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- Changed type Jay Gu Monday, November 14, 2016 2:19 AM
Exchange and virtualization on one server?
Hi,
Is it possible to combine Exchange and VMmware on one server? (ML350 g5 2procs 2.50Ghz and 20Gb Ram) or shouldn't I do that? There would be also an rdweb that users can login and use the virtual machines.
Thanks for your suggestion.
Kind regards,
Ruben
Reply:
please advise what you talking about
1. Installing exchange server and then VMware work station ... this is not recommended and i am sure this is not supported also.
2. VMware workstation or ESXi and then a VM of exchange .. this is very much supported. but for exchange roles try not to use workstation as that's more of a non-commercial offering.
Mark as useful or answered if my replies helped you solving your query.
Thanks, Happiness Always
Jatin
Skype: jatider2jatin, Email: jatinder2jatin@yahoo.ca
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Hi,
Is it possible to combine Exchange and VMmware on one server? (ML350 g5 2procs 2.50Ghz and 20Gb Ram) or shouldn't I do that? There would be also an rdweb that users can login and use the virtual machines.
Thanks for your suggestion.
Kind regards,
Ruben
You can certainly virtualize Exchange, but make sure you size it correctly, and that you follow the best practices for virtualization Exchange.
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj619301(v=exchg.160).aspx
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No, excuse me. I don't mean in one configuration but separate. So I have an exchange role (phsically) on the server and next to it also Vmware Workstation were other VM's are stored such as Windows XP etc...
now sure if you mean that exchange and your VMs will be on separate servers. yes this is possible and accepted. Let us know if this is what you meant or please clarify more.
Mark as useful or answered if my replies helped you solving your query.
Thanks, Happiness Always
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Mark as useful or answered if my replies helped you solving your query.
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Hi Hi-Tech10
If you want to do for a testing environment, you can install exchange and vmware workstation on same server. Not recommended for production purpose.
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- You really shouldn't run another hypervisor on a server that you installed Exchange on
- Without knowing the size of your environment and your sizing requirements I can't tell you for sure, but 20GB of RAM seems small.
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Server 2012 R2 VPN Issue - Can't connect to Internal network
Hi,
I have setup PPTP VPN on Server 2012R2, However I cannot access internal network from outside. I can connect to VPN without any issues but can't access internet network. I cannot ping DNS Server or any internal network machines.
I get IP from VPN server, but can't ping any internal IP or internet once connected.
Also, I cannot ping VPN connected IP from Server.
Any suggestions?
Regards,
Mitesh Sudan
Reply:
Hello Mitesh,
please add your local DNS & Global DNS in policy, also add your local network in your vpn policy in destination network rang. i hope your query will resolve.
Thank You
Dhananjay
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Reply:
Hi Dhananjay,
Could you please provide me the detailed link of how this can be added. I believe you are talking about Network Control policy. I have already allowed Full network access. Also, when you say adding local network in vpn policy. Could you also tell me how this can be added if that's something different than listed below?
Thanks,
Mitesh
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query about windows picture manger
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¿RD Client se puede conectar con el plan de datos en el telefono o tableta?
- Changed type Amy Wang_ Thursday, November 10, 2016 7:28 AM
Reply:
Hi Jose,
As this is an English forum, please post your query in English so forum community members are able to help.
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Build a windows Jump server 2012R2 with DUO security.
I need to build Windows jump Server 2012R2 Standard + Remote Desktop Service license + Duo authentication.
So how would I get started with this . can you guys help me with this.
I am thinking that I can build a vm with windows 2012R2 standard and install DUO authentication in it But I am not sure , And I don't Know How to RDS to it .
Thanks
harish
- Edited by hsarva7 Friday, November 4, 2016 5:59 AM
How to Process HTTP Post Information in BizTalk ?
