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What is the easiest way to create an image of an existing running Windows 10 or Windows Server system?

For the purposes of, let's say, moving it to a cloud location? I do recall doing it for a client, transplanting them to Azure, but I don't recall how they created an image. Azure simply had an ...
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RDP to Azure VM shows Internal Error

Azure VM (classic), has Windows Server 2012 r2. I downloaded long time ago a RDP file from Azure portal and I've been able to access the VM until now. No changes on the VM previous to this. I'm used ...
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Best option under Azure to provide remote desktop access to an application?

I developed a desktop app and now I would need that users can use it from a RDP connection. I have Windows 2012 in a Azure Virtual Machine. I understand that I need a CAL license for each user. ...
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Azure Traditional Load Balancer VS Azure Application Gateway response latency?

Environment Details: I have an application hosted in two azure environments for two clients. The application contains ASP.NET web API backend and Angular Frontend. Both applications hosted on two web ...
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Unable to open ports in Windows Azure VM

I'm trying to install RavenDB in an development VM hosted by Azure. I decided to use 48625 as HTTPS port and 48626 as TCP Port and specified it in configuration. I then shut down Windows Firewall in ...
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Configuring file share witness for cluster with Azure file share

I have built a Windows 2012 R2 failover cluster in Azure using a premium file share (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/sql/virtual-machines-windows-portal-sql-create-...
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Windows Disk Spanning : is there a 2TB limit when trying to span 2x 1TB disks?

I'm trying to create a 2TB data disk for my Azure VM (classic; Standard A4 (8 Cores, 14 GiB memory)). It's not allowing me -> saying the largest size is 1TB. So I thought I might try and create 2x ...
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Azure File Sync Svc installed on same server as SQL Server Issues

I've got Azure File Sync Service installed on the same server as SQL Server 2016. I'm attributing the issue to the File Sync service because this is the only change made to server after the issues ...
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FTP Server on an Azure virtual machine

I have an azure virtual machine Windows Server 2012 RC, and I would like to share a large folder to copy to my computer. I tried to install the FTP service, but does not understand what IP address to ...
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Something's issuing CTRL_CLOSE_EVENTS but no one is logged in

We're running an Azure server, Windows Server 2012R2. Just of late we've been seeing various scheduled console applications going down because they've received CTRL_CLOSE events. However, no one has ...
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How to set command output as env. variable in windows cmd?

I have saved azure storage key in key vault and i want to retrieve the key using Azure cli and set it as env. variable in window cmd before i run terraform script. Below listed command doesn't work, ...
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Windows 2012 R2 server on Azure hangs for about 20 minute every week

We have a Windows 2012 R2 server on Azure and it hangs for about 20 minutes every Tuesday morning. When the server is hung, we noticed: 1) Most of the IIS (web) requests are not served. 2) No new ...
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Is it possible to change the Azure VM OS for Azure VMs where the OS is included in the pricing? (Windows)

I have an Azure VM that was created with the OS included in the price. Is it possible to upgrade the same VM to a newer OS (e.g. one that would also be included in the VM price)? Specifically, I ...
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MT4 on my VPS won't send emails until I manually connect the RDP

Evening I have a set up of my Azure Windows 2012 VPS with a static IP address to maintain the same RDP connection. This works perfectly, however, I'm running an application (MetaTrader 4) that is ...
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Unable to configure Web Application Proxy in Windows Server 2012 R2

While configuring WAP in the server I am getting the below error. Both WAP server and ADFS server are in the same Azure region and network. Powershell error
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SSL Certificate installed successfully but website not accessible

I have installed Let's Encrypt SSL Certificate on a windows-server-2012-r2 machine running iis-8.5. It is an ASP.NET 4.5 website running on an Azure VM. The installation was successful and I can see ...
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MS Azure AD Connect health service high CPU usage

We're experiencing a windows server high CPU usage since some few last updates. The process that is causing it is the MS Azure AD Connect. Does anyone knows what is the root cause and how to get it ...
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Map Azure File Service Share with GPO / Login script

I created a Azure File Service shared folder. It comes with a net use script to map the drive. I would like to deploy a logon script that maps the drive automatically. When I try to deploy a User ...
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How to resolve the error user realm discovery failed with Azure AD

I am trying to install Azure AD Connect in my server2012 R2 Server. I have followed the Custom installation option provided with the installer. I have followed the document from Microsoft docs. ...
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Azure Site Recovery issues with Hyper-V Integration tools

I am dealing with an issue for sometime now which is that Domain Controllers Virtual Machines that are replicated to Microsoft Azure using the Azure Site Recovery service, are failing to take ...
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Resize Azure 1 TB Unmanaged Premium storage to 4 TB storage

Good day We currently have 16x1TB Unmanaged premium storage disks on a Standard DS4 v2 (8 vcpus) in 1 storage pool. For cost efficiency we would like to rather make use of 4x4 TB premium disks since ...
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Azure VM has four 1 TB data disks, but Windows Server recognizes only two 500 GB disk

