Archive for the ‘Windows Server 2022’ Category

Microsoft Windows Community – Devices attempting to install the January 2024 Windows Recovery (WinRE) update KB5034441 might display an error related to the size of the Windows Recovery (WinRE) partition environment

Dienstag, Januar 16th, 2024

Microsoft  – we are working on a resolution and will provide an update in an upcoming release

Affected platforms: Client: Windows 11 version 21H2; Windows 10 version 22H2; Windows 10 version 21H2
Server: Windows Server 2022

Microsoft Windows Server 2022 – how to manually resize your ‚Recovery Partition‘ to install the Windows Recovery (WinRE) Update

Donnerstag, Januar 11th, 2024
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.20348.587]
(c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\Administrator>reagentc /disable
REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.
C:\Users\Administrator>diskpart
Microsoft DiskPart version 10.0.20348.1
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.
On computer: WIN-38VTALKPTN6
DISKPART> list disk
Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt
——– ————- ——- ——- — —
Disk 0 Online 64 GB 1024 KB *
DISKPART> sel disk 0
Disk 0 is now the selected disk.
DISKPART> list part
Partition ### Type Size Offset
————- —————- ——- ——-
Partition 1 System 100 MB 1024 KB
Partition 2 Reserved 16 MB 101 MB
Partition 3 Primary 63 GB 117 MB
Partition 4 Recovery 524 MB 63 GB
DISKPART> sel part 3
Partition 3 is now the selected partition.
DISKPART> shrink desired=1536 minimum=1536
DiskPart successfully shrunk the volume by: 1536 MB
DISKPART> sel part 4
Partition 4 is now the selected partition.
DISKPART> delete partition override
DiskPart successfully deleted the selected partition.
DISKPART> create partition primary id=de94bba4-06d1-4d40-a16a-bfd50179d6ac
DiskPart succeeded in creating the specified partition.
DISKPART> gpt attributes =0x8000000000000001
DiskPart successfully assigned the attributes to the selected GPT partition.
DISKPART> exit
Leaving DiskPart…
C:\Users\Administrator>
C:\Users\Administrator>reagentc /enable
REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.
C:\Users\Administrator>reagentc /info
Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE) and system reset configuration
Information:
Windows RE status: Enabled
Windows RE location: \\?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk0\partition3\Recovery\WindowsRE
Boot Configuration Data (BCD) identifier: 2f8e1600-b0c0-11ee-bcbe-b80c2e429d3d
Recovery image location:
Recovery image index: 0
Custom image location:
Custom image index: 0
REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.
C:\Users\Administrator>

Microsoft Active Directory domains that use Microsoft Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Servers – spoofing DNS Records by Abusing DHCP DNS Dynamic Updates

Samstag, Dezember 16th, 2023

Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Datacenter Edition – includes unlimited virtual instances of the operating system environment (VMs / OSEs) and Hyper-V Containers on the licensed physical server

Donnerstag, November 30th, 2023

License Requirements:
All physical cores in the Server must be licensed (Hyperthreading (SMT) does not count as actual physical cores)
A minimum of 8 cores must be licensed for each processor
A minimum of 16 cores must be licensed for each Server

Licensing Calculator:
Number of physical processors in the server 2 processor(s)
Number of physical cores per processor 32 physical cores per processor
Total of 64 cores need to be licensed

License Requirements:
Base License Required Windows Server Datacenter (16 core) 1
Additional Cores To Be Licensed 48
Additional Licenses Required for Compliance
Windows Server Datacenter Additional License (16 core) 3

Microsoft Windows Server 2022 – VMs running on VMware ESXi hosts might fail to start

Freitag, November 10th, 2023

After installing KB5031364 on virtual machines (VMs) running on VMware ESXi hosts Windows Server 2022 might fail to start up affected VMs will receive an error with a blue screen and Stop code ‚PNP DETECTED FATAL ERROR‘ this issue only affects guest VMs with the following configuration on VMware ESXi hosts only

  • AMD Epyc physical processor
  • Expose IOMMU to guest OS“ enabled in VMware settings for the VM
  • Enable Virtualization Based Security” enabled in Windows Server 2022
  • System Guard Secure Launch“ enabled in Windows Server 2022

