Windows 2012/2012R2 Training Recommendation

Can a Windows expert recommend some training for Windows Server 2012 and/or Windows 2012R2? I have MSDN license to both of those but no longer to 2008R2 which I knew a little about.
I'm a SQL Server BI Developer and trying to learn some SharePoint (PerformancePoint & PowerView specifically). I have set up a VMware player and run the Windows install. That runs fine but when it comes to configuration I'm lost. I can't get security
running so I can even browse localhost. Can someone recommend a resource to just get the basics of Windows server? (SharePoint too if you know one.) I'm not planning on becoming an expert on either and looking at Amazon I see books that are 1000 pages and
that's way to much information. If the book is laid out right, I could just read the first section but I don't know enough to evaluate the contents when they're listed. An online resource would work too.
Thanks.
-Brian

Hi Brian,
If you want to start Windows server 2012, please refer to these blog and articles:
Installing Windows Server 2012 (step by step)
How to add roles to a Windows Server 2012 computer
Install and Deploy Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2012
Install or Uninstall Roles, Role Services, or Features
If you have any other question, please let me know.
I hope this helps.

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Windows 2012 server security checklist for corporate company standard/recommended check-list

Hello All,
Good Day.
I am looking for Windows 2012 server security checklist (standard hardening
settings), would you kindly assist me by providing Wintel 2012 standard/recommended check-list ASAP?
Thanks in advance.

Hi,
The Microsoft Security Compliance Manager 3.0 tool is designed to provide you with an end-to-end solution to help you plan, deploy, and monitor security baselines for computers running Windows Server 2012 in your environment.
For more detailed information, please refer to the articles below:
Windows Server 2012 Security Baseline
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj898542.aspx
Security Hardening Tips and Recommendations
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/18931.security-hardening-tips-and-recommendations.aspx
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Integration Service Upgrade of 2012R2 breaks Windows 2012 VM

Hi,
we have setup a new server with Windows 2012 R2 and migrated our VM's over to it.
OS within the VM's are Windows 2008 Server, Windows 7 and Windows 2012.
Everything works fine. Integration Service Update was needed and I could install it on all VM's, except one, that also runs Exchange 2013 on a Windows 2012.
Once I install the Update of the Integration Service, the VM acts weird. It takes about 30 minutes until I could log in. (Probably network problem after the udpate). Once logged in, if I switch to desktop view, the task bar doesn't show items other than
the clock, clicking it results in the question, if I want to end a hanging process no matter if I say yes/no no luck. Server Manager opens (very slow), but it doesn't load data (wanted to check nic).
CMD with ipconfig doesn't show a network adapter, just the tunneling-peudo-interface.
Load of the server doesn't show high CPU or Memory consumption, nor high disk i/o. Using Alt/TAB it shows a window called "Immersive Background" (tried to translate to english).
Starting the network manager via
control.exe /name Microsoft.NetworkAndSharingCenter
doesn't open it either. But I can open like Resourcemonitor, Powershell and quite some other programs.
So something is failing here after the update.
Does Exchange and the new Integration Service break each other?
I rolled back VM to an older snapshot and tried the same thing again, same result. On our Replication host, I did a Testfailover, with no network connectivity, everything fine, again, until new Integration service are installed/updated, the host seems broken.
So I have no clue what's happening here or where to start to search. The main problem is, that backups have to be done offline and not online until new integration services are up and running.
Any guess what to try or what breaks the new integration services? Or is it really in conjunction with Exchange?
We didn't upgrade the VM to 2012R2, just the root node.
Thanks
Patrick

Patrick N. _Futureweb OG,
Please use the following PowerShell to confirm your guest vm integration service has updated successfully, if not try to reinstall the IC.
Get-VM | ft Name, IntegrationServicesVersion
2. Please confirm your exchange vm the following service is running.
3. Please confirm your SYSTEM account have write permission on the following registry,
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Svchost
If not
please add full permission on it.
4. In exchange vm the
System Device manager must have a “Microsoft
Hyper-V virtual machine Bus” device.
More related information:
Assign permissions to a registry key
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc728310(v=ws.10).aspx
Updating Hyper-V Integration Components (IC)
http://blogs.technet.com/b/rmilne/archive/2013/06/17/updating-hyper-v-integration-components-ic.aspx
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Windows 2012 R2 Hyper-V Server Boot cannot boot normally

