Server 2012 Domain Network

Hi, I have windows server 2012 as a domain controller, is there any way for me to see which files are being shared by clients in our network. I mean if each those shared files can be managed in domain controller, like editing the permissions. Thanks

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Using NIC Teaming and a virtual switch for Windows Server 2012 host networking and Hyper-V.

Using NIC Teaming and a virtual switch for Windows Server 2012 host networking!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mOuoIWzmdE
Hi thanks for reading. Now I may well have my terminology incorrect here so I will try to explain as best I can and apologies from the start.
It’s a bit of both Hyper-v and Server 2012R2.
I am setting up a lab with Server 2012 R2. I have several physical network cards that I have teamed called “HostSwitchTeam” from those I have made several Virtual Network Adaptors such as below
examples.
New-VMSwitch "MgmtSwitch" -MinimumBandwidthMode weight -NetAdaptername "HostSwitchTeam" -AllowManagement $false
Add-VMNetworkAdapter -ManagementOS -Name "Vswitch" -SwitchName "MgmtSwitch"
Add-VMNetworkAdapter -ManagementOS -Name "Cluster" -SwitchName "MgmtSwitch"
When I install Hyper-V and it comes to adding a virtual switch during installation it only shows the individual physical network cards and the
HostSwitchTeam for selection. When installed it shows the Microsoft Network Multiplexor Driver as the only option.
Is this correct or how does one use the Vswitch made above and incorporate into the Hyper-V so a weight can be put against it.
Still trying to get my head around Vswitches,VMNetworkadapters etc so somewhat confused as to the way forward at this time so I may have missed the plot altogether!
Any help would be much appreciated.
Paul
Paul Edwards

Hi P.J.E,
>>I have teams so a bit confused as to the adapter bindings and if the teams need to be added or just the vEthernet Nics?.
Nic 1,2
HostVMSwitchTeam
Nic 3,4,5
HostMgmtSwitchTeam
>>The adapter Binding settings are:
HostMgmtSwitchTeam
V-Curric
Nic 3
Nic 4
Nic 5
V-Livemigration
HostVMSwitch
Nic 1
Nic 2
V-iSCSI
V-HeartBeat
Based on my understanding of the description , "HostMgmtSwitchTeam and
HostVMSwitch " are teamed NIC .
You can think of them as two physical NICs (do not use NIC 1,2,3,4,5 any more , there are just two NICs "HostMgmtSwitchTeam and
HostVMSwitch").
V-Curric,
V-Livemigration , V-iSCSI ,
V-HeartBeat are just VNICs of host (you can change their name then check if the virtual switch name will be changed )
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Renaming Windows Server 2012 Domain Controller with Exchange Server 2013

Is it possible to rename Windows Server 2012 Domain Controller, as we are using Exchange Server 2013 as a member server on Windows Server 2012 ?
We have some issues with the Domain Name, so want to rename..
Maybe somebody knows the best practices how to do this in best way???
Thanks.

Hello,
You should do the following:
1. Promote another DC.
2. Transfer FSMO roles to that server.
3. Decommission old DC.
4. Rename it.
5. Promote it again as DC.
Here is useful link:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc782761(v=ws.10).aspx#bkmk_renamesingle.
Hope it helps,
Adam
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Server 2012 R2 Network Teaming Issues After Adding WOW64 Feature

