here.

  Please remember to follow the rules outlines in our code of conduct:

  http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/Page/faq#faqCodeConduct

  Thank you,

  Microsoft Communities Team

Building Clouds announcements

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  Welcome to the Building Clouds Blog Forum!
  Charles Joy [MSFT] Thursday, October 10, 2013 7:09 PM

  <Place welcome announcement text here>

Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V - Read Only announcements

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  Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V Forum being merged with Windows Server Forums - Hyper-V
  Kevin Beares - MSFT Microsoft employee Thursday, July 01, 2010 11:02 PM

  On July 1, we will be making this forum read only. After receiving a lot of feedback from the community, it was decided that this forum is a duplication and therefore redundant of the Hyper-V Forum. So, until July 1, we will start asking customers to redirect their questions to the Hyper-V Forum. On June 11, CSS engineers will move any new threads to the Hyper-V Forum.

   

  Please post a reply to this thread if you have any feedback on this decision or the process. You can also email [email protected].

   

  Thanks,

   

  Kevin Beares

  Community Lead – Windows Server Division

Windows Server 2008 R2 Web Technologies - Read Only announcements

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  Windows Server 2008 R2 Web Technologies Forum will be closed on July 1st
  Kevin Beares - MSFT Microsoft employee Thursday, July 01, 2010 11:10 PM

  On July 1, we will be making this forum read only. After receiving a lot of feedback from the community, it was decided that this forum is a duplication and therefore redundant of popular IIS forum http://forums.iis.net/ on the Official Microsoft IIS site. So, until July 1, we will start asking customers to redirect their questions to the http://forums.iis.net/ Forum. On June 11, CSS engineers will move any new threads to the http://forums.iis.net/ Forum.

   

  Please post a reply to this thread if you have any feedback on this decision or the process. You can also email [email protected].

   

  Thanks,

   

  Kevin Beares

  Community Lead – Windows Server Division

High Availability (Clustering) announcements

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  On-Demand Cluster Webcasts to Learn More:
  Elden Christensen Microsoft employee Saturday, March 14, 2009 8:57 PM

  Webcast:  “High Availability 101 with Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V”
  http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032407222&Culture=en-US
  
  Webcast: “Failover Clustering Feature Roadmap for Windows Server 2008 R2”
  http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032407235&Culture=en-US

  Webcast: “Innovating High Availability with Cluster Shared Volumes”
  http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032407238&Culture=en-US

  Webcast: "Automating and Managing Windows Server Failover Clusters with PowerShell"
  http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventId=1032448852&CountryCode=US

  Webcast:  "Failover Cluster Troubleshooting with Windows Server 2008 R2"
  http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?culture=en-US&EventId=1032399048
  
  
  Deployment:
  Webcast: "High Availability Server Apps with Windows Server 2008 R2 Failover Clusters"
  https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032448854&CountryCode=US

  Webcast: "Clusters and Virtualization: Guest Clustering vs. Host Clustering"
  https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032448850&CountryCode=US

  Webcast: “Multi-Site Clustering with Windows Server 2008 Enterprise”
  http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032407242&Culture=en-US

Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials Preview and RTM announcements

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  Welcome
  Ryan Bolz Microsoft employee Tuesday, June 25, 2013 12:29 AM

  Welcome to the Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials Preview forum. Please feel free to post questions or discussions related to Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview here.

  Please remember to follow the rules outlines in our code of conduct:

  http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/Page/faq#faqCodeConduct

  Thank you,

  Microsoft Communities Team

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  WIndows Server 2012 R2 Essentials Preview & RTM forum retirement
  Ryan Bolz Microsoft employee Monday, October 14, 2013 5:17 PM

  After Windows Server 2012 R2 is released on October 17, this forum will be archived. The URL will stay the same in case you have it bookmarked, but it will be moved to the Archived category. It will be made read-only so you can still search for questions/answers, but not create new threads or posts. Instead, please contribute to the community by asking and answering Windows Server 2012 R2  questions in the applicable forum in Windows Server forums. Please respond to this thread if you have any questions about this.

   

  Thank you.

