DFSR Error 4012 on Stand-Alone Domain Controller
I recently migrated a Windows Server Essentials 2012 R2 install to Server 2016 with the Essentials role. Part of the migration was to migrate all FSMO roles, demote the old …
The End of Windows Server Essentials
You may have heard that Microsoft has removed the Essentials role from Server 2019 Standard/Datacenter but is still offering a Server 2019 Essentials SKU. But did you know that the …
Essentials 2016 Dashboard Fails with .NET 4.7.1
I blogged in October 2016 and February 2018 about incompatibilities between the Essentials 2012 R2 dashboard and .NET 4.6 and 4.7. I’ve now confirmed that under Server 2016 Standard with …
Kerberos Event 19 after Server Migration
I recently migrated from Server Essentials 2012 R2 to Server 2016 Standard with the Essentials role. Both of these machines run a self-signed Certification Authority (CA). The old machine has …
Filter the System Log by Correlation ActivityID
I’m trying to figure out why my new Server 2016 with the Essentials role is getting System events 36874. In particular, if this is a certificate issue between a client …
Fix Bad Drivers in Windows 10 1703 ADK
I blogged in 2014 about setting up client restore service on Server 2012 R2 Essentials. I wanted to do the same thing for Server 2016 with the Essentials role. I …
Fix COM Error 10016
After upgrading or migrating to Server 2016, I was getting errors about Distributed COM not being able to activate certain certain AppIDs from either the SYSTEM account or from a …
Set a Static IP Address Pool for Your 2016 VPN
I’m in the process of migrating from Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials to Windows Server 2016 Standard with the Essentials role. It is astonishing and somewhat concerning how poorly documented …
List Volume GUIDs by Disk
Windows Server 2016 Backup says it wants to back up a volume that has no letter. What volume is it? What disk(s) is that volume on?
Set Up Client Restore on Server 2012 R2 Essentials
A few months back, I migrated to Server 2012 R2 Essentials. I read how the client restore service works: just start the service on the server and boot the client …