I have a Windows 2012 R2 server with Hyper-V role installed.
The server will automatically reboot every few weeks.
Every time it reboot, the server will boot into the below screen instead of normally boot into windows.
I will need to manually startup the server in front of it.
Are there any ways to bypass the below "Choose an option" page?
I saw a related post in below, but it doesn't seems to be answered.
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/itmanagement/en-US/42b6fd2d-a226-454d-9499-1638f4f3cf71/windows-2012r2-does-not-boot-automatically-after-bsod?forum=winserver8gen
Hardware: IBM x3650 M4
Ps. My account cannot post Links & Image here

Hi TM Yung,
It seems the data in event viewer is crushed, so I recommend to troubleshoot this issue firstly to show the right content of the event id 41, then investigate the reboot issue depending on this even.
Please make sure you logon with Administrator and check if the related .evtx file exists under the path C:\Windows\System32\winevt\Logs.
If the steps above can't work, please also try a clean boot in case of the installed driver causes this issue.
To perform a clean boot, please follow this article, after troubleshooting, please refer to this section "How to reset the computer to start normally after clean boot troubleshooting" to start server normally:
How to perform a clean boot in Windows
If there is anything else regarding this issue, please feel free to post back.
Best Regards,
Anna Wang
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Windows 2012 Failover Cluster

Having a problem creating 2 node cluster. I launch FCM, begin the process of adding nodes. Node 1 goes in fine. Node 2 gives an error which is, "unable to connect to xxx.xxxx.com via WMI. This may be due to networking issues
or firewall configuration.
Node 1 and 2 are virtual. Have tried them on the same metal and on different metal.
Any advice would be much appreciated.

Hi shageman0304,
Unfortunately, the available information is not enough to have a clear view of the occurred behavior. Could you provide more information about your environment. For example,
the exact text of any error? When this problem occurs the system log record information, screenshots is the best information.
If you have install any third party software on this node please disable or exit them, please install the Recommended hotfixes and updates for Windows Server 2012-based failover
clusters updates then monitor this issue again.
Recommended hotfixes and updates for Windows Server 2012-based failover clusters
http://support2.microsoft.com/kb/2784261
After install the updates, if the issue still exist please performing the following steps:
1. Open Task Manager on the affected server and check if the wmiprvse.exe is running if not please enable the wmi service.
2. Restart wmi service.
3. Restart the server.
Please rerun the validation test then post the error part, that report will quickly locate the issue.
More information:
Unable to launch Cluster Failover Manager on any node of a 2012/2012R2 Cluster
http://blogs.technet.com/b/askcore/archive/2013/12/17/unable-to-launch-cluster-failover-manager-on-any-node-of-a-2012-2012r2-cluster.aspx
Event Logs
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc722404.aspx
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Windows Server 2012R2 ISO trial not booting

I downloaded Windows Server 2012R2 ISO trial file - named 9600.17050.WINBLUE_REFRESH.140317-1640_X64FRE_SERVER_EVAL_EN-US-IR3_SSS_X64FREE_EN-US_DV9.ISO .
After burning by Nero 12 (and even by Windows 8 image burning tool) , I got only one README.TXT file on the DVD disk,
with the text content:
This disc contains a "UDF" file system and requires an operating system
that supports the ISO-13346 "UDF" file system specification.
I tried to begin boot from this disk to install Windows server 2012 R2 , but I got the error message:
Couldn't find BOOTMGR
How can I solve this problem?
Regards,
Zvi

Try with WUDT
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/windows-usb-dvd-download-tool
I personally no longer use DVD media. I use UFD instead and I recommend it to you.

Windows 2012 Nodes - Slow CSV Performance - Need help to resolve my iSCSI issue configuration