I needed to implement a BizTalk based solution to intercept an HTTP post request and process the payload. Utilizing the WCF-WebHTTP adaptor on a two way receive location. read more at http://moustafarefaat.blogspot.ca/2016/09/biztalk-process-http-post-information.html
Moustafa Refaat www.MoustafaRefaat.com
- Changed type Mandar DharmadhikariModerator Friday, November 4, 2016 3:21 AM It is a question
- Changed type Rachit SikroriaModerator Tuesday, November 8, 2016 1:38 AM It's not a question. OP shared on the blog article he wrote recently
Reply:
Hi Moustafar,
can you please share the scenario in detail in the thread itself??
Regards
Mandar Dharmadhikari
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How to implement a Web Page with a BizTalk Endpoint
Moustafa Refaat www.MoustafaRefaat.com
- Changed type Mandar DharmadhikariModerator Friday, November 4, 2016 3:19 AM It is a question
- Changed type Rachit SikroriaModerator Tuesday, November 8, 2016 1:42 AM It's not a question. OP has shared one the blog article he wrote recently
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HiMoustafar,
Please provide complete information about the scenario in the thread itself.
Regards
Mandar Dharmadhikari
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SSAS 2016 Tabular CU2 Bugs - Hopefully fixed in CU3?
I've encountered a number of SSAS 2016 Tabular bugs over the last few weeks, hopefully Microsoft are working on fixing these in CU3 however at the moment there is no acknowledgement by Microsoft .
Current production bugs which most people will encounter overtime:
- SSAS 2016 - An unexpected exception occurred. The current operation was cancelled because another operation in the transaction failed
https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/Feedback/Details/3107780
- An unexpected error occurred (file 'xmvsquery.cpp', line 3184, function 'XMVSColumn::Bind'), causes SSAS Tabular 2016 to crash
https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/Feedback/Details/3104745
- SSAS 2016 Tabular: The "count of segments is different from partition segments count" error during a model processing after converting from XML to JSON format
https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/Feedback/Details/3102042
- The JSON DDL request failed with the following error: Failed to execute XMLA. Error returned: 'An unexpected error occurred (file 'tmcachemanager.cpp', line 1466, function 'TMCacheManager::CreateEmptyCollectionsForAllParents'). https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/Feedback/Details/2999590
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http://darren.gosbell.com - please mark correct answers
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I've logged two support cases with Microsoft support already, given its a professional support case and not a premium case I hit a brick wall when it involves checking the crash dump files from SSAS.
Also some of these bugs are hard to replicate.
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Actually it seems Microsoft have already fixed some of these issues :
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3199171
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Citrix Environment 2008R2 is caching fileshare running 2012R2
- Directory cache, by setting DirectoryCacheLifetime to ZERO.
- File Not Found cache, by setting FileNotFoundCacheLifetime to ZERO.
- File information cache, by setting FileInfoCacheLifetime to ZERO.
Joe
- Moved by Bob Ding Thursday, November 17, 2016 3:27 PM
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Hi,
According to your description, your issue is more related about Microsoft products and software. And this forum is discussing and asking questions about the Windows Form and ClickOnce, So I suggest you post your issue to Microsoft Community :http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us for dedicated information, you will get a more professional support from there, thank you for your understanding.
Thank you for participating in the forum activities.
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Updated VPN config failing with SCEP/NDES access denied error for older enrolled clients
Have a case open with MS but it is on the slow train so wanted to put this out there in case anyone else had experienced similar.
I have Intune, cloud managed, only mobiles on at the moment, 99% iOS.
I deploy a SCEP config to all iOS clients, it appears to be working just fine, has been for several months.
I also use that SCEP config within an exchange config to all iOS clients, all again appears to be working fine.
I have been trialing a VPN config referencing my SCEP config to 20+ iOS. All was going fine...until ...
I hadn't touched the config for several weeks but on Oct 17th I added an extra Safari domain.
Of course this causes a profile redeploy, a new cert etc but the deploy was failing with an event id 29 (The password in the certificate request cannot be verified. It may have been used already. Obtain a new password to submit with this request.) on my SCEP/NDES server.
If I then re-enrolled the client all was good, even if I modified the VPN config subsequently, it redeployed as expected.
The issue appears to be with my 200+ clients who were enrolled prior to mid October. I can not deploy or update the VPN config to them without getting an event id 29 and a failed deploy.