Recently I have had a specific issue adding the WOW64 feature to an active Server 2012 R2 server in core mode (no management). The server had two active virtual machines. A server 2008 R2 in version 1 mode and a 2012 R2 in version 2.
All were up2date as of April 10 2015. This was a domain connected core with domain connected virtual machines. We are the domain administrator.
After using powershell to install WOW64 and issuing a restart we lost all external network connectivity to the server once the server came back up. From the console we could ping 127.0.0.1 and all the network addresses of each VM but not the
default gateway or any address on the local network. We tried several resolutions including disabling all firewall rules and assigning a known VLAN but nothing worked. Something went completely haywire within Windows 2012 R2 and network teaming
and the virtual switch that supplies the VM's with communication.
What we had to do was remove one of the physical network adapters from the team using powershell from the core console. We then assigned an address to the nic and whallah we were able to remotely communicate to the server again but the problem
still remained with communicating to the team.
After hours of trials we finally stumbled on a solution deleting the hyper-v virtual switch though a remote console, then the team through powershell. This of course broke all the hyper-v VM's. We said f'it and rebooted.
This is the magical combination apparently
We then recreated the team using the remote management GRAPHICAL widget using every physical EXCEPT the nic we were communicating to.   Then we recreated the hyper-v virtual switch remotely again with the GRAPHICAL widget and assigned
it an address using the command line sconfig tool.   We then went into the GRAPHICAL hyper-v manager and assigned all VM's to the new virtual switch. WOW everything works again
Let me just say here in this post that the lack of graphical management in CORE mode is a complete nightmare. The fact we have to use some graphical tools to perform certain tasks and the command line for others is just silly. The sconfig.exe
tool should have built-in teaming commands as inexperienced remote administrators are very difficult to work with over the phone trying to explain spelling of the upper/lowercase commands.
This post is more informative than really asking a specific question but if I were to ask one I'd ask, why did installing the WOW64 feature and rebooting break the external communication of the team and the virtual switch?

Hi gettnmorebetter,
Could you try to confirm whether you have in the following situation, if you do not found the related symptom please try to install the latest update then monitor the issue
again.
Event ID 106 when a Hyper-V virtual switch is bound to an LBFO team
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2974384
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Advice on setting up a windows server 2012 domain LAB for study within Hyper V server 2012 r2 machine

HI im wanting to setup a study lab containing several windows 2012 r2 servers (mixture of core and full installs) to allow me to study towards my MCSA in server 2012 r2 and then for MCSE.
Physical equpiment,
1 pc   which is has window 8.1 pro installed from this machine. This machine i would like to remote manage and connect through to my Hyper-v server and then into any of the virtual machines. (this machine is more of a gaming pc so not
able to run to many vm's from it)
2 pc bought Just for study 8 core processor 1 tb of hhd space 16 gb of ram.
This machine i would like to setup using hyper-v server 2012 r2, which then i would create a test domain within it also with some clients allowing me to play and undstand the principles im learning.
now im getting conflictiong information regarding the Hyper-v server 2012.
If i set the hyper-v server up as a standalone in a work group. Would i be able to manage ther VM's within the hyperv server from my external windows 8 pro machine using the remote server management tools or would i need to connect that pc
to the domain.
Things I think i can do but not sure.   as im still learning
Could I setup a server 2012 r2 running AD dns and add the hyper-v role then wihtin that create the rest of the domain inside, allowing me from my other phyical machine log on to domain and manage all servers and machines.
Could I set up as i originally suggested, set up hyper-v 2012 server in a workgroup, then create the domain within the hyper-v server but still connect from my external pc to manage the hyper-v and all the internal VM's within the domain.
I could run a Domain controller on a VM from my other windows 8 machine (within hyper-v or wmware), then on the 2nd machine install the hyper-v server connect it to the domain running from the other machine from what i can see, many people say this is the
better option, BEST Practice, but this is only a lab and i dont require resilience. and i would prefer to have my  as a sever manager via the remote tools.
So what i like to know if you can point me in the right direction either by a guide for someone who has setup a similar to me.
or tell which of the above options is possible or not so i dont waste anytime.
Network, i know i can do this virtually but i already have cisco routers and layer 2 swicthes so i may make the network lab via them.
Thanks in advance for any help you can give me

"If i set the hyper-v server up as a standalone in a work group. Would i be able to manage ther VM's within the hyperv server from my external windows 8 pro machine using the remote server management tools or would i need to
connect that pc to the domain."
It makes it easier to set up if everything is in the same domain, but it is quite possible to manage the VMs without being part of the domain. A very useful tool that I use for my lab all the time (my lab is in a lab domain and my laptop is in the
corporate domain with absolutely no trusts between them) is RDCMAN.
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=21101 I all my machines, physical and virtual, defined within RDCMAN and can easily connect to any one of them from my laptop. But to understand how to manage everything remotely, I create
one virtual workstation within the domain and load all the management tools on it. I RDP to the management workstation and perform most management functions, but I can get to any machine directly if I need to.
"Could I setup a server 2012 r2 running AD dns and add the hyper-v role then wihtin that create the rest of the domain inside, allowing me from my other phyical machine log on to domain and manage all servers and machines."
Yes, but you could also build the AD as a VM, too.
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How to do Server 2012 R2 Network Policy Server MAC Authentication without adding ad users?