Workaround: To mitigate this issue you can disable „Expose IOMMU to guest OS“ this workaround should only be used in environments which do not require „Expose IOMMU to guest OS“ to be enabled

Next steps: We are working on a resolution and estimate a solution will be available in mid-November 2023

Fortinet SSO Terminalserver Agent – Next Generation Firewall utilizes purpose built security processors and threat intelligence security services from FortiGuard labs to deliver top-rated protection and high performance including encrypted traffic

Mittwoch, Oktober 11th, 2023

Geekbench 6.2 – is a cross platform benchmark that measure system performance with the press of a button

Samstag, September 16th, 2023

Geekbench – CPU benchmark measures performance in new application areas including Augmented Reality and Machine Learning so you’ll know how close your system is to the cutting-edge

with 4 CPU Cores 4 Sockets 1 Core/Socket

with 4 CPU Cores 1 Socket 4 Cores/Socket

with 4 CPU Cores 2 Sockets 2 Cores/Socket

with 1 CPU Core 1 Socket 1 Core/Socket

with 2 CPU Cores 1 Socket 2 Cores/Socket

Microsoft Windows Server 2022 – how to install and configure Remote Access VPN

Samstag, August 12th, 2023

Microsoft Windows Server vNext Insider Preview ISO (Canary) Build 25921.1

Dienstag, August 8th, 2023

Microsoft Windows Server vNext Insider Preview ISO (Canary) Build 25379.1

Sonntag, August 6th, 2023

Microsoft Windows Defender Application Control & Smart App Control – zwei mächtige Bordmittel in Windows Server 2022 und Windows 11 22H2 mit denen sich Windows vor gefährlichen Dateien wie zum Beispiel Ransomware schützen lässt

Sonntag, Juli 16th, 2023

Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus – will be supported on Windows Server 2022

Freitag, Juni 30th, 2023

Run Office 365 ProPlus on Windows Server 2022

Microsoft Windows Server 2022 – System Preparation Tool ‚Sysprep‘ zum Klonen und Bereitstellen von Windows Installationen

Dienstag, Mai 2nd, 2023

System Preparation Tool ‚Sysprep‘  – beim Generalisieren eines Images werden computerspezifische Informationen wie installierte Treiber und die Computersicherheits-ID (SID) entfernt

Microsoft Windows Server 2019 / 2022 – how to tune the Windows Server TCP Transport Template ( for advanced users only )

Dienstag, Februar 21st, 2023

Windows Server TCP Transport Template(s) – the ‚Datacenter‘ template is designed for low-latency LAN environments and the ‚Internet‘ template is designed for higher latency WAN environments

PS C:\Users\Administrator> Get-NetTCPSetting

SettingName : Automatic
MinRto(ms) :
InitialCongestionWindow(MSS) :
CongestionProvider :
CwndRestart :
DelayedAckTimeout(ms) :
DelayedAckFrequency :
MemoryPressureProtection :
AutoTuningLevelLocal :
AutoTuningLevelGroupPolicy :
AutoTuningLevelEffective :
EcnCapability :
Timestamps :
InitialRto(ms) :
ScalingHeuristics :
DynamicPortRangeStartPort :
DynamicPortRangeNumberOfPorts :
AutomaticUseCustom :
NonSackRttResiliency :
ForceWS :
MaxSynRetransmissions :
AutoReusePortRangeStartPort :
AutoReusePortRangeNumberOfPorts :

