RDS Gateway Connection Error
KB ID 0001623 Problem I had to deploy a Remote Desktop Gateway Server into an existing RDS farm for a client this week, the RDS farm was presenting Windows Desktops (VDI) from Hyper-V. All went well until I tested the Gateway Server Externally, this is the error I got. Remote Desktop can’t connect to the remote computer ‘server/farm-name} for one of these reasons. 1) Your user account is not listed in the RD...
Error: 0x8007232B DNS Name Does Not Exist
KB ID 0001622 Problem Seen when attempting to ‘Activate’ a Window machine; Error: 0x8007232B DNS name does not exist Solution The reason for this error is the Windows machine has looked for a KMS (Key Management Server) in its local DNS, and not found one. This is because (out of the box) it has a Windows KMS licence code installed. Now if you have a KMS server you need to work out why you cant see it, I’ve covered...
Cluster: Not Reachable On UDP Port 3433
KB ID 0001621 Problem Seen on a Microsoft Hyper-V failover cluster (Server 2019); Network Interfaces {Node-Name} {Interface-Name} and {Node-Name} {Interface-Name} are on the same cluster network, yet address {IP-Address} is not reachable from {IP-Address} using UDP port 3433 Solution I’ve seen this error before, and usually you just need to disable the firewall or open UDP port 3433 and then re-validate the cluster (job done)....
Office 365 Retention Policies
KB ID 0001620 Problem Most things in Office 365 operate on a 30 day retention principle, but what if you are governed by restrictions that require you to retain your data for 5 years or 7 years in some cases? We have had Retention policies in Exchange for years, and I knew you could create a policy in exchange online, but what about OneDrive or SharePoint data? Well with O365 you can specify a ‘top level’ retention policy...
Exchange Event ID 1012 & 1013
KB ID 0001619 Problem Seen on Exchange 2013/2016 Event ID 1012 Log Name: Application Source: MSExchangeDiagnostics Event ID: 1012 Task Category: General Level: Error Keywords: Classic User: N/A Description: Data loss occurred in RetentionAgent: RetentionAgent: Data loss occurred. The size of this folder E:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V15\Logging\Diagnostics\DailyPerformanceLogs has reached the max size allowed –...