I have a Network Policy Server running on Server 2012 R2. I have set it up to do certificate and PEAP authentication for our 802.1x wireless authentication
and that works great.
Now I want to add a policy to this server so I can also do MAC address authentication our unauthenticated open wireless ssid so i can assign roles based on the
mac address. I got our Aruba controller setup to send the mac address to the radius server, but the radius server just denies access because I am not sure how to get it to use themsNPCallingStationID attribute.
I have found several ways do to this included adding active directory users for every single MAC address with the mac address as the username and password. I
do not want to do that. This is not an option.
I have also found several posts about using ieee802Device. I can't find a way to get that to work.
I also found a suggestion to use msNPCallingStationID ad attribute. I can easily set this for each user as their mac addresses but how do I configure the
NPS server to use this attribute to authenticate this?
If you have any other ideas on how to get MAC authentication to work, I would greatly appreciate it!
Thank you for your assistance!

Hi,
I think you may have some misunderstand about the MAC address Authorization, MAC address authorization is based on the MAC address of the network adapter installed in
the access client computer. Like ANI authorization, MAC address authorization uses the Calling-Station-ID attribute instead of user name and password or certificate-based credentials to identify the user during the connection attempt.
MAC address authorization is performed when the user does not type in any user name or password, and refuses to use any valid authentication method. In this case, Network
Policy Server (NPS) receives the Calling-Station-ID attribute, and no user name and password. To support MAC address authorization, Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) must have user accounts that contain MAC addresses as user names, therefore you need
add the MAC address as the computer user name and password,
To use the MAC address as user name and password is Cisco® switch require condition, about your switch device please ask your hardware vendor.
If you want to combine the MAC address MAC filtering and
EAP Authentication, you can refer the following related article:
Enhance your 802.1x deployment security with MAC filtering
http://blogs.technet.com/b/nap/archive/2006/09/08/454705.aspx
More information:
MAC Address Authorization
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd197535(v=ws.10).aspx
Authorization by User and Group
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd197615(v=ws.10).aspx
The similar thread:
NPS: Override User-Name and User Identity Attribute
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/6dd983f9-973f-4d23-be0c-032d3a1592d0/nps-override-username-and-user-identity-attribute?forum=winserverNAP
The related third party article:
Configuring IEEE 802.1x Port-Based Authentication
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/lan/catalyst3550/software/release/12-2_25_see/configuration/guide/3550SCG/sw8021x.html#wp1170569
MAC Filters with Wireless LAN Controllers (WLCs) Configuration Example
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/wireless-mobility/wlan-security/91901-mac-filters-wlcs-config.html#backinfo
Hope this helps.

IE 11 security settings / Server 2012 domain joined server

Can someone clarify how the Security settings are automatically managed on domain jointed computers in IE 11 / Server 2012 R2:
There seem to be different settings depending on the IE Enhanced Security Settings.
I particular if IE Enhanced Security Settings are on, Security is forced to High for Internet and admins cannot change it.
If IE Enhanced Security Settings is off for admins Security is forced to Medium High and admins cannot change it
If IE Enhanced Security Settings is off Security is Medium-High and admins can change it
Is this by design?
Run As Administrator seems to have no effect.
This only happens on domain joined systems
CarolChi

Hi CarolChi,
IE-ESC is a feature from Windows Server. Yes, just as what your think, this behavior is by design.
For more information, please read this article:
Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration changes the browsing experience
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/815141
Karen Hu
TechNet Community Support

