Server 2012 RS Standard Planning

It's been a while since I've planned a new server strategy. There are so many options and looking for some guidance on best practices. (no Laughing please) Currently we have 1win2000 Global catalog, active directory server, 1 Server 2003
file/ accounting host server and 1 server 2008 r2 hyper-v enabled running 2 vms for remote offsite users. We have about 34 users over 30 client desktops (win7-win8) All server systems are running solid, but would like to
start consolidating.
Moving forward, I'm not interested in trying to figure out how to get active directory from my win200 server, over to a new server 2012. I'm ok with starting from scratch.
Required Roles:
File server
SQL Server for SAGE Accpac database (about 20gb accounting databse)
3-6 Remote offsite users (RDS? or Hyper-v?)
What I'd like to buy is 1 physical Lenovo server with 2 Xeon 6core CPU's, 24gb ram, 2tb storage.
Is it wrong for me to want the above mentioned roles to run on 1 server?
Should I do it on 1 server with server vms in hyper v?
If I could, I'd install server 2012R2 Standard as a New Domain global cat/active directory server.
I'd then install file server role and SQL server for the accounting DBs. My thoughts for the 3-6 offsite remote users would be to run virtualized win7 machines. Does this setup sound feasible in the way I've outlined it? I usually
read people objecting to having all these roles on 1 server instance, but we are pretty small (less than 40 users) and feel 1 server could easily handle this load.
Robert

Hi
Further clarify:-)
If you plan to buy 1 physcial server you can create this topology;
- Install Server 2012 r2 Standard on your physcial envorenment
- Also install hyper-v role (Windows Server 2012 r2 standard Support vm with licenced)
- Install first vm and configure as an DC.
- Install second Vm and install SQL server on this.
As you say you have 3 Physcial server thats great...
- Install Windows Server 2012 r2 on each 3 physcial server
- Also install Hyper-v role on this 3 server 2012 r2 standard (also you can create totally 6 Vm wth licence on server 2012 standard with hyper-v)
- Install PDC on a vm,then install another vm and add as an Additional DOmain Controller (for Redundacy AD DS,DNS)
- Install 2 vm server and configure a SQL cluster
- install file server another vm
- install RDS server on another vm
Is this appropriate?

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Windows Server Essentials error occurred while configuring on Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard

am attempting to install the Windows Server Essentials on a new domain controller in a new domain and forest. I go to add roles and features and select essentials. The config wizard says it is Updating and Preparing the Server and
That is all the information that you need to provide. Your server is being prepared for use and may restart more than once. This may take up to 30 minutes.
It goes to 3% and the encounters an error saying An error occurred while configuring Windows Server Essentials. Please try again. I don't seem to find anything in the log to indicate why it fails.

Hi boe_d,
Based on your description, did you mean that this error was occurred in process of installing the Windows Server
Essentials Experience Role on Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard? If I misunderstand, please don’t hesitate to let me know.
If it is, have you re-tried the role installation? Please check if still go to 3% and then get the same error
message.
In addition, please add
ServerAdmin$ account to the Logon as a service Group Policy, and then monitor the result. For more details, please refer to the following article.
You may be unable to run post-deployment configuration wizard after you install the Windows Server Essentials
Experience role
http://blogs.technet.com/b/sbs/archive/2013/12/04/you-may-be-unable-to-run-post-deployment-configuration-wizard-after-you-install-the-windows-server-essentials-experience-role.aspx
If this issue still exists, please navigate to: %windir%\Logs\CBS folder and check the CBS log file if you
can find any error that depend on the Essentials Experience Role setup time.
Hope this helps.
Best regards,
Justin Gu

Attempted to perform an unauthorized operation error while installing SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise edition on Windows Server 2012 R2 standard VM server