SettingName : InternetCustom
MinRto(ms) : 300
InitialCongestionWindow(MSS) : 10
CongestionProvider : CUBIC
CwndRestart : False
DelayedAckTimeout(ms) : 40
DelayedAckFrequency : 2
MemoryPressureProtection : Enabled
AutoTuningLevelLocal : Normal
AutoTuningLevelGroupPolicy : NotConfigured
AutoTuningLevelEffective : Local
EcnCapability : Enabled
Timestamps : Allowed
InitialRto(ms) : 1000
ScalingHeuristics : Disabled
DynamicPortRangeStartPort : 49152
DynamicPortRangeNumberOfPorts : 16384
AutomaticUseCustom : Disabled
NonSackRttResiliency : Disabled
ForceWS : Enabled
MaxSynRetransmissions : 4
AutoReusePortRangeStartPort : 0
AutoReusePortRangeNumberOfPorts : 0
SettingName : DatacenterCustom
MinRto(ms) : 60
InitialCongestionWindow(MSS) : 10
CongestionProvider : CUBIC
CwndRestart : False
DelayedAckTimeout(ms) : 10
DelayedAckFrequency : 2
MemoryPressureProtection : Enabled
AutoTuningLevelLocal : Normal
AutoTuningLevelGroupPolicy : NotConfigured
AutoTuningLevelEffective : Local
EcnCapability : Enabled
Timestamps : Allowed
InitialRto(ms) : 1000
ScalingHeuristics : Disabled
DynamicPortRangeStartPort : 49152
DynamicPortRangeNumberOfPorts : 16384
AutomaticUseCustom : Disabled
NonSackRttResiliency : Disabled
ForceWS : Enabled
MaxSynRetransmissions : 4
AutoReusePortRangeStartPort : 0
AutoReusePortRangeNumberOfPorts : 0
SettingName : Compat
MinRto(ms) : 300
InitialCongestionWindow(MSS) : 4
CongestionProvider : NewReno
CwndRestart : False
DelayedAckTimeout(ms) : 200
DelayedAckFrequency : 2
MemoryPressureProtection : Enabled
AutoTuningLevelLocal : Normal
AutoTuningLevelGroupPolicy : NotConfigured
AutoTuningLevelEffective : Local
EcnCapability : Enabled
Timestamps : Allowed
InitialRto(ms) : 1000
ScalingHeuristics : Disabled
DynamicPortRangeStartPort : 49152
DynamicPortRangeNumberOfPorts : 16384
AutomaticUseCustom : Disabled
NonSackRttResiliency : Disabled
ForceWS : Enabled
MaxSynRetransmissions : 4
AutoReusePortRangeStartPort : 0
AutoReusePortRangeNumberOfPorts : 0
SettingName : Datacenter
MinRto(ms) : 60
InitialCongestionWindow(MSS) : 10
CongestionProvider : CUBIC
CwndRestart : False
DelayedAckTimeout(ms) : 10
DelayedAckFrequency : 2
MemoryPressureProtection : Enabled
AutoTuningLevelLocal : Normal
AutoTuningLevelGroupPolicy : NotConfigured
AutoTuningLevelEffective : Local
EcnCapability : Enabled
Timestamps : Allowed
InitialRto(ms) : 1000
ScalingHeuristics : Disabled
DynamicPortRangeStartPort : 49152
DynamicPortRangeNumberOfPorts : 16384
AutomaticUseCustom : Disabled
NonSackRttResiliency : Disabled
ForceWS : Enabled
MaxSynRetransmissions : 4
AutoReusePortRangeStartPort : 0
AutoReusePortRangeNumberOfPorts : 0
SettingName : Internet
MinRto(ms) : 300
InitialCongestionWindow(MSS) : 10
CongestionProvider : CUBIC
CwndRestart : False
DelayedAckTimeout(ms) : 40
DelayedAckFrequency : 2
