Hyper-V Live Migration error: “The operation is not supported”

Issue When you run the Hyper-V Live migration or move the storage location of the VM on the Stand-Alone Hyper-V server (Not Cluster), you got the following error: And In the Hyper-V-VMMS event log, there is the following entry: Log Name: Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS-Admin Source: Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS Date: 7/29/2019 12:07:42 PM Event ID: 20923 Task Category: None Level: … Read more

Change Guest VM IP from Hyper-V Host

PowerShell

Since Windows Server 2012, Microsoft introduces the ability to change or inject IP configuration of Guest VM from its HyperV host. This feature is using Msvm_GuestNetworkAdapterConfiguration class. Below is the PowerShell Script from itprotoday to change/inject the Guest VM IP. Replace the name of the VM as needed and the IP configuration. If you want … Read more

Enable DHCP Server Logging on Windows Server 2019

DHCP Server

Problem Sometimes, You want to enable DHCP Server logging to monitor the DHCP server to track down the issue you have. Solution Using PowerShell Command You can enable the DHCP Server log using Set-DhcpServerAuditLog CmdLet. The Set-DhcpServerAuditLog cmdlet sets the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server service audit log configuration on the DHCP server service that runs … Read more

Install SSL Certificate for RDS Deployment using PowerShell

Microsoft Remote Desktop Services

I have an issue while installing the SSL Certificate for RDS Deployment using GUI. Therefore, I use the PowerShell command to do that. Basically, the command is using Set-RDCertificate CmdLet. The Set-RDCertificate cmdlet imports a certificate or applies an installed certificate to use with a Remote Desktop Services (RDS) role. You can use this cmdlet to secure … Read more

Outlook Web App (OWA) Authentication Issue – Exchange 2010

Exchange 2010 Login Page

We recently got an authentication issue on Our Outlook Web App (OWA) for Exchange 2010. The OWA itself can be loaded. However, when you try to log on (Authenticate) there is an issue that said ” OWA might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new address. “ There were no … Read more

SQL Server Reporting Services installation failure “The Reporting Service catalog database file exists.”

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Recently, I got the error below when re-installing Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Reporting Services on my server: The catalog database file exists. Select a files-only mode installation. The catalog temporary database file exists. Select a files-only mode installation. When clicking the first failed test, “Reporting Services Catalog Database File Existence”, I got the following detail: … Read more

New Windows Terminal

Windows Terminal Screenshot

Microsoft has introduced a new Windows Terminal. Windows Terminal is a new, modern, fast, efficient, powerful, and productive terminal application for users of command-line tools and shells. It includes a lot of new features such as support for tabs, rich text, globalization, theming & styling, and many more. The new Windows Terminal will have a … Read more