Server 2012 – ‘The Active Directory Services Installation Wizard is relocated in Server Manager’
KB ID 0000714 Problem I’ve already written about promoting or adding a Windows Server 2012 Domain Controller; Add a Server 2012 Domain Controller to a 2008 Domain But if you attempt to run ‘dcpromo’ from command line, you will see this error, and a link to a Technet article. (Perhaps a clickable link to a picture showing where dcpromo now lives would be better!) Solution Note: I’m assuming you have already...
Microsoft Communications Managed API 4.0 Install Error
KB ID 0000746 Problem When attempting to install the Microsoft Communications Managed API 4.0 on a Windows Server 2012 machine. You get the following error; Setup has detected that this computer does not meet the requirements to install this software. The following blocking issue must be resolved before you can install Microsoft Unified Communications Managed API 4.0, Runtime software package. Microsoft Unified Communications Managed...
Window Server – Configuring NIC Teaming
KB ID 0000786 Problem One great new feature of Server is bult in network ‘Teaming’. To do this normally takes some third party software, either form the server vendor (HP Teaming) or from the NIC manufacturer. It utilises a new Windows feature called LBFO, this lets you both aggregate links, and have links available in the event of failover. Note: NIC Teaming only supports up to 32 network cards. Solution 1. Launch Server...
Windows Server – Stop Server Manager from Launching
KB ID 0000042 Dtd 04/08/15 Problem Server Manager on Windows Server 2008 and Server 2012, launches every time you log on, (with administrative access). After a while this can get very annoying, if you log into a lot of servers for example. So I tend to stop it auto-launching (it’s still on the taskbar if you need it!) Solution Disable Server Manager Opening on Startup 1. With Server Manager Open > Manage > Server Manager...
SBS Exchange Certificate Expired
KB ID 0000535 Problem When you setup SBS2008 (and Exchange 2007) it creates and uses a self signed certificate, which is fine. But by default it only lasts two years. The best option is to buy a proper certificate, but if you simply want to generate a new one here’s how to do it. Solution 1. Here you can see your certificate has expired. 2. Normally you need to access your certificate services web enrolment console to carry this...