I spent weeks going over the forums and the net for any publications and advice on how to optimize iSCSI connections and i'm about to give up. I really need some help in determining if its something i'm not configuring right or maybe its an equipment
issue.
Hardware:
2x Windows 2012 Hosts with 10 Nics (same NIC configuration) in a Failover Cluster sharing a CSV LUN.
3x NICs Teamed for Host/Live Migration (192.168.0.x)
2x NICS teamed for Hyper-V Switch 1 (192.168.0.x)
1x NIC teamed for Hyper-V Switch 2 (192.168.10.x)
4x NICs for iSCSI traffic (192.168.0.x, 192.168.10.x, 192.168.20.x 192.168.30.x)
Jumbo frames and flow control turned on all the NICs on the host. IpV6 disabled. Client for Microsoft Network, File/Printing Sharing Disabled on iSCSI NICs.
MPIO Least Queue selected. Round Robin gives me an error message saying "The parameter is incorrect. The round robin policy attempts to evenly distribute incoming requests to all processing paths. "
Netgear ReadyNas 3200
4x NICs for iSCSI traffic ((192.168.0.x, 192.168.10.x, 192.168.20.x 192.168.30.x)
Network Hardware:
Cisco 2960S managed switch - Flow control on, Spanning Tree on, Jumbo Frames at 9k - this is for the .0 subnet
Netgear unmanaged switch - Flow control on, Jumbo Frames at 9k - this is for .10 subnet
Netgear unmanaged switch - Flow control on, Jumbo Frames at 9k - this is for .20 subnet
Netgear unmanaged switch - Flow control on, Jumbo Frames at 9k - this is for .30 subnet
Host Configuration (things I tried turning on and off):
Autotuning
RSS
Chimney Offload
I have 8 VMs stored in the CSV. When try to load all 8 up at the same time, they bog down.  Each VM loads very slowly and when they eventually come up, most of the important services did not start. I have to load
them up 1 or 2 at a time. Even then the performance is nothing like if they were loading up on the Host itself (VHD stored on the host's hdd). This is what prompted me to add in more iSCSI connections to see if I can improve the VM's
performance.  Even with 4 iSCSI connections, I feel nothing has changed. The VMs still start up slowly and services do not load right. If I distribute the load with 4 VMs on Host 1 and 4 VMs on Host 2, the load up
times do not change.
As a manual test for file copy speed, I moved the cluster resources to Host 1 and copied a VM from the CSV and onto the Host.   The speed would start out around 250megs/sec and then eventually drop down to about 50/60 megs/sec. If I turn
off all iSCSI connections except one, it get the same speed. I can verify from the Windows Performance Tab under Task Manager that all the NICS are distributing traffic evenly, but something is just limiting the flow. Like what I stated on top,
I played around with autotuning, RSS and chimney offload and none of it makes a difference.
The VMs have been converted to VHDx and to fixed size. That did not help.
Is there something I'm not doing right? I am working with Netgear support and they are puzzled as well. The ReadyNas device should easily be able to handle it.
Please help! I pulled my hair out over this for the past two months and I'm about to give up and just ditch clustering all together and just run the VMs off the hosts themselves.
George

A few things...
For starters, I recommend opening a case with Microsoft support. They will be able to dig in and help you...
Turn on the CSV Cache, it will boost your performance
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/clustering/archive/2012/03/22/10286676.aspx
A file copy has no resemblance of the unbuffered I/O a VM does... so don't use that as a comparison, as you are comparing apples to oranges.
Do you see any I/O performance difference between the coordinator node and the non-coordinator nodes? Basically, see which node owns the cluster Physical Disk resource... measure the performance. Then move the Physical Disk resource for the
CSV volume to another node, and repeat the same measure of performance... then compare them.
Your IP addressing seems odd... you show multiple networks on 192.168.0.x and also on 192.168.10.x.   Remember that clustering only recognizes and uses 1 logical interface per IP subnet. I would triple check all your IP schemes...
to ensure they are all different logical networks.
Check you binding order
Make sure you NIC drivers and NIC firmware are updated
Make sure you don't have IPsec enabled, that will significantly impact your network performance
For the iSCSI Software Initiator, when you did your connection... make sure you didn't do a 'Quick Connect'... that will do a wildcard and connect over any network. You want to specify your dedicated iSCSI network
No idea what the performance capabilities of the ReadyNas is... this could all likely be associated with the shared storage.
What speed NIC's are you using?   I hope at least 10 GB...
Hope that helps...
Elden
Hi Elden,
2. CSV is turned on, I have 4GB dedicated from each host to it. With IOmeter running within the VMs, I do see the read speed jumped up 4-5x fold but the write speed stays the same (which according to the doc it should). But even with the read
speed that high, the VMs are not starting up quickly.
4. I do not see any difference with IO with coordinator and non coordinator nodes.
5. I'm not 100% sure what your saying about my IPs. Maybe if I list it out, you can help explain further.
Host 1 - 192.168.0.241 (Host/LM IP), Undefined IP on the 192.168.0.x network (Hyper-V Port 1), Undefined IP on the 192.168.10.x network (Hyper- V port 2), 192.168.0.220 (iSCSI 1), 192.168.10.10 (iSCSI2), 192.168.20.10(iSCSI 3), 192.168.30.10 (iSCSI 4)
The Hyper-V ports are undefined because the VMs themselves have static ips.
0.220 host NIC connects with the .231 NIC of the NAS
10.10 host NIC connects with the 10.100 NIC of the NAS
20.10 host NIC connects with the 20.100 NIC of the NAS
30.10 host NIC connects with the 30.100 NIC of the NAS
Host 2 - 192.168.0.245 (Host/LM IP), Undefined IP on the 192.168.0.x network (Hyper-V Port 1), Undefined IP on the 192.168.10.x network (Hyper- V port 2), 192.168.0.221 (iSCSI 1), 192.168.10.20 (iSCSI2), 192.168.20.20(iSCSI 3), 192.168.30.20 (iSCSI 4)
The Hyper-V ports are undefined because the VMs themselves have static ips.
0.221 host NIC connects with the .231 NIC of the NAS
10.20 host NIC connects with the 10.100 NIC of the NAS
20.20 host NIC connects with the 20.100 NIC of the NAS
30.20 host NIC connects with the 30.100 NIC of the NAS
6. Binding orders are all correct.
7. Nic drivers are all updated. Didn't check the firmware.
8. I do not know about IPSec...let me look into it.
9. I did not do quick connect, each iscsi connection is defined using a specific source ip and specific target ip.
These are all 1gigabit nics, which is the reason why I have so many NICs...otherwise there would be no reason for me to have 4 iscsi connections.