Sql server 2005 in server 2012 domain

Hello,
I am running sql server 2005, in a 2003 domain. I plan to possibly upgrade domain/servers to 2012, but am thinking it may create issues with sql 2005?
1. Can sql server version 2005 (32-bit) run ok in a 2012 server domain?
2. If not, will it run ok, if I leave 2003 servers (running mixed mode) until sql 2005 is upgraded?
Thank you
Robert

1. Can sql server version 2005 (32-bit) run ok in a 2012 server domain?
No & May be.
No if you are trying to have multiple version of SQL Server on server ,as per this
article
SQL Server 2005 (the release version and service packs) and earlier versions of SQL Server are not supported on Windows
Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1, or Windows 8. You will receive a warning in the Action Center if Windows 8.1 or Windows 8 detects an instance of SQL Server 2005.
May be, if you just want to have single instance of SQL Server 2005 on server 2012. Check this:
How to install SQL Server 2005 on Windows 8
2. If not, will it run ok, if I leave 2003 servers (running mixed mode) until sql 2005 is upgraded?
To be able to answer this question in a better way, may I know your SQL Server 2005 version and to which version you want to upgrade? Check for the
supported version and editor upgrade
before going for upgrade along with there hardware and software requirements.
Glad to help! Please remember to accept the answer if you found it helpful. It will be useful for future readers having same issue.

Server 2012 New Network Assistance

Hi, I hope someone can point me in the right direction. It has been a number of years since I had anything to do with networking and I am obviously way out of practice, also
I have never used Server 2012 so I am getting confused.
I have been asked if I can help set up a network for a very small company who can only stretch to one server, as such I am probably trying to ask a lot from one machine. As
you can see from the diagram below, I am trying to implement a secure internal network (e.g. internal.local) and an external connection (e.g. external.com). On the external side I would like a website and DirectAccess, on the internal side I need a subnet
(?) that can accommodate file and printer sharing. The maximum number of internal nodes will be 15 – 20; with some of them requiring wireless access.
One of the issues I’m facing is the fact that, due to locality, the only access for the internet is via an Osprey Black from EE 4G, . Although this device can connect up to
10 wireless nodes I want to use it for the sole purpose of internet connection, I will also need to ensure that they have a static IP address.
My questions are 1) is this possible with one server running 2012 R2 (or is there a better way)? And 2) do I need two NIC’s and bridge them?
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Hi Tim,
Thank you very much for the reply and I apologise for the delayed response.
I know, a locked room with no power supply and definitely no humans = a secure computer (maybe!) :)
Setting up the physical server as a Hyper-V host and running two VM instances of Windows Server seems a
good solution.
I was hoping to use a Hardware Firewall on the external side but may have to rely on individual machines defences internally.
After spending a little time researching I believe I am OK with the idea of setting up the VM instances and configuring them (I have downloaded an
evaluation copy of server 2012 and using VirtualBox to test). However, for the life of me I can't figure out the first steps :( There are a lot of good resources and tutorials about setting up Hyper-V but that large number is a little confusing.
Assuming I have just returned from the store with my shiny new machine and downloaded the correct version of Server 2012 - do I simply install Server 2012 onto the machine
and then create the VM's?
Sorry if this sounds really dumb
Thanks

ACS 4.1 support with Windows Server 2012 Domain controller

I am upgrading my Domain Controller / Active Directory from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2012.
In my environment, I am using Cisco ACS 4.1 which is integrated with Windows Server 2003 Active Directory.
Will ACS4.1 will work fine with my new domain controller (Windows server 2012) or I need to upgrade my ACS too?
Regards,
Junaid

Junaid,
ACS 4.x code doesn't even support Windows 2008 R2. Your best bet is to migrate the ACS from 4.x to ACS 5.4 Patch 2 or stay with windows 2003 or 2008 (Non-R2).
ACS 5.4 patch 2 supports Windows 2012 AD.
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/net_mgmt/cisco_secure_access_control_system/5-4/release/notes/acs_54_rn.html
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Hardware Requirements for a Windows Server 2012 Domain Controller.