The only work around at the moment is to re-enroll the clients and I'm not accepting that at this stage, I need to know why this is happening.
Since mid October I have added approx 1000 new clients. If I deploy the VPN config to them it deploys as expected and can be modified and updated as expected. The issue is with my older enrolled clients.
So what has changed? Well the only thing I can find is the Intune Certificate Connector version upgraded in the weeks prior to that date and likewise for the Company Portal App. There are also the windows update patches to the PKI servers but I have removed those and that made no difference (and re-applied afterwards).
I have made no other config changes to the Intune configs or the PKI infrastructure.
Has anyone experienced a similar issue?
Thanks,
Aengus
- Edited by AengusM Thursday, October 27, 2016 10:29 PM
Reply:
I've given up on the support via 365 ... 10 days after opening the case the support people appear to be focused on the domain I entered in to the VPN config.
I have lost trust in them with that, there is nothing to indicate that has anything to do with this, we entered a Safari domain which triggered the config reload but that in my mind is not related to an access denied error on the NDES server, especially as that domain was since removed and config deploy tested, replaced with others and tested and indeed we deployed a brand new SCEP config profile and VPN profile with no Safari domains and still the same issue ... failed enrolment for our older Intune enrolled devices/users.
A lessons for others, if you have Premier, open the case via Premier in the first instance unlike me, opening it 10 days later and significantly more stressed.
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I'm resolved :-)
Looks like my SCEP Passphrase somehow got corrupted or something certainly went wrong in that area.
By assigning a new (yet identical to my original) SCEP configuration to my VPN configuration I effectively caused a reset of the Passphrase and now all is good.
Case closed, happy days Premier!
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Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14959 for Mobile and PC
Insider 14959 at Fast ring
Known issues for PC- If you have a 3rd party antivirus product installed on your PC – your PC might not be able to complete the update to this build and roll-back to the previous build.
- We're aware of an issue where Internet Explorer may crash a few seconds after launch and working.
Reply:
Installed fine for me, use Defender on this Win10 device so hey all ok. Also used the Sign me in automatically after updates and that worked fine (locked the machine when done) so all good.
No noticeable differences tbh but happy to test these fast builds and it has been running fine since.
- Edited by -Mr Happy- Thursday, November 3, 2016 11:46 PM
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RESOLVED - How to fix memory-leaks from unwanted device-driver updates in Windows 10 (#1607)
I have a 2-year-old Lenovo G50-70 laptop...came with 8.1, now has Win-10 (#1607).
A couple of weeks ago, along with the usual KBnnnnnn (knowlege-base) update(s)
from Microsoft, I also received 6 driver updates labeled as follows:
Intel - Other hardware - Intel Watchdog Timer Driver (Intel WDT)
Intel - Other hardware - Intel Management Engine Interface
AMD - Other hardware - PCI bus
Intel - Other hardware - Intel 8 Series LPC Controller - 9C43
Intel - Other hardware - Intel 8 Series PCI Express Root Port #3 - 9C14
Intel - Other hardware - Intel 8 Series PCI Exoress Riit Port #4 - 9C16
One (or more?) of the above drivers has a non-paged pool MEMORY-LEAK, which
was freezing the desktop (busy-cursor (spinning donut)) was over the taskbar
and mouse clicks would do nothing anywhere!) Thus, I had to hold power-button
down, to shutdown and reboot. This UI-freezing would happen after
every bootup, at about 25-30 minute point. (Running any app,
such as video transcoding, would hasten the freeze-up significantly.)
So, after extensive googling and learning, and reproducing the
leaks even in 'safe mode', I used a Recovery ('Reset' keeping user-data)
three times, and was FINALLY able to block all subsequent updates, after
re-installing Windows the third time. To block them, I used the new 'wushowhide'
utility (aka "Show and hide" troubleshooter package) described here:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3073930
[ Note: In Win-7, there is a builtin method of disabling updates, but in Win-10,
Microsoft made the *BIG MISTAKE* of removing this ability, so now
the only method is via their special package mentioned in the link above. ]
This was a very painful and time-consuming problem to find and fix.