Issues with Shell32.dll, NTDLL.DLL and Migration from Windows 2003 to Windows 2012

Hello all,
I am new to ThinApp and working as a consultant to help a company migrate older Windows 2003 software to Windows 2012. They have purchased ThinApp 5.0.4.5 so that is what we will be using.
We have created a clean 2003 VM and did a pre-scan
We loaded the application and configured it and then did a capture.
We then tested the capture the 2003 VM and it works
We then loaded the capture on a Clean 2003 VM and it works
We then loaded onto a 2012 VM and when running the app from a command window get an error -missing import shell32.dll:StrCpyNW
If we run the capture in Emulation Mode on 2012 VM, we do not get the Shell32.dll error but instead the cmd fails with a Fault Module Name - NTDLL.DLL error
I am sure I am just missing the correct location to identify or configure the capture - but do not have the experience to know where yet. (Taking training next week).
Until then, is there any suggestions which I can try?
Thanks for your time in advance,
Vince

Tried and done that. The main issue while configuring the printer from the printer Web Interface is that there is no access to the Digital Sending section due to a problem with the "Sun Java plug in" I think the code mentions 1.31. or similar.
We downloaded the java plug in and installed it. No progress.
We reset the printer to defaults and reconfigured it .. It sees the smtp gateway and access it but fails sending email with scanned documents..
We have tried in very different ways. We connected the printer to another domain SBS server 2003 and it works beautifully. So, I have no idea on what is the problem. We created a firewall exception for ports 390. 1783 from the SBS to the Printer
and still no go..
We have tried four different accounts and nothing. Same results as stated originally.
Any other suggestions??
JFM

Install sharepoint 2013 demo on windows 2012 r2 essentials

Am configuring my laptop for demo so installing windows 2012 r2 essentials (which requires to be the DC). I know SharePoint 2013 server is not recommended to be installed on the DC. I have seen the Workflow 2013 is not supported on the DC but
still can work with the 2010 workflow. any other SharePoint 2013 features are not available on the DC ? From the SQL Server perspective this will only be a security issue the way I see, but am using this laptop for demo/test only.

HI,As you said,SharePoint 2013 does not support installation on to a domain controller. A single label domain (SLD) names or single label forests is also not supported. Because the use of SLD names is not a recommended practice, . Therefore, there may be
incompatibility issues when SharePoint 2013 are implemented in a single label domain environment.Apart from this no issues.you can find the detailed installation of sharepoint 2013 in below.
http://expertsharepoint.blogspot.de/2013/11/detailed-sharepoint2013-installation-i.html.
you can find the details on latest patches in the same site.
Anil Avula[MCP,MCSE,MCSA,MCTS,MCITP,MCSM] See Me At: http://expertsharepoint.blogspot.de/