Hi,
I have a secondary office with 10 users with a domain controller that has reached its end of life. We like to upgrade the current hardware to serve as a domain controller and potentially as an onsite file server that will sync with head office during
off peak business hours.
Any recommendations for a low cost yet reliable hardware for the above solution ?

Hi,
Thanks for your post.
I think you need to meet the requirement for upgrading to windows server 2012r2.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh994618.aspx#BKMK_SysReqs
And you could refer to the following article about windows server 2012r2 domain controller configuration
Building Your First Domain Controller on 2012 R2
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/22622.building-your-first-domain-controller-on-2012-r2.aspx
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Server 2012 Domain Controller Logging event 2004, with error "crc check"...

Pretty new domain, and domain controller, running server 2012 as a Hyper-V VM.
Getting this error when it reboots. I have done a chkdsk, thinking maybe the vhdx file is corrupt in some way. Have also checked the system log for events talking about file corruption. Nothing.
The disk in question has 10+ GB free, so disk space is not an issue. I ran dcdiag /q /a & it told me that DFSR has logged events in the last 24 hours, but nothing else. AD seems to think everything is cool.
Not sure what to look at next... Thanks for any pointers/help.
The DFS Replication service stopped replication on volume C:. This failure can occur because the disk is full, the disk is failing, or a quota limit has been reached. This can also occur if the DFS Replication service encountered errors while attempting to
stage files for a replicated folder on this volume.
Additional Information:
Error: 23 (Data error (cyclic redundancy check).)
Volume: 0F55C346-589F-11E2-93EB-806E6F6E6963

I have a series of the following Events logged, and then the 2nd event. The 2nd event is being logged every 8 hours.
Log Name:      DFS Replication
Source:        DFSR
Date:          2/15/2013 7:36:49 AM
Event ID:      2212
Task Category: None
Level:         Warning
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      MyDC.Domain.lan
Description:
The DFS Replication service has detected an unexpected shutdown on volume C:. This can occur if the service terminated abnormally (due to a power loss, for example) or an error occurred on the volume. The service has automatically initiated a recovery process.
The service will rebuild the database if it determines it cannot reliably recover. No user action is required.
Additional Information:
Volume: C:
GUID: 0F55C346-589F-11E2-93EB-806E6F6E6963
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
    <Provider Name="DFSR" />
    <EventID Qualifiers="32768">2212</EventID>
    <Level>3</Level>
    <Task>0</Task>
    <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2013-02-14T23:36:49.000000000Z" />
    <EventRecordID>196</EventRecordID>
    <Channel>DFS Replication</Channel>
    <Computer>MyDC.domain.lan</Computer>
    <Security />
</System>
<EventData>
    <Data>0F55C346-589F-11E2-93EB-806E6F6E6963</Data>
    <Data>C:</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
Log Name:      DFS Replication
Source:        DFSR
Date:          2/15/2013 7:36:49 AM
Event ID:      2004
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      MyDC.Domain.lan
Description:
The DFS Replication service stopped replication on volume C:. This failure can occur because the disk is full, the disk is failing, or a quota limit has been reached. This can also occur if the DFS Replication service encountered errors while attempting to
stage files for a replicated folder on this volume.
Additional Information:
Error: 23 (Data error (cyclic redundancy check).)
Volume: 0F55C346-589F-11E2-93EB-806E6F6E6963
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
    <Provider Name="DFSR" />
    <EventID Qualifiers="49152">2004</EventID>
    <Level>2</Level>
    <Task>0</Task>
    <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2013-02-14T23:36:49.000000000Z" />
    <EventRecordID>197</EventRecordID>
    <Channel>DFS Replication</Channel>
    <Computer>MyDC.Domain.lan</Computer>
    <Security />
</System>
<EventData>
    <Data>0F55C346-589F-11E2-93EB-806E6F6E6963</Data>
    <Data>C:</Data>
    <Data>23</Data>
    <Data>Data error (cyclic redundancy check).</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>

Server 2012 Domain Controller / DNS Issue

If you did ipconfig /registerdns, I'm assuming you did ipconfig /flushdns prior to that correct? Just want to make sure...
Once you are sure you did both, go ahead and type in nslookup in the command prompt. What does it display as the current DNS server? Once you type that in, you can type in the IP address of your new DC and see what it resolves to. Please get back to us with those results when possible.

