Have you ever come across scenarios where the computer account password is out of sync with the Active Directory version of it? Or maybe you’ve done something silly like build two machines with the same name and added them to the domain one after the other? Either way – there’s a few ways to fix it but I recently discovered that Microsoft had provided an update to … [Read more...]
Can I have my Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials PC backups on a network drive?
The Client PC backup functionality in Windows Server 2012 Essentials and Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials was designed to store the backup images of the Client PCs on a locally attached drive to the server itself. It does this as it needs to always ensure it has access to the drive given that at times, a network drive might be unavailable. Several people in the … [Read more...]
If you virtualised Windows Server 2012–then you MUST get this patch..
NOTE: This issue applies to ANY Domain Controller running on top of a Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Platform We’ve been fighting something very bad in the last week for a machine that was running on a Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Platform. The problem is that we had a Hyper-V server reboot unexpectedly and as a result the guest machine was totally dead in the water. … [Read more...]
User limits on Windows Server 2012 Essentials
There’s more than a few questions about user limits, device limits and so on around Windows Server 2012 Essentials. Microsoft have a few blog posts, on this but are not really all that clear – so here’s my shot at answering those questions. How many users can I run on my Windows Server 2012 Essentials server? Windows Server 2012 Essentials comes with support out of the … [Read more...]
What is the default password for Windows Server 2012 Essentials?
I was installing Window Server 2012 Essentials today for a client, and had laid down the base operating system and then walked away from the computer for a while. When I came back, I found the screen was locked and I didn’t know the password. Some investigation found that the default Administrator password used during the setup of Windows Server 2012 Essentials is … [Read more...]