Windows Server 2012 Essentials announcements

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  Windows Server Essentials integration module for Windows Azure Backup upgraded
  Shen_Xu Wednesday, April 10, 2013 5:47 AM

  With the announcement of the new Windows Azure Backup preview, we’re happy to announce the new release of the Windows Server Essentials integration module.

  Windows Azure Backup helps you protect important server data off-site with automated backup and restoration. You can manage cloud backups from Windows Server 2012 Essentials Dashboard by installing the integration module.

  To start using the Windows Azure Backup preview, please create a Windows Azure account. To begin your sign up, go to the Windows Azure free trial webpage. Then visit the Windows Azure Management Portal to New a backup vault, download and install the integration module, and register your server.

  If you had the previous version of the integration module installed, you must retrieve your stored data before May 4. Then you need to uninstall the previous integration module and the Windows Azure Online Backup agent, before trying the new version.

  To uninstall the integration module:

  1. Go to the Essentials Dashboard.
  2. Navigate to Applications page, Add-ins tab.
  3. Remove the online backup add-in.

  To uninstall the Windows Azure Online Backup agent:

  1. Go to Control Panel.
  2. Click Uninstall a program.
  3. Remove the Windows Azure Online Backup agent.

  Data from the earlier preview will be available until May 4, 2013. It will not be transferred to the new Windows Azure Backup preview. Please make sure to retrieve any data that you wish to retrieve before uninstalling the old integration module.

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  Update Rollup 3 for Windows Server 2012 Essentials is Now Available!
  Guang HU - MSFT Microsoft employee Friday, June 14, 2013 8:08 AM

  The Update Rollup 3 for Windows Server 2012 Essentials is now available for download from Windows Update. You can read about the issues this rollup update addresses in Microsoft Support Knowledgebase http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2862551.
  

  
  
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  Windows Server 2012 Essentials Resources
  Shen_Xu Tuesday, March 19, 2013 3:54 AM

  Download RTM Evaluation copy from here:

  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/jj659306.aspx?wt.mc_id=TEC_133_1_14

  See Sinead’s post for details:

  http://blogs.technet.com/b/sbs/archive/2012/10/09/windows-server-2012-essentials-released-to-manufacturing-available-for-evaluation-today.aspx

  Read the Overview blog from our engineering team:

  http://blogs.technet.com/b/windowsserver/archive/2012/07/11/download-the-beta-release-of-windows-server-2012-essentials-today.aspx

  TechNet Center:

  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sbs/jj159331

  TechNet Library:

  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj200119  (Note the Exchange installation, and Transition to Windows Server 2012 Standard instructions are also included)

  More product introduction coming from our official product blog:

  http://blogs.technet.com/b/sbs/

  Product data sheet and FAQ

  http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/windows-server-essentials/default.aspx

  Licensing datasheet on price, license, and server roles comparison:

  http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/4/B/04BD0EB1-42FE-488B-919F-3981EF9B2101/WS2012_Licensing-Pricing_Datasheet.pdf

  Additional downloads on TechNet and MSDN, including SDK and Client Restore Disk:

  https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/securedownloads/hh442898#searchTerm=windows%20server%202012%20essentials

  https://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/subscriptions/securedownloads/hh442904#searchTerm=windows%20server%202012%20essentials

  Thank you everyone for your feedbacks and support, please continue to use the Windows Server 2012 Essentials forum for your RTM and evaluation experience.

  http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserveressentials/threads

  Thank You!

Windows Server 2008 R2 General - Read Only announcements

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  Windows Server 2008 R2 General Forum being merged with Windows Server Forums - General
  Marco Shaw Friday, August 07, 2009 6:32 PM

  On July 1, we will be making this forum read only. After receiving a lot of feedback from the community, it was decided that this forum is a duplication and therefore redundant of the General Forum. So, until July 1, we will start asking customers to redirect their questions to the General Forum. On June 11, CSS engineers will move any new threads to the General Forum.

   

  Please post a reply to this thread if you have any feedback on this decision or the process. You can also email [email protected].