MemoryPressureProtection : Enabled
AutoTuningLevelLocal : Normal
AutoTuningLevelGroupPolicy : NotConfigured
AutoTuningLevelEffective : Local
EcnCapability : Enabled
Timestamps : Allowed
InitialRto(ms) : 1000
ScalingHeuristics : Disabled
DynamicPortRangeStartPort : 49152
DynamicPortRangeNumberOfPorts : 16384
AutomaticUseCustom : Disabled
NonSackRttResiliency : Disabled
ForceWS : Enabled
MaxSynRetransmissions : 4
AutoReusePortRangeStartPort : 0
AutoReusePortRangeNumberOfPorts : 0
PS C:\Users\Administrator>
PS C:\Users\Administrator> Get-NetTCPConnection
LocalAddress LocalPort RemoteAddress RemotePort State AppliedSetting
———— ——— ————- ———- —– ————–
:: 65212 :: 0 Bound
:: 65205 :: 0 Bound
:: 65184 :: 0 Bound
::1 65212 ::1 6172 Established Datacenter
::1 65205 ::1 6172 Established Datacenter
::1 65202 ::1 6172 TimeWait
::1 65184 ::1 6172 Established Datacenter
:: 49698 :: 0 Listen
:: 49672 :: 0 Listen
:: 49671 :: 0 Listen
:: 49669 :: 0 Listen
:: 49668 :: 0 Listen
:: 49667 :: 0 Listen
:: 49666 :: 0 Listen
:: 49665 :: 0 Listen
:: 49664 :: 0 Listen
:: 47001 :: 0 Listen
:: 33034 :: 0 Listen
:: 11731 :: 0 Listen
:: 9419 :: 0 Listen
:: 6210 :: 0 Listen
:: 6190 :: 0 Listen
::1 6172 ::1 65212 Established Datacenter
::1 6172 ::1 65205 Established Datacenter
::1 6172 ::1 65184 Established Datacenter
:: 6172 :: 0 Listen
:: 6162 :: 0 Listen
:: 6161 :: 0 Listen
:: 6160 :: 0 Listen
:: 5985 :: 0 Listen
:: 3389 :: 0 Listen
:: 445 :: 0 Listen
:: 135 :: 0 Listen
0.0.0.0 65224 0.0.0.0 0 Bound
0.0.0.0 65223 0.0.0.0 0 Bound
0.0.0.0 65222 0.0.0.0 0 Bound
0.0.0.0 65221 0.0.0.0 0 Bound
0.0.0.0 49674 0.0.0.0 0 Bound
192.168.1.185 65224 192.168.1.185 9392 Established Datacenter
127.0.0.1 65223 127.0.0.1 6170 Established Datacenter
192.168.1.185 65222 192.168.1.185 9392 Established Datacenter
192.168.1.185 65221 192.168.1.185 9392 Established Datacenter
192.168.1.185 65220 192.168.1.185 9392 TimeWait
192.168.1.185 65219 192.168.1.185 9392 TimeWait
192.168.1.185 65218 192.168.1.185 9392 TimeWait
127.0.0.1 65217 127.0.0.1 6170 TimeWait
192.168.1.185 65216 192.168.1.185 9392 TimeWait
192.168.1.185 65215 192.168.1.185 9392 TimeWait
192.168.1.185 65214 192.168.1.185 9392 TimeWait
192.168.1.185 65213 192.168.1.185 9392 TimeWait
192.168.1.185 65211 192.168.1.185 9392 TimeWait
127.0.0.1 65210 127.0.0.1 6170 TimeWait
192.168.1.185 65209 192.168.1.185 9392 TimeWait
192.168.1.185 65208 192.168.1.185 9392 TimeWait
192.168.1.185 65207 192.168.1.185 9392 TimeWait
192.168.1.185 65206 192.168.1.185 9392 TimeWait
192.168.1.185 65204 192.168.1.185 9392 TimeWait
127.0.0.1 65203 127.0.0.1 6170 TimeWait
192.168.1.185 65201 192.168.1.185 9392 TimeWait
192.168.1.185 65200 192.168.1.185 9392 TimeWait
192.168.1.185 65199 192.168.1.185 9392 TimeWait
192.168.1.185 65198 192.168.1.185 9392 TimeWait
192.168.1.185 65197 192.168.1.185 9392 TimeWait