I've been trying fresh installation of SQL Server 2008 R2 enterprise on Windows Server 2012 R2 standard VM server several times for two weeks, but always get the error "Attempted to perform an unauthorized operation". At first, I attempted
to install all features, but failed several times. So I decided to try install just Database Engine service, and still fail at the SqlBrowserConfigAction_Install_ConfigNonRC_Cpu32, with the error "Attempted to perform an unauthorized operation".
I remote login to server with my admin domain account. This account is in server local Administrators group. I
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2. Right-click on setup.exe file | Run as Administrator, to start the Installation Center.
I have the document of my installation steps and zip file of the installation logs, if you need to take a look.
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Hi ntth,
"Attempted to perform an unauthorized operation"
The above error is always related to the Windows account SID mapping. I recommend you login into Windows using another Windows account which has administrative privileges and run SQL Server setup using that Windows account.
Besides, please note that we need to apply SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 or a later update when installing SQL Server Windows Server 2012 R2. For more information, please review this
KB article.
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Cannot install Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard on a Supermicro X9SRA

I have bought the Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard OEI and it will not install on the brand new Supermicro X9SRA motherboard. I have tried to install the previous version (Windows Server 2012 Standard) and it installs fine with no problems.
I need to install R2 in order to use the Essentials role. I have also tried to install the trial version of 2012 R2. which I downloaded from the microsoft website and got the same result. The installation goes into a loop. The circle bellow the Windows logo
goes on forever and nothing happens. I can not even get to choose the language. The loop happens as the disk starts.
Can anyone please help?

Does SuperMicro support the installation of Windows Server onto that MB? I do not find any reference to X9SRA at
www.windowsservercatalog.com, which is where hardware vendor post the systems on which they will support the various versions of the Windows Server operating system. I see lots of SuperMicro solutions,
but none of them appear to list the X9SRA MB. You need to contact SuperMicro to determine if they support it.
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Migrating Small Business Server 2008 to Server 2012 R2 Standard

Hi All,
We are going to migrate SBS 2008 to Server 2012 R2 Standard for one of our customer.
We cannot find a proper guide to do the migration. Any idea for this process.
We already migrated email to Office 365. We are going to migrate Active Directory and Shared data to new Server 2012 R2 Standard.
Thanks,
MKH

Hi,
Thanks for your posting.
There is a similar thread has been discussed:
Migrating from SBS 2008 to Windows Server 2012 R2 (NOT Essentials and with NO Exchange)
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/1276d2d3-a8f2-4786-82f3-4308a2affb11/migrating-from-sbs-2008-to-windows-server-2012-r2-not-essentials-and-with-no-exchange?forum=smallbusinessserver
Regards.
Vivian Wang

[Forum FAQ] How to install and configure Windows Server Essentials Experience role on Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard via PowerShell locally and remotely