SharePoint 2010 SP2 hosted on Windows 2012 R2 NOT discovered by SCOM 2012 R2 + 2 SP MP's

What is the process to get SharePoint 2010 Management Packs loaded in System Center 2012 R2 to discover/monitor SharePoint 2010 SP2 (14.0.7121.5000) loaded on Windows 2012 R2?
View of installed system:
System Center 2012 R2 loaded on Windows 2012 R2 (supported separately by SQL 2012 SP1 loaded on Windows 2012 R2)
-Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007
-System Center 2012 Monitoring Pack for SharePoint 2010
SharePoint 2010 SP2 (14.0.7121.5000) loaded on Windows 2012 R2 (supported separately by SQL 2012 SP1 loaded on Windows 2012 R2)
The SharePoint 2010 Management Shell works fine!
Result
Event 0, Operations Manager - Cannot identify which SharePoint farm server is associated with. Check the management pack guide for troubleshooting information.
Looked at these already:
KB2690744, Configuring the SharePoint 2010 Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager.
http://om2012.wordpress.com/2013/05/24/sharepoint-2010-mp-on-scom-2012/
Further, if the xml push does have the command get-farm instead of get-spfarm, that could be the issue. i.e.
http://www.scom2k7.com/advanced-troubleshooting-of-the-sharepoint-2010-mp/
Thanks,
+Tony
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Peter,
I recommend to remove the Windows 2012 R2 server out of the farm and redeploy on W2008 R2.
This issue does not have an easy fix.
Summarizing, this appears to be the issue:
1. Windows Management Framework 3.0 is integrated with Windows 2012 R2, which installs .NET 4 and Powershell 4.0. Not uninstallable.
2. The Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell is not supported with Powershell 4.0.
3. The SCOM SP2010 MP puts a package on the defined farm server and when the agent launches the package, it calls Powershell (v4 in theis case) and errors out. The target W2012 server will have an Error 0 in the Operations Manager Event log. See below.
Options:
1. Work around maybe - Develop method for manual discovery (I'm working on that now).
2. Rebuild SP2010 farm on Windows 2008 R2
3. System Center Team - Write a new MP to down version Powershell (Powershell.exe -Version 2)
4. Powershell Team - Write a SharePoint Snapin for Powershell 4
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Basic questions regarding installing Forefront EP Client 2010 on Windows 2012 R2

Hi,
We have a handful of servers and client machines (although these always seem to be expanding) and as such have previously just installed the Forefront Endpoint 2010 Client manually onto the various endpoints with updates being pushed via WSUS from a Windows
2008R2 machine, without running to a full installation of SCCM or the Forefront Endpoint Server. However, trying to install the FEP 2010 client directly onto new Windows 2012R2 servers result in a "This OS is not supported" error.
After checking some articles it appears that FEP 2010 might well be supported on Win 2012R2 (and Windows 8), but only if installed via SCCM. Is this correct?
We do have access to SCCM 2012, but again I have shied away from this. I had hoped that maybe the SCCM Endpoint client could also be installed manually once more, but trying to install this on a Windows 2012R2 machine results in a "Windows compatibility
mode is not supported by this program" error.
Am I barking up the wrong tree and will I now have to finally learn and install SCCM? If so I take it that I can update my 2008R2 WSUS server to firstly Win 2012RS WSUS, then add SCCM 2012?
Cheers
Chris

