Hi All,

I installed Server 2012 R2 Standard on 2 different servers using 2 different installers. Now, on the first there's no 'side bar' and if i want to reboot the server there is an option to do this by going through the Windows Start Menu, on the second server, there is a side bar, and i need to go through there to get to the power settings. How can i make the second one like the first, why is there a difference?

Hi Experts

thanks for your in advance.

problem definition:
I have only 1 Active Directory server with DNS integrated in an isolated network and I want all DNS queries to be made to itself only so no DNS queries are broadcasted.
AD is imported from PROD environment and previously serving multiple zones and multiple different VLANs.  I now need to use this imported AD DNS server to not to forward any broadcast queries to different DNS servers.

reasons: Server is imported from PROD  environment so whatever the IP details it has in DNS tab should change I believe. it currently have multiple IP addresses listed primary and secondary DNS

options:  
a)should I only set up one DNS server IP which would be the itself 127.0.0.1 as primary DNS server and that's it leave the rest with no config. only 1 DC in this isolated environment which holds all the FSMO roles and  has no connections to PROD.
b) should set new port forwarding on Pfsense firewall to forward all DNS queries to  127.0.0.1

thanks for the help

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Hello there,

So in our environment, we get the calls from monitoring team whenever they get the alert in their system regarding the server being down. Most likely this is a hung situation where we (domain admins and vmware admins) have to reboot the particular vm. We want to automate this process so monitoring can do this task themselves. This is kind of urgent requested by management so i thought I can get the help faster here rather than spending sometime on scripting. Any help is appreciated meanwhile I figure this out. Thanks!

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My client has started a project to apply 2-factor authentication to all of their systems that house PHI using the SSO feature of Azure AD. They are already in the testing phase for their cloud-based apps but need help with internal network shares. Client was advised by his Azure support contact that the network shares can be set up with 2 factor authentication using a combination of Azure Information Protection Services and RMS on the local servers. Ideally, they want it so that only the specific Network Shares that contain PHI would have this extra layer of security, and then lock down those shares to about five users. If that level of granularity is not possible or practical, then having 2fa when logging into Windows locally would suffice as well. They are also open to third-party options if they are better suited to tackle the on-prem Server environment.  

Can someone advise of a good approach to this scenario

Thank you so much

Hello Experts,

Sorry for the confusing subject.

I have two Windows 2012 R2 VMs. One VM boots up normally, however the second VM boots up with a Black screen see image.. can someone explain why?

Cheers

Carlton

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I'm trying to implement email resiliency solution internally and also externally with no Load Balancer access, so I came up with the below Idea:

http://www.tutorius.com/setting-up-a-dns-round-robin-in-windows
http://exchange929.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/high-availability-for-exchange-2013-cas.html

which I will be applying for all of my Exchange Server 2013 Std. Edition running CAS role:

Internally
AutoDiscover.domain.com points to CAS server 1 internal IP address on AD Site 1
OWA.domain.com points to CAS server 1 internal IP address on AD Site 1

AutoDiscover.domain.com points to CAS server 2 internal IP address on AD Site 2
OWA.domain.com points to CAS server 2 internal IP address on AD Site 2

...

AutoDiscover.domain.com points to CAS server N internal IP address on AD Site N
OWA.domain.com points to CAS server N internal IP address on AD Site N

and also Externally
AutoDiscover.domain.com points to CAS server 1 public IP address on the internet.
OWA.domain.com points to CAS server 1 public IP address on the internet.

AutoDiscover.domain.com points to CAS server 2 public  IP address on the internet.
OWA.domain.com points to CAS server 2 public  IP address on the internet.

...

AutoDiscover.domain.com points to CAS server N public IP address on the internet.
OWA.domain.com points to CAS server N public  IP…

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Am I able to promote a 2012 r2 Storage Server to a domain controller?
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Thank you,

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I am trying to see if there is a way to create a bat file to add the highlighted features below. This is for a Windows Server 2012. Thank you for your help!
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