As we all know,
the Windows Server Essentials Experience role is available in Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard and Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter. We can add the Windows Server
Essentials Experience role in Server Manager or via Windows PowerShell.
In this article, we introduce the steps to install and configure Windows
Server Essentials Experience role on Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard via PowerShell locally and remotely. For better analyze, we divide this article into two parts.
Before installing the Windows Server Essentials Experience Role, please use
Get-WindowsFeature
PowerShell cmdlet to ensure the Windows Server Essentials Experience (ServerEssentialsRole) is available. (Figure 1)
Figure 1.
Part 1: Install Windows Server Essentials Experience role locally
Add Windows Server Essentials Experience role
Run Windows PowerShell as administrator, then type
Add-WindowsFeature ServerEssentialsRole cmdlet to install Windows Server Essentials Experience role. (Figure 2)
Figure 2.
Note: It is necessary to configure Windows Server Essentials Experience (Post-deployment Configuration). Otherwise, you will encounter following issue when opening Dashboard.
(Figure 3)
Figure 3.
2. Configure Windows Server Essentials Experience role
(1) In an existing domain environment
Firstly, please join the Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard computer to the existing domain through the path:
Control Panel\System\Change Settings\”Change…”\Member of. (Figure 4)
Figure 4.
After that, please install Windows Server Essentials Experience role as original description. After installation completed, please use the following command to configure Windows
Server Essentials:
Start-WssConfigurationService –Credential <Your Credential>
Note: The type of
Your Credential should be as: Domain-Name\Domain-User-Account.
You must be a member of the Enterprise Admin group and Domain Admin group in Active Directory when using the command above to configure Windows Server Essentials. (Figure 5)
Figure 5.
Next, you can type the password for the domain account. (Figure 6)
Figure 6.
After setting the credential, please type “Y” to continue to configure Windows Server Essentials. (Figure 7)
Figure 7.
By the way, you can use
Get-WssConfigurationStatus
PowerShell cmdlet to
get the status of the configuration of Windows Server Essentials. Specify the
ShowProgress parameter to view a progress indicator. (Figure 8)
Figure 8.
(2) In a non-domain environment
Open PowerShell (Run as Administrator) on the Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard and type following PowerShell cmdlets: (Figure 9)
Start-WssConfigurationService -CompanyName "xxx" -DNSName "xxx" -NetBiosName "xxx" -ComputerName "xxx” –NewAdminCredential $cred
Figure 9.
After you type the commands above and click Enter, you can create a new administrator credential. (Figure 10)
After creating the new administrator credential, please type “Y” to continue to configure Windows Server Essentials. (Figure 11)
After a reboot, all the configurations will be completed and you can open the Windows Server Essentials Dashboard without any errors. (Figure 12)
Figure 12.
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Part 2: Install and configure Windows Server Essentials Experience role remotely
In an existing domain environment
In an existing domain environment, please use following command to provide credential and then add Server Essentials Role: (Figure 13)
Add-WindowsFeature -Name ServerEssentialsRole
-ComputerName xxx -Credential DomainName\DomainAccount
Figure 13.
After you enter the credential, it will start install Windows Server Essentials role on your computer. (Figure 14)
Figure 14.
After the installation completes, it will return the result as below:
Figure 15.
Next, please use the
Enter-PSSession
cmdlet and provide the correct credential to start an interactive session with a remote computer. You can use the commands below:
Enter-PSSession –ComputerName
xxx –Credential DomainName\DomainAccount (Figure 16)
Figure 16.
Then, please configure Server Essentials Role via
Add-WssConfigurationService cmdlet and it also needs to provide correct credential. (Figure 17)
Figure 17.
After your credential is accepted, it will update and prepare your server. (Figure 18)
Figure 18.
After that, please type “Y” to continue to configure Windows Server Essentials. (Figure 19)
Figure 19.
2. In a non-domain environment
In my test environment, I set up two computers running Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard and use Server1 as a target computer. The IP addresses for the two computers are as
below:
Sevrer1: 192.168.1.54
Server2: 192.168.1.53
Run
Enable-PSRemoting –Force on Server1. (Figure 20)
Figure 20.
Since there is no existing domain, it is necessary to add the target computer (Server1) to a TrustedHosts list (maintained by WinRM) on Server 2. We can use following command
to
add the TrustedHosts entry:
Set-Item WSMan:\localhost\Client\TrustedHosts IP-Address
(Figure 21)
Figure 21.
Next, we can use
Enter-PSSession
cmdlet and provide the correct credential to start an interactive session with the remote computer. (Figure 22)
Figure 22.
After that, you can install Windows Server Essentials Experience Role remotely via Add-WindowsFeature ServerEssentialsRole cmdlet. (Figure 23)
Figure 23.
From figure 24, we can see that the installation is completed.
Figure 24.
Then you can use
Start-WssConfigurationService cmdlet to configure Essentials Role and follow the steps in the first part (configure Windows Server Essentials Experience in a non-domain environment) as the steps would be the same.
The figure below shows the status of Windows Server Essentials.
Figure
25.
Finally, we have successfully configured Windows Server Essentials on Server1. (Figure 26)
Figure 26.
More information:
[Forum
FAQ] Introduce Windows Powershell Remoting
Windows Server Essentials Setup Cmdlets
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What licence do I need to install server 2012 R2 standard on a single i-7 cpu machine?