Hi Joyce,
Thanks for the feedback.
Hi,
>>After checking some articles it appears that FEP 2010 might well be supported on Win 2012R2 (and Windows 8), but only if installed via SCCM. Is this correct?
According to the blog below, Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 with Update Rollup 1
is supported on Windows Server 2012 R2.
http://blogs.technet.com/b/configmgrteam/archive/2013/09/16/support-questions-about-win-8.1-and-winsvr-2012-r2-for-configmgr-and-endpoint-protection.aspx
Please make sure you are running FEP 2010 update rollup 1. You could get it from the following link.
http://support2.microsoft.com/kb/2907566/en-us
Thanks for the feedback. I should have said that I have indeed tried this. From the initial link you posted I found the "Update Rollup 1 for Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010" (http://support2.microsoft.com/kb/2551095/en-us), however, this update
itself apparently requires a prerequisite. Whist I have tried to install the prerequisite (http://support2.microsoft.com/kb/2554364/en-us) and the Forefront Update Rollup 1 directly onto a a Windows 2012 R2 machine, I end up with errors:
Installing the Prerequisite result in a "Error code: 1642" in the log file. Have have tried to chase this error, but have not spent too much time digging as yet, but this appears to be more to do with the FEP server than the client.
Installing with the FEP Update Rollup (obviously without the prerequisite), give us three folders (FepExt, FepReport and FepUx), none of which seem to be the client per se
>>Ah, the later problem of trying to install a client from SCCM 2012 onto Windows 2012R2 maybe because I have been using SCCM 2012 SP1, and not SCCM 2012R2??
In SCCM 2012, Endpoint Protection 2012 is integrated so you cannot install FEP 2010 in it.
Best Regards,
Joyce
No no, What I meant was that I had hoped that I could install the client contained within SCCM 2012 R2 installation material manually onto a vanilla Windows 2012 R2 box (which is what I'm trying to do), in the same way that I could install the FEP 2010 on
previous Windows OS. The ISO that I have currently from our systems team is that of SCCM 2012 SP1, not SCCM 2012 R2, and the client within the SP1 package does not install in Windows 2012 R2. I'm tyring to get hold of the SCCM 2012 R2 ISO now, which (from
what I read) should allow me to manually install the client.
I may well play with SCCM later, but is a little over kill for our estate (read 10's of servers and clients, rather than 1000's), however, we should have a campus licence for SCCM.
Regards
Chris

Issues with SharePoint 2013 after upgrading from windows 2012 to 2012 r2

We have a Sharepoint with Sp1 environment on windows 2012. Recently we upgraded the windows 2012 to 2012 r2. After the upgrade sharepoint environment is completely unstable.
At first all the sites returned 401 errors. After resolving by resetting the object cache accounts the sites are back.
Then i see that none of the performance point dashboards work. I figured that claims to windows token service is defaulted to local system account. I previously configured with a domain account. I reconfigured to work with domain account.
All the dashboard pages throw error.
Some Error logs:Failed to get document content data. System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception (0x80004005): Cannot complete this function at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPSqlClient.GetDocumentContentRow
Application error when access /Dashboards/Performance Dashboard/Main.aspx, Error=The EnableScriptGlobalization property cannot be changed during async postbacks or after the Init event. at System.Web.UI.ScriptManager.set_EnableScriptGlobalization(Boolean
value)
4. I tried to create a new dashboard and this time the performancepoint designer wont launch. After some troubleshooting i see that c2w host file didnot have the caller C:\Program Files\Windows Identity Foundation\v3.5.
I added <add value="WSS_WPG" /> and now it launches
5. Now the Dashboard launches and peruser identity works without having kerberos enabled at IIS. I have all the spn and required delegations setup for this url . But i did not configure at the IIS level
yet.
It looks like lot of things got messed up and reset. Can we upgrade to windows 2012 r2 with a sharepoint application inplace. what is the recommended approach and Whats happening with Performancepoint dashboards. IS there a known issue with sharepoint 2013
sp1.
Raj-Shpt

Thanks for the above article. Few issues are solved . One of the main issue is with Performancepoint Dashboard.
I have all the spn and required delegations setup for this url . But i did not configure at
the IIS level yet. Still per user identity works without having kerberos enabled at IIS.
Raj-Shpt

Windows 7 SP1 client file lock on network share hosted ny WIndows 2012 Server

Hello
I have one strange problem after migration from Windows 2003 Server to Windows 2012 Server R2 Standard.
All migration tasks went well but two things do not work.
In Computer Management you have The Opened Files feature and if you open any file that is located on the network share hosted by Windows 2012 R2 form Windows 7 SP1 and then close it
it remains open in the Opened Files tab (even if you wait an hour). There is no problem with Windows XP SP3. The issue exist only with Windows 7.
The session view of sessions to the file server do not work. If I try to open it I get the message that the application is not responding.
Can someone help me with that ?
About the environment:
It is one server Domain migrated form 2003 to 2012R2.
The domain and forest level was raised to 2012 R2.
I have made clean install of Windows 2012 R2 and then migrated AD.
Best Regards
Sebastian Sala

Hi Sebastian,
>>There is no problem with Windows XP SP3. The issue exist only with Windows 7.
T>>he session view of sessions to the file server do not work. If I try to open it I get the message that the application is not responding.
Based on the description, please check event logs in Event Viewer to see if there were some related events logged. Besides, does this phenomenon happen all Windows 7 clients? We can try to restart the client to see if it helps.
Best regards,
Frank Shen
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Windows 7 Client 'sees' an old version of windows 2012 server share