192.168.1.185 65196 192.168.1.185 9392 TimeWait
127.0.0.1 65195 127.0.0.1 6170 TimeWait
192.168.1.185 65194 192.168.1.185 9392 TimeWait
192.168.1.185 65193 192.168.1.185 9392 TimeWait
0.0.0.0 49698 0.0.0.0 0 Listen
127.0.0.1 49674 127.0.0.1 6290 Established Datacenter
0.0.0.0 49672 0.0.0.0 0 Listen
0.0.0.0 49671 0.0.0.0 0 Listen
0.0.0.0 49669 0.0.0.0 0 Listen
0.0.0.0 49668 0.0.0.0 0 Listen
0.0.0.0 49667 0.0.0.0 0 Listen
0.0.0.0 49666 0.0.0.0 0 Listen
0.0.0.0 49665 0.0.0.0 0 Listen
0.0.0.0 49664 0.0.0.0 0 Listen
0.0.0.0 20443 0.0.0.0 0 Listen
127.0.0.1 16170 0.0.0.0 0 Listen
0.0.0.0 11731 0.0.0.0 0 Listen
0.0.0.0 10006 0.0.0.0 0 Listen
192.168.1.185 10005 192.168.1.174 49714 Established Datacenter
0.0.0.0 10005 0.0.0.0 0 Listen
0.0.0.0 10003 0.0.0.0 0 Listen
0.0.0.0 10002 0.0.0.0 0 Listen
0.0.0.0 10001 0.0.0.0 0 Listen
0.0.0.0 9509 0.0.0.0 0 Listen
0.0.0.0 9501 0.0.0.0 0 Listen
0.0.0.0 9403 0.0.0.0 0 Listen
0.0.0.0 9402 0.0.0.0 0 Listen
0.0.0.0 9401 0.0.0.0 0 Listen
0.0.0.0 9396 0.0.0.0 0 Listen
0.0.0.0 9393 0.0.0.0 0 Listen
192.168.1.185 9392 192.168.1.185 65224 Established Datacenter
192.168.1.185 9392 192.168.1.185 65221 Established Datacenter
192.168.1.185 9392 192.168.1.185 65222 Established Datacenter
0.0.0.0 9392 0.0.0.0 0 Listen
0.0.0.0 9381 0.0.0.0 0 Listen
0.0.0.0 9380 0.0.0.0 0 Listen
127.0.0.1 6290 127.0.0.1 49674 Established Datacenter
0.0.0.0 6290 0.0.0.0 0 Listen
0.0.0.0 6210 0.0.0.0 0 Listen
0.0.0.0 6190 0.0.0.0 0 Listen
127.0.0.1 6170 127.0.0.1 65223 Established Datacenter
0.0.0.0 6170 0.0.0.0 0 Listen
0.0.0.0 6169 0.0.0.0 0 Listen
0.0.0.0 6162 0.0.0.0 0 Listen
0.0.0.0 6161 0.0.0.0 0 Listen
0.0.0.0 6160 0.0.0.0 0 Listen
192.168.1.185 3389 192.168.1.197 61560 Established Datacenter
0.0.0.0 3389 0.0.0.0 0 Listen
0.0.0.0 2049 0.0.0.0 0 Listen
0.0.0.0 1063 0.0.0.0 0 Listen
192.168.1.185 139 0.0.0.0 0 Listen
0.0.0.0 135 0.0.0.0 0 Listen
0.0.0.0 111 0.0.0.0 0 Listen
PS C:\Users\Administrator>

Microsoft Windows 11 and Windows Server 2022 – SMB Caching is enabled by default

Mittwoch, Januar 25th, 2023
PS C:\> 1..1 | %{measure-command {Get-Item \\server\share}} | Measure-Object -AllStats -Property totalmilliseconds
Count : 1
Average : 30,2331
Sum : 30,2331
Maximum : 30,2331
Minimum : 30,2331
StandardDeviation : 0
Property : TotalMilliseconds
PS C:\> 1..100 | %{measure-command {Get-Item \\server\share}} | Measure-Object -AllStats -Property totalmilliseconds
Count : 100
Average : 1,515896
Sum : 151,5896
Maximum : 38,6184
Minimum : 0,6864
StandardDeviation : 4,35317630467453
Property : TotalMilliseconds
PS C:\> Get-SmbClientConfiguration | fl *cache*
DirectoryCacheEntriesMax : 16
DirectoryCacheEntrySizeMax : 65536
DirectoryCacheLifetime : 10
FileInfoCacheEntriesMax : 64
FileInfoCacheLifetime : 10
FileNotFoundCacheEntriesMax : 128
FileNotFoundCacheLifetime : 5