   

  Thanks,

   

  Kevin Beares

  Community Lead – Windows Server Division

Backup – Windows and Windows Server announcements

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  Vista Backup and Recovery - common causes and solution
  Christine Fok Thursday, June 04, 2009 8:45 PM

  We've created a solution table on our blog for some issues we've seen while troubleshooting Vista backup\recovery (including System Restore) issues with some customers. We encourage you to visit the blog and see if it addresses your issue.
  
  http://blogs.technet.com/filecab/archive/2008/03/12/common-causes-and-solutions-to-backup-system-restore-and-complete-pc-backup-problems-updated.aspx
  
  Regards,
  Christine
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  Welcome to Windows and Windows Server Backup Forums!
  Malu Menezes Monday, September 08, 2008 11:51 PM

  Windows Backup forums provide you an opportunity to join a community of Windows customers where you can share knowledge on windows backup, get questions answered, and learn from others with backup needs similar to yours. Start by posting Windows Backup related questions and leverage the knowledge available in your new forum community.

   

  This forum supports Backup questions for Windows and Windows Server.

   

  Also, visit our blog for fresh information on Microsoft Storage and Windows Backup:

  http://blogs.technet.com/filecab

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  Old Threads
  Sushil.Baid [MSFT] Friday, July 02, 2010 1:16 PM

  Folks - Some of the old threads has been marked as general discussion based on inactivity on them for a longer duration. If the issue is not resolved, please start a new thread.

Windows Server 2008 R2 Management - Read Only announcements

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  Windows Server 2008 R2 Management Forum being merged with Windows Server Forums - Management
  Marco Shaw Monday, June 22, 2009 3:54 PM

  On July 1, we will be making this forum read only. After receiving a lot of feedback from the community, it was decided that this forum is a duplication and therefore redundant of the Management Forum. So, until July 1, we will start asking customers to redirect their questions to the Management Forum. On June 11, CSS engineers will move any new threads to the Management Forum.

   

  Please post a reply to this thread if you have any feedback on this decision or the process. You can also email [email protected].

   

  Thanks,

   

  Kevin Beares

  Community Lead – Windows Server Division

Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview and RTM - Setup announcements

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  Welcome
  Ryan Bolz Microsoft employee Tuesday, June 25, 2013 12:16 AM

  Welcome to the Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview – Setup forum. Please feel free to post questions or discussions related to Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview here.

  Please remember to follow the rules outlines in our code of conduct:

  http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/Page/faq#faqCodeConduct

  Thank you,

  Microsoft Communities Team

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  Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview - Setup retirement
  Ryan Bolz Microsoft employee Monday, October 14, 2013 5:15 PM

  After Windows Server 2012 R2 is released on October 17, this forum will be archived. The URL will stay the same in case you have it bookmarked, but it will be moved to the Archived category. It will be made read-only so you can still search for questions/answers, but not create new threads or posts. Instead, please contribute to the community by asking and answering Windows Server 2012 R2  questions in the applicable forum in Windows Server forums. Please respond to this thread if you have any questions about this.

   

  Thank you.

Setup Deployment announcements

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  Known Issue: After applying KB 953230 WDS stops working
  Jez Sadler - MS Friday, July 18, 2008 2:44 AM

  On  7/8/2008, a security patch was released for DNS by Microsoft and other DNS server vendors. The Microsoft patch was tracked as KB953230 - the documentation on it is here.
  
  As part of the patch, DNS now reserves 2500 UDP ports - including the ports from 64000 to 65000 that WDS uses by default. Because of this, if DNS and WDS are running on the same server, WDS cannot access those ports and so is unable to perform TFTP (required for PXE boot) or Multicast.
  
  To work around this, open the WDS MMC, select your server, and go to Server Properties from the right-click menu or the Action menu. Then on the Network Settings page, set a different range of UDP ports. The best range to choose will depend on what else you are running on your server - you want to pick ports that other server roles and applications are not using. The dynamically allocated ports start from 49152, so your Start port should be at least that.