Hi All,
I have a problem which seems to be a common theme looking at other threads. Here's the overview of the problem:-
I have multiple windows 7 clients and a windows 8.1 client within a 2008 Server in a domain.
I also have a Windows 2012R2 Server which is not joined to the domain. There is a Share on the 2012R2 which has the Caching Option turned off. Everyone full control on Share & File permissions.
One of the Windows 7 machines in Explorer when it looks at
\\2012server\share sees an old version of the folder. It seems that SMB 2 chaching is working too well. Not even pressing F5 or clicking View, Refresh updates windows explorer.
It took a reboot to get the workstation to see the up to date contents of the share on the 2012 server.
We don't seem to have that behaviour with that client against the 2008 server.
I have seen this behaviour on another machine un-related to us at another location which was in a workgroup with a 2012 server and no domain.
Questions:-
Is there some sort of problem with Windows 7 workstations working against 2012 Servers in a non-domain setting or is it just Windows 7 against 2012 servers period?
I understand that Windows 7 utilises SMB1 & SMB2. SMB2 introduced caching. If the server has turned off the share cache option should the client cache the contents of the share or the information about the files & folders & 'file not found'
information?
I want to open a file handle to a file on a network share so I can read and write data to it. But I also want to know that when I look at the folder to open the file I'm actually looking at the live version of the folder and files in the folder and
not a cached version of the folder. If it's a cached version the file might be there already but I won't see it.
Is there an API call that tells the client to get a fresh view of the server share so I can be absolutely sure that when I look for a file on the server I'm getting the correct answer and not one from cache.
I first posted the question with the same subject "Windows 7 Client 'sees' an old version of windows 2012 server share" in the Windows 7 Networking Fourm
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/23bf3627-987b-4c27-8062-85a284a2cda4/windows-7-client-sees-an-old-version-of-windows-2012-server-share?forum=w7itpronetworking and it was suggested I repost in here. Please do take the time to read
the thread which will save time with suggestions that have already been covered.
As the computers that can be affected by this problem are not mine I cannot enforce or guarantee that any of my 'client base' will apply any hotfixes. I will also not have the ability to tweak registry settings as I can't guarantee Admin Access.
It seems that we need to go back to SMB1 as all the tweaks to SMB since those days have introduced problems with the basic requirement of sharing files from a share on a server for Read/Write purposes. I have tried turning a network back to SMB1 and that
has resolved a lot of the issues but then I found a post/MS blog that states not to leave the network on SMB1
The Caching option of the share had already been turned off. Surely Windows clients should not cache any information about the share but I think that is not the case.
Thanks is advance
Robert

Hi Shaon,
Thanks for looking into this.
If this is a known issue, why isn't the hotfix rolled into a general windows update if this is a known problem? However this doesn't just affect domain joined workstations.
Surely it's basic functionality for a networked computer to access files and folders on a network file server. It's what networks were invented for at the end of the day.
I am unable to apply hotfixes to these computers that are having the problem due to the fact they are not mine but my customers.
At one of my customers sites I disabled SMB2 from the server and network clients as well as disabling the network adapter power saving option. This seemed to resolve the issues that I saw on one client that seemed to be 30 minutes behind the rest of
the network. The hotfix you link to states that it is for Domain joined computers. At my customer site the PC's are not in a domain at all, just a workgroup with workstations and a 2012r2 server. Will the hotfix be applicable to non-domain machines?
Also many clients seemed to loose the file handle to an open file on the server. I'll get them to turn SMB2 back on at some point after I send out some updates but all the problems I see seem to be caused by the caching functions in SMB2. SMB1 is good and
stable. It's SMB2 that seems to be causing the problems as it was designed from the ground up for caching.
Has this networking issue been resolved in Windows 8, 8.1 and 10?
As I am unable to apply a hotfix to 1000's of PC's that are not mine, is there an API call or something where I can get the windows client to stop lying and get me the current state of a folder on the server?
Will Turning off ClientSideCaching fix the issue? HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\MrxSmb\Parameters\
CSCEnabled
Or will every machine need to be tuned individually according to the following guide:-
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/7bd9978c-69b4-42bf-90cd-fc7541ccb663/forum-faq-troubleshooting-network-file-copy-slowness?forum=winserverPN ?
Robert

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