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Could this be DNS? The SBS is the DNS server and when it is not running, you cannot RDP to the server name? Have you tried RDP to the IP address?
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Could this be DNS? The SBS is the DNS server and when it is not running, you cannot RDP to the server name? Have you tried RDP to the IP address?

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Thanks guys, well... I had a power &nbsp;issue a few days ago, DC shut down and wanted to shut down my second server and I could not RDP to it at all. Thanks for the trick with the NIC card!
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Thanks guys, well... I had a power  issue a few days ago, DC shut down and wanted to shut down my second server and I could not RDP to it at all. Thanks for the trick with the NIC card!

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I have an SBS2008 as my DC and a new WS2012 as a member. I noticed a few days ago that when I shut down my SBS, I was not able to login (rdp) to WS2012 (complaint about my username/pass), I had to bring the SBS2008 up and was able to rdp to 2012 again. I would assume it would cache the login details. What if my SBS dies? Will not be able to connect to the other server at all?
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I have an SBS2008 as my DC and a new WS2012 as a member. I noticed a few days ago that when I shut down my SBS, I was not able to login (rdp) to WS2012 (complaint about my username/pass), I had to bring the SBS2008 up and was able to rdp to 2012 again. I would assume it would cache the login details. What if my SBS dies? Will not be able to connect to the other server at all?

Login to a member server

Windows Server 2012 is the server version of Windows 8 and the successor to Windows Server 2008 R2. Windows Server 2012 is the first version of Windows Server to have no support for Itanium-based computers since Windows NT 4.0. Windows Server 2012, now in its second release (Windows Server 2012 Release 2) includes Foundation, Essentials, Standard and Datacenter, and does not support IA-32 or IA-64 processors.