(I spent roughly 30-40 hours, before I had achieved a stable system again.)
Microsoft: Do more THOROUGH testing of this stuff before shoving it down our throats !
[ I hope this unpleasant experience will help others. ]
Cheers...
Reply:
Thanks for the info and saying https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3073930 helped.
Not sure this is a question can you change it to a discussion please.
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Looking for Clarification on Scripting Guy! Blog
I am trying to understand the following blog:
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/heyscriptingguy/2015/02/27/get-process-owner-and-other-info-with-wmi-and-powershell/#comment-556925
My question is when you get to the "Get the owner of the process" part. How would you discover that there is a GetOwner method?
If i run "Get-CimInstance Win32_Process | GM" i do not see GetOwner method.
I do see it with the following:
Get-WmiObject Win32_Process | GM.
Can methods from wmi be used with CimInstance because it method of wmi class? And how would you know about the method in the first palce?
Thank you.
- Edited by Ogeccut Thursday, November 3, 2016 7:36 PM
- Changed type Bill_Stewart Friday, February 17, 2017 3:12 PM
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With CimInstance you need to call get the methods.
Get-CimClass win32_process|select -expand CimClassMethods
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Reply:
I would recommend looking at the documentation.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394372.aspx
-- Bill Stewart [Bill_Stewart]
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Reply:
Thank you for reply.
Get-CimClass win32_process|select -expand CimClassMethods
this does show you GetOwner, but why you cant see it here:
Get-CimInstance Win32_Process | GM | where MemberType -eq method
Clone Method
Dispose Method
Equals Method
GetCimSessionComputerName Method
GetCimSessionInstanceId Method
GetHashCode Method
GetObjectData Method
GetType Method
ToString Method
Thank you.
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Because that is how Cim CmdLets work. CIM and WMI are not interchangeable although they are related.
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Exchange Server 2016 - Event ID: 1309 Event code: 3005
I have this error on an Exchange 2016 multi-role server with CU1 installed. I have seen issues described for previous versions of Exchange, but this seems to be another issue.
Log Name: ApplicationSource: ASP.NET 4.0.30319.0
Date: 11/3/2016 3:17:59 PM
Event ID: 1309
Task Category: Web Event
Level: Warning
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: MailSrv.company.br
Description:
Event code: 3005
Event message: An unhandled exception has occurred.
Event time: 11/3/2016 3:17:59 PM
Event time (UTC): 11/3/2016 5:17:59 PM
Event ID: 1a9d8f2fdebc49ba82db38a9e3a0cab9
Event sequence: 205
Event occurrence: 204
Event detail code: 0
Application information:
Application domain: /LM/W3SVC/1/ROOT/owa-2-131226394401730765
Trust level: Full
Application Virtual Path: /owa
Application Path: E:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V15\FrontEnd\HttpProxy\owa\
Machine name: MailSrv
Process information:
Process ID: 31300
Process name: w3wp.exe
Account name: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Exception information:
Exception type: HttpException
Exception message: A potentially dangerous Request.Path value was detected from the client (&).
at System.Web.HttpRequest.ValidateInputIfRequiredByConfig()
at System.Web.HttpApplication.PipelineStepManager.ValidateHelper(HttpContext context)
Request information:
Request URL: https://mail.company.br:443/owa/&retryCount=3
Request path: /owa/&retryCount=3
User host address: 192.168.2.225
User:
Is authenticated: False
Authentication Type:
Thread account name: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Thread information:
Thread ID: 71
Thread account name: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Is impersonating: False
Stack trace: at System.Web.HttpRequest.ValidateInputIfRequiredByConfig()
at System.Web.HttpApplication.PipelineStepManager.ValidateHelper(HttpContext context)
Reply:
install Exchange 2016 CU3
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=53837
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How can two servers in the same domain have the same IP addresses without conflict ??
I have two web servers apart of the same domain, and they share 2 IP addresses without any conflict related errors.
Can anyone explain how this can occur, as I'm unsure.
Kind Regards
Zak
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Is it possible that Windows Network Load Balancing is installed?