We had a domain controller go down in a multi domain controller environment. We set a new one up and promoted it to the domain. Assigned it all the necessary roles and joined it to the domain. It has been 4 days since we did this and we cannot ping it by host name. We can ping it by IP address. I have forced replication, which allowed me to ping it by host name for a few hours, but then it stopped working. I have tried to change the DNS primary to a different DC, making the host a secondary DNS, that didn't fix it. I am looking for any suggestions on how to fix it. I have done a ipconfig /registerdns , restarted DNS services but still not able to ping host name of DC on a consistent basis.
Any suggestions ?
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Can't add Server 2012 to existing domain

I'm getting this error:
"Verification of replica failed. The forest functional level is Windows 2000. To install Windows Server 2012 domain or domain controller, the forest functional level must be Windows Server 2003."
My forest level is set at 2008R2, per AD Domains and Trusts (on both the 08 servers and 2012). The forest was set at 2003 before, so I demoted the old 2003 server and raised it to 2008 with no luck, then went ahead and went to 2008R2.
The 2012 server (clean install, no upgrades) is already a member of the domain.
adprep /forestprep reports "forest wide information has already been updated"
Connectivity seems to be fine (ping, no firewalls) between the 2 08R2 DCs and the new 2012 server. Weird thing is all the AD tools are installed in 2012, and I can even create new domain users from it.

Hello,
You dont need manual schema upgarde for adding a new windows 2012 Domain controller. That is integrated with dcpromotion. Also you dont required the DCPROMO.
Set DFL & FFL minimum 2003.
See the below link for adding a 2012 DC for an existing domain.
Install a Replica Windows Server 2012 Domain Controller in an Existing Domain (Level 200)
As with previous versions of Windows Server, automated domain preparation for domain controllers that run Windows server 2012 does not run GPPREP. Run
adprep.exe /gpprep manually for all domains that were not previously prepared for Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, or Windows Server 2008 R2. You should run GPPrep only once in the history of a domain, not with every upgrade. Adprep.exe
does not run /gpprep automatically because its operation can cause all files and folders in the SYSVOL folder to re-replicate on all domain controllers.
Still if you are facing issue. please upload the below outputs in skydrive & share us the link.
repadmin /replsummary * >> repl.txt
repadmin /showreps /v >> showreps.txt
DCDIAG /V /C /D /E /s:dcname >> dcdiag-DCS.txt
dcdiag /e /v /test:dns >> dns.txt
ipconfig /all >> dcip.txt
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Upgrade a Domain Controller running Windows Server 2012 Datacenter Eval

Hello,
because I couldn't wait for Server 2012 to show up on Dreamspark Premium I installed the Datacenter evaluation version after I found this blog
post telling me, I could simply enter my key when I get it to upgrade to the full version.
After entering the command I get notified that "Changing this Windows edition is not supported online for a domain controller.".
The TechNet article for upgrading evaluation versions states the following:
"If the server is a domain controller, see http://technet.microsoft.com/library/hh472160.aspx for important steps to follow before proceeding."
and taking me to an article for installing/uninstalling ADDS without further comments.
Simply typing "slui 3" and entering my key states that I have to enter an eval key.
My question is: Is there a painless way to upgrade my 2012 DC without losing my AD config?
Regards,
Hans

Hi,
Please refer to the following Microsoft TechNet article to confirm if the steps of converting to full retail version are correct.
Evaluation Versions and Upgrade Options for Windows Server 2012
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj574204.aspx
If the warning persists, it means Windows Server 2012 Domain Controller does not support such convert. If so, please install another Windows Server 2012 full retail version or
convert to full retail version and then promote it to an additional Domain Controller for this domain. After that, transfer FSMOs to this new Domain Controller and demote the original Domain Controller.
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