Windows Server 2008 R2 High Availability - Read Only announcements

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  Windows Server 2008 R2 High Availability Forum being merged with Windows Server Forums - High Availability (Clustering)
  Kevin Beares - MSFT Microsoft employee Thursday, July 01, 2010 11:04 PM

  On July 1, we will be making this forum read only. After receiving a lot of feedback from the community, it was decided that this forum is a duplication and therefore redundant of the High Availability (Clustering) Forum. So, until July 1, we will start asking customers to redirect their questions to the High Availability (Clustering) Forum. On June 11, CSS engineers will move any new threads to the High Availability (Clustering) Forum.

   

  Please post a reply to this thread if you have any feedback on this decision or the process. You can also email [email protected].

   

  Thanks,

   

  Kevin Beares

  Community Lead – Windows Server Division

Windows Multipoint Server announcements

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  WMS 2012 has been released to manufacturing
  Mike Gahrns Friday, January 11, 2013 12:41 AM

  For more information, please refer to this blog post.
  
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  Alternate WMS 2011 Eval Download Location
  Mike Gahrns Friday, April 22, 2011 8:58 PM

  If you are having difficulties downloading WMS 2011 Eval from the download center, alternate mirror copies of WMS are kept on the MS Connect Site. To access, join the Connect WMS 2011 Public Beta program and then go to the Connect downloads area.

   

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  WMS 2011 has been released and is available for evaluation
  Mike Gahrns Thursday, March 03, 2011 12:40 AM

  WMS 2011 has now been released and is now available for evaluation/download at the download center.
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  Windows MultiPoint Server 2011 Update Rollup 1.1 now available
  Mike Gahrns Tuesday, November 08, 2011 10:09 PM

  WMS 2011 Update Rollup 1.1 (UR1.1) Now Available on Download Center

  An update rollup is a cumulative set of hotfixes, security patches, critical updates, and other updates that are packaged together for easier deployment.

  Update Rollup 1.1 for Windows MultiPoint Server 2011 is a single package that includes some previously released and new updates for MultiPoint Server.

  UR1.1 is available here on the Microsoft Download Center.

  More information about UR1.1 can be found here.

Windows Server 2008 R2 Networking - Read Only announcements

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  Resources on Windows Server 2008 R2 Networking
  Joe Davies Microsoft employee Tuesday, February 24, 2009 12:44 AM

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  ·           Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Networking Resources

  “Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Networking Enhancements for Enterprises” article at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd637835(WS.10).aspx  

  Windows Server 2008 TechCenter Resources

  “What's New in Networking” topic at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd391869.aspx

  “What's New in Network Access Protection” topic at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd378823.aspx

  “What's New in Network Policy Server (NPS)” topic at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd391911.aspx

  “What's New in DNS” topic at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd378952.aspx

  DirectAccess Resources

  “Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 DirectAccess Executive Overview” white paper at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=D8EB248B-8BF7-4798-A1D1-04D37F2E013C&displaylang=en

  “Technical Overview of DirectAccess in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2” article at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd637827(WS.10).aspx

   “Step By Step Guide: Demonstrate DirectAccess in a Test Lab” white paper at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=8d47ed5f-d217-4d84-b698-f39360d82fac

  “DirectAccess Design Guide” at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=161985

  “DirectAccess Deployment Guide” at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=166398

  “DirectAccess Troubleshooting Guide” at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=165904

  For additional resources, including demos and videos, see the DirectAccess Web page at http://www.microsoft.com/directaccess.  

  BranchCache Resources

  “BranchCache Executive Overview” white paper at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=A69EEA64-0FB2-4496-966F-2DF64C56D315&displaylang=en

  “BranchCache Early Adopter's Guide” white paper at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a9a1ed8a-71ab-468e-a7e0-470fd46e46b3&DisplayLang=en

  “BranchCache Technical Overview” white paper at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=ee07308f-7c53-4c76-9ed9-670bc25a4c9d

  For additional resources, see the BranchCache Web page at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/network/dd425028.aspx.