What licence do I need to install server 2012 R2 standard on a single i-7 cpu (multi-core) machine?
Is a 2 processors licence OK?
Thanks.

Yes, you are all covered.

Can't upgrade Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise to Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard

Even though the "Windows Server Installation and Upgrade" TechNet article (DN627667) claims that I can upgrade Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 to Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard, it seems I can't. I get an error message saying "Windows 2008
R2 Enterprise cannot be upgraded to Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard (Server Core Installation). You can choose to install a new copy of Windows..." What might be causing this issue? Thanks for any input! :)

Hi,
Firstly, for retail versions, Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise with SP1 can be upgraded to Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard/Datacenter.
I assume you are running Windows Server 2008 R2 retail version, right?
In addition, it seems that in earlier version than Windows Server 2012,
once you install the server in Core or with GUI mode, you could not switch to the other. The only option was to rebuild the server from scratch.
Did you install Windows Server 2008 R2 in GUI? If yes, I recommend you to upgrade it to Windows Server 2012 R2 in GUI
mode to see if the issue persists. If it succeed and you want to run in server core, you can just remove the graphical shell and convert your Windows Server 2012 R2 to Server Core.
Best regards,
Susie
Thanks for replying Susie. The 2008 R2 software is the one provided by Microsoft for Action Pack subscribers, so I'm assuming it's not retail. That's another thing, I think I should be installing the GUI as my 2008 has a GUI, not just the server core. For some
reason I missed that and clicked on the server core only install!

Window Server 2012 R2 Standard Installation Error

Dear Sir,
When we install Window Server 2012 R2 Standard via open License Program, we can installed product key but it is not activated in Window Activation.
Could you kindly check below screen capture and find out a way how to proceed on.
With Regards,
Su Hlaing

Could you kindly check below screen capture and find out a way how to proceed on.
I would also suggest you consider removing/obscuring the screen capture which shows your *private* product key.
(this is a publicly accessible web forum, and the key is your paid-for-license entitlement...)
Don
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SQL Server 2012 Standard compatibility with Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard

Hi,
Is SQL Server 2012 Standard compatibility with Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard.
In volume licensing portal Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard is not provided in the list of OS supported for SQL server 2012.

Hi Ajit,
Besides other post, please also note that
Service Pack 1 or
a later update is needed for the support of SQL 2012 on Windows Server 2012 R2.
For more details about how to use SQL Server in Windows Server 2012 R2, please review the following KB article.
http://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2681562
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What will I do with the SQL Server (2012/2014) (Standard/Enterprise) Licenses?

What will I do with the SQL Server (2012/2014) (Standard/Enterprise) Licenses?
Are these the same as software product keys, or just some pieces of paper the company needs to have on hand?
In which case, when we install SQL Server 2014, (and when looked for videos) - there is only 1 product key value to be put in, is there some other screen in the setup to input the License bought ( in our case will be Core licenses).
So in addition to the Core Licenses do will a Product key be needed? Would product key from an msdn work, as it is the licenses that we will buy to indicate that we bought to run the software on server X?
Thanks for any indications.

1. What will I do with the SQL Server (2012/2014) (Standard/Enterprise) Licenses?
Are these the same as software product keys, or just some pieces of paper the company needs to have on hand?
2. In which case, when we install SQL Server 2014, (and when looked for videos) - there is only 1 product key value to be put in, is there some other screen in the setup to input the License bought ( in our case will be Core licenses).
3. So in addition to the Core Licenses do will a Product key be needed? Would product key from an msdn work, as it is the licenses that we will buy to indicate that we bought to run the software on server X?
Thanks for any indications.
I will answer your question point wise
1. Keeping license key is good idea it helps you during audit and you have proof that you are using a valid Microsoft License. Plus in scenario of disaster where whole box gets damanged you might need to install SQL Server again in that case during
reinstallation on setup page where you need to enter key you might need need it. If you are missing your paper then you are in trouble.
2. Only on product key page license key is required and it is not required anywhere else during installation. Unless you enter valid product key installation will not proceed further.
3 License makes you a valid owner of Microsoft product with restrictions on how much hardware resource you can use how much max connections you can make etc. Key lets you install it on Windows machine making sure that you are using valid Microsoft product.
This was just a general idea please speak to your licensing specialist for more details. This is technical forum and we generally ask user to speak to licensing expert for such queries.
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System sound delay RDP session with Windows server 2012 R2 standard

