Install Windows Terminal on Windows Server 2022

Windows Terminal

Windows Terminal is a modern host application for the command-line shells you already love, like Command Prompt, PowerShell, and bash (via Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)). This terminal is beautiful, you can use multiple terminals in one application with multiple tabs. However, Windows Terminal is not installed by default on Windows Server 2022, thus you … Read more

Fix AD Replication issue because of USN Rollback

Active Directory

WARNING: Since this article can cause an issue on your System, take any necessary action before running any command. Today, I got a replication error from my Active Directory with error 8456 or 8457: “The source | destination server is currently rejecting replication requests” When I run repadmin /replsummary command, I got “IS_GC DISABLE_OUTBOUND_REPL DISABLE_INBOUND_REPL” … Read more

Windows Server Activation using Automatic Virtual Machine Activation

What are Automatic Virtual Machine Activation (AVMA) license keys? Automatic Virtual Machine Activation (AVMA) is a feature that handles the Windows Server activation process for an instance of Windows Server as a VM Guest on Hyper-V Server.  AVMA lets you install virtual machines on a properly activated Windows server without having to manage product keys … Read more

Windows Server 2019 is now Generaly Available

Microsoft has announced that the Windows Server 2019 is now available for download.  Windows Server 2019 will be available in Datacenter, Standard, and Essentials editions. You can also check the Licensing page for more detail about the Windows Server License. What’s new in Windows Server 2019 There are some new features on Windows Server 2019 as below: … Read more

Configure DHCP failover on Windows Server

DHCP Server

In this time, we will configure the DHCP failover on Windows Server. DHCP Failover is a feature on the Windows DHCP server to ensure the High Availability of DHCP server for the enterprise network. The two servers in a failover relationship share lease information including reservations, scope options, exclusion, policies, and filters.  DHCP Failover Mode DHCP … Read more

Migrating an existing DHCP Server to another server

This article will provide the information on How to migrate an existing DHCP server to another DHCP server. Using NETSH command Log in to the DHCP server that you want to migrate and open Command Prompt with elevated permission. Run the following command on the Command Prompt. netsh dhcp server export c:\dhcp.txt all You can … Read more

Turn off Windows Update notifications for users on Windows Server RDS

Keyboard Update

Sometimes, you don’t want the end-users or non-administrator users to be notified there are windows updates that need to be applied. In this post, I will show you how to create a GPO that prevent a non-administrator user to be notified if there are any windows updates. Log in to the Active Directory where the … Read more