When you configure Windows NLB both servers will get an additional virtual IP and respond to it. It's possible that multiple virtual IPs could be configured, but I can't remember. It's been a while since I've used Windows NLB.
Byron Wright (http://byronwright.blogspot.ca)
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Reply:
In the instance of Network Load Balancing in DNS both webservers have a unique IP address, and they share two other IP addresses, but those two shared IP addresses in DNS are allocated to the first webserver. Is it possible the second webserver is capable of mirroring those two other IP addresses.
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Again, I don't have it in front of me, but the virtual IP for NLB should be bound to both servers at the same time. The exception would be if NLB is in failover mode instead of load balancing. If it's in failover mode, then I think the virtual IP may be bound to only one server at a time.
For clustering a virtual IP moves from server to server.
Byron Wright (http://byronwright.blogspot.ca)
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If it's due to NLB, then the NLB management tool should be installed. That tool will show what has been configured.
My assumption that NLB might be installed is purely based on the idea that you are seeing the same IP address when you do an IPconfig or in the properties of IPv4. Is that how you determined that two servers are sharing the same IP?
Byron Wright (http://byronwright.blogspot.ca)
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- Edited by Zakmk96 Thursday, November 3, 2016 9:27 AM
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Reply:
Just to add on the second webserver I ran the powershell command 'Get-NlbClusterVip' and both of the shared IP addresses. With regards to web server clustering and network load balancing is there the need for a host server? If so would that host server have the dns entries for those ip addresses, in order to allow the other server in the cluster to create virtual ip addresses without conflict?
I do apologise if it doesn't make sense, I have never dealt with clustering and network load balancing.
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Reply:
If you do hardware NLB, the virtual IP is assigned to the device and it does translation when talking with the load balanced nodes. Windows NLB works differently.
Windows NLB is completely decentralized. The virtual IP is assigned to all load balanced nodes and they use an algorithm to determine which node responds to each request on that virtual IP. So, there is no central host for Windows NLB.
When the virtual IP is configured, in NLB Manager, you can assign a DNS name to it. I can't remember for sure whether NLB registers that hostname in DNS or not. Probably, but I'm not sure.
If NLB is configured on those servers, then failover clustering is not. Failover clustering and NLB cannot coexist on the same server. In some respects, they are similar, but they are distinct technologies. NLB allows a service to exist on multiple servers at the same time. Clustering has the service on only one server at a time and moves the service from server to server. Most of the time Clustering uses shared storage whereas NLB just requires multiple servers with the same configuration.
NLB manages the IP addresses in such a way that there is no conflict.
Here are some docs about Windows NLB if you want to read more detail: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc725691(v=ws.11).aspx
Byron Wright (http://byronwright.blogspot.ca)
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MIM 2016: RCDC Management with PowerShell
| FIM Community Information Center Article |
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Wim Beck | IS4U FIM/MIM Expert Blog: blog.is4u.be
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- Changed type Peter GeelenMVP Sunday, November 6, 2016 8:06 PM
The user profile service service failed the logon. User profile cannot be loaded
Hello everyone!
I'm facing a slight problem. I installed Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials in a company. All computers can join the domain without problems.
However, when I want to log me with an Active Directory user account, the following message appears, and the session does not open:
"The user profile service service failed the logon. User profile cannot be loaded"
I said that Windows Server is configured correctly, since my personal computer can log normally with AD accounts. So it's a problem on client workstations. I scoured the net to find solutions, I've pretty hacked into the register, but nothing :-(
All PC's are in W10.
Someone has already seen it? How to solve this problem without circumvent by tricks bullshit? Thank you for your help!
- Edited by Testeur386 Thursday, November 3, 2016 9:57 AM
windows server 2012 update agent hanging
when I trying to update windows server 2012 , the update agent was hanging and not responsible.
- Changed type cso-os Thursday, November 3, 2016 7:33 AM
Reply:
Hi Cso,
Please check the article below to troubleshoot issue:
How to troubleshoot application hangs with DebugDiag 1.2
Best Regards
John
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