  VPN Resources

  “Step-by-Step Guide: Deploy Remote Access with VPN Reconnect in a Test Lab” document at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd637783(WS.10).aspx

  “Deploying VPN Connections by Using PowerShell and Group Policy” document at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee431700.aspx

  Windows Firewall and Internet Protocol security (IPsec) Resources

  “Step-by-Step Guide: Deploying Windows Firewall and IPsec Policies” document at http://technet.microsoft.com/library/cc732400(WS.10).aspx  

  DHCP Resources

  “DHCP Step-by-Step Guide: Demonstrate DHCP Link Layer-based Filtering in a Test Lab” document at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee405265(WS.10).aspx

  “DHCP Step-by-Step Guide: Demonstrate DHCP Failover – Clustering in a Test Lab” document at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee405263(WS.10).aspx

  “DHCP Step-by-Step Guide: Demonstrate DHCP Name Protection in a Test Lab” document at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee404786(WS.10).aspx

  “DHCP Step-by-Step Guide: Demonstrate DHCP Split Scope with Delay on a Secondary Server in a Test Lab” document at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee405264(WS.10).aspx

  The Cable Guy articles

  “DirectAccess and the Thin Edge Network” article at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2009.05.cableguy.aspx

  “NAP on the Internet” article at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2009.06.cableguy.aspx

  “Support for IPv6 in Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7” article at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2009.07.cableguy.aspx

  Core Network Guides for Windows Server 2008 R2

  “Windows Server 2008 R2 Core Network Guide” document at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd894461(WS.10).aspx

  “Core Network Companion Guide: Deploying Server Certificates” document at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd772727(WS.10).aspx

  “Core Network Companion Guide: Deploying Computer and User Certificates” document at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee407543(WS.10).aspx

  Developer Resources

  “Changes to Windows networking developer documentation for Windows 7” blog post at http://blogs.technet.com/wsnetdoc/archive/2009/08/06/changes-to-windows-networking-developer-documentation-for-windows-7.aspx   

  Other Resources

  “New Network Diagnostic Framework and Network Tracing Features in Windows 7” post at  http://blogs.technet.com/wsnetdoc/archive/2009/06/16/new-network-diagnostic-framework-and-network-tracing-features-in-windows-7.aspx
  
  

   

  
  For the latest information about published resources on Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 networking, see the WSUAN’s Network Connection blog at http://blogs.technet.com/wsnetdoc/default.aspx.
  
  

   

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  Windows Server 2008 R2 Networking Forum being merged with Windows Server Forums - Network Infrastructure Servers
  Kevin Beares - MSFT Microsoft employee Thursday, July 01, 2010 11:06 PM

  On July 1, we will be making this forum read only. After receiving a lot of feedback from the community, it was decided that this forum is a duplication and therefore redundant of the Network Infrastructure Servers Forum. So, until July 1, we will start asking customers to redirect their questions to the Network Infrastructure Servers Forum. On June 11, CSS engineers will move any new threads to the Network Infrastructure Servers Forum.

   

  Please post a reply to this thread if you have any feedback on this decision or the process. You can also email [email protected].

   

  Thanks,

   

  Kevin Beares

  Community Lead – Windows Server Division

Network Access Protection announcements

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  Tool for migrating IAS configuration settings to NPS is now available
  Joe Davies Microsoft employee Thursday, January 15, 2009 7:17 PM

   

  See http://blogs.technet.com/nap/archive/2009/01/15/tool-for-migrating-ias-configuration-settings-to-nps-is-now-available.aspx for details.
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  Introducing the TechNet Wiki
  Greg Lindsay Microsoft employee Saturday, March 20, 2010 9:11 AM

  The TechNet Wiki is now available. Use your Live ID to join.

  We hope this will be a great tool for our community, so check it out! There is even a forum for discussing the Wiki, or asking question.

  Greg Lindsay

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  NAP is deprecated.
  Greg Lindsay Microsoft employee Wednesday, October 16, 2013 11:14 PM

  Please be aware that NAP is deprecated, and might be removed in a future release of Windows Server. This was announced with the release of Windows Server 2012 R2.

  See http://technet.microsoft.com/library/dn303411.aspx:

  "Network Access Protection (NAP) is deprecated. Other options for keeping client computers up to date and secure for remote access include DirectAccess, Windows Web Application Proxy, and various non-Microsoft solutions."

  Thanks,

  -Greg