I have the following problem during a RDP session with a Microsoft Terminal Server 2012 R2 standard:
when i produce a system sound, the delay could be up to 15 seconds before I hear the cound on the client side.
making immediately a second system sound, the delay is minimal,
When i wait about 10 minutes, the delay could be again 5-15 seconds.
This problem occurs both with Windows 7 and Motorola Scanners
I also noticed that after making a sound on the first device, there is also no delay when making immediately a sound on a second RPD session.
I tried different settings for audioqualitymode or audiocapturemode, no luck
henk

Hi Henk,
As the way I see it, it’s a poor performance behavior of RDP.
You may try to update sound driver and fully patch systems to see whether performance can be improved.
“RDP was originally designed to flush the video frame buffer to the client about once every 100 milliseconds. While this is fine for most Windows GDI applications, graphic intensive applications, 3D applications and applications requiring audio
/ video synchronization don’t fare so well. With respect to streaming media in particular, RDP is only meant to cache the bitmap files (compressed) not the audio which is uncompressed over the wire”, quoted from the article below:
Terminal Services and Graphically Intensive Applications
http://blogs.technet.com/b/askperf/archive/2009/04/17/terminal-services-and-graphically-intensive-applications.aspx
Best Regards,
Amy
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Migrate FROM Server 2012 R2 Essentials TO Server 2012 R2 Standard

We have a new server with 2012 R2 Essentials. Failed to realize Essentials need for Domain Controller role and Deltek Vision Software running on new server does not run on Domain Controller. We are prepared to upgrade to Server 2012 R2 Standard,
and have read the "Transition.." article in the Tech Net Library, but it does not go into much detail. Need to know what else is involved and does the transition remove the FSMO requirement? Does the transition wipe out all
programs and SQL Server installations? I have found articles on migrating from standard to essentials, but not the other way around.

Hi,
When you talk about the "Transition" means Transition from Windows Server 2012 Essentials to Windows Server 2012 Standard?
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj247582.aspx
If you talk about the migration, i think you could do the migration process.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn408633.aspx
Regards.
Vivian Wang

Setting up Windows Server 2012 R2 standard in a workgroup

Hi
I think I know the answer to this but would just like confirmation. We currently use a windows 7 pro 64 bit PC as a server in a work group with 20 computers running windows 7 pro, I want to move the business away from windows 7 that's used as the server
and migrate to a more capable server hardware running Windows Server standard 2012 R2 but initially I just want to maintain the workgroup until I have time to plan the migration across to a Domain, even if this never happens I would prefer the stability of
a server product and the extra capabilities offered by this product, can I assume that Server 2012 will be able to replace the current windows 7 pc and offer full workgroup functionality as it currently stands, thanks for any advice
Wayne

But to receive optimal benefits, you should also install Windows Server on a server certified hardware platform. My guess is that you are running your Windows 7 'server' on a desktop. Though Windows Server will most likely install on a desktop
system, it is not officially supported unless the underlying hardware has been certified (www.windowsservercatalog.com). No desktop systems are on that list.
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Unable to install WSUS Updates KB720211 x64 and KB2734608-x64 on windows server 2012 r2 standard

Hi,
Am testing SCCM 2012 R2 in virtual environment. To handle Windows 8 clients, need to install KB2734608 update, which is failing.
Not able to install WSUS Updates KB720211 x64 too. The server is on Windows Server Standard 2012 R2 x64.
Any help will be appreciated.

Hi,
Agree with Michael. KB2734608 is applied to the WSUS 3.0 SP2. If we install the WSUS on Windows Server 2012 or later, the version of the WSUS becomes to v6.
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