What could explain the following scenario? VM of size "Standard D2 v2" (ARM deployment) Four 1023 GiB data disks of type Standard_LRS Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter guest OS Disk Management shows ...
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VMAgent Unresponsive

One of my VM's just became unavailable and I am not able to connect. I have deallocated/reallocated, redeployed, and reset password. Nothing works. How to I get the VMAgent to reset so I can connect ...
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AzCopy - Bypassing file permissions

So, I have in the past granted my account on a server with SeBackupPrivileges which has allowed me to run things like Robocopy with the /ZB flag to bypass permissons. However, I now want to run ...
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Connect to Azure Windows 2012 server using OpenVPN Fail

I have installed and configured OpenVPN on Azure Windows 2012 R2 Server. The azure server has an Azure virtual network associated. I have added port 1194 into Inbound rules and switched off windows ...
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Host a VM on an Azure VM

I have a generation 2 windows server 2012vm running on my Win 10 creator's laptop. Problem is, the VM fails every few days and won't reboot - I just get a cycle of the blue "choose an option" screen. ...
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Restore OS volume with windows server backup

I want to take a backup of my azure VM after provisioning in order to give less-privileged users the ability to do a full restore sometime down the road. However, it appears that you can't do a volume ...
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Can no longer browse my ASP.NET web app on Windows Server 2012 R2

Can't browse the ASP.NET web app that I built with Visual Studio 2015. Web app is on Azure VM Windows Server 2012 R2. Can't browse localhost/ from VM, can't browse from Internet. Both used to work. ...
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Azure scale set autoscale custom image

How can I create a VM scale set with a custom Windows Server 2012 image with autoscale enabled? I found azure templates which create scale sets + custom image and another which creates scale set ...
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Site to Site and Point to Site VPN simultaneously on Azure

I'm trying to get P2S and S2S to work at the same time. They are working fine individually but when I try to make it work together it falls short. Windows 2012 R2 server and a USG110 Zyxel firewall. ...
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Windows Failover Cluster node in Azure - Assigning a cluster IP address

I've built a 2-node Windows Server 2012 R2 failover cluster, one node being in my on-premises network and one being an Azure (Resource Manager deployment model), in part following this MS article In ...
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Azure VM Metric

I am looking for a way to view CPU usage for multiple VMs on the same graph in Azure (new portal)? So far I was only able to produce a graph showing metrics for 1 VM. I would like to achieve this for ...
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Allowing access to MS SQL database through VPN

My setup involves a Microsoft Azure VM instance running Server 2012, connected to a Azure SQL Database V12 server on another instance. I've set up an SSTP VPN on the server, and it works. Clients ...
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Deploying my first Azure VM for a FileMaker Server

As the title states, I'm deploying my first Azure VM for a FileMaker Server and I would love some recommended settings to start me out. I know I need to open port 5003 to allow FileMaker clients to ...
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Setup my website on Azure VM

I have an azure vm(windows server 2012), that I installed IIS on. I went to default website and added a new "application" and pointed it to my website code. I can now see my website on the box via ...
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Windows Server 2012 default desktop size

I am using Windows Server 2012 r2 Datacentre edition running on an Azure virtual machine and I have come across a strange behaviour that hopefully someone can help me understand. Put simply, when I ...
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Cannot access to any port of Azure VM except RD (3389)

I have a new Windows Server 2012 Azure Virtual Machine. Everything works fine through RD until I try to access from outside. I cannot access SQL Server service (I gave up after 1 hour of trying ...
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Http to Https redirect breaks website when enabled

I have an Azure VM with IIS8 and the URL rewrite module installed. I have a single website configured, with both default http (80) and https (443) bindings (for all unassigned traffic). Both http and ...
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IIS has read only web.config - shared config with azure file storage

Something is causing our web.config to be locked as read-only meaning that we can't edit it. According to an Unlock tool, it isn't locked. But as administrator on the box we can't edit it. We are ...
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Deployment fails for SQL Server 2014 SP1 Standard on Windows Server 2012 R2 VM

Apologize in advance - this stuff isn't exactly my wheelhouse. I'm trying to provision a VM with Windows Server 2012 R2 and setup SQL Server 2014 SP1 Standard using the Azure portal. I pretty much ...
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Windows Server 2012 R2 not downloading recommended updates

I have multiple Windows Server 2012 R2 running on Azure (IaaS VM's). We perform monthly maintenances on these servers via Ansible, this includes Windows updates (recommended and critical updates). ...
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Azure W2K12R2 VM only accessible by app with firewall off

I am trying to access a new Azure based VM with a timesheet app from a local client using the downloaded Azure VPN client. The Azure VPN issued client is installed on my local machine and works fine ...
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System process: high virtual memory usage

Azure virtual machine (3,5 Gb) with Server2012 running 2 IIS8 sites. At some time after reboot, System (pid 4) Private Virtual Memory reaches limit (15 Gb) with 2004 event: Windows successfully ...
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Why do I keep getting Microsoft-Kernel-Power error and my 2012 R2 DataCenter is randomly restarting with this error

Microsoft-Kernel-Power error ID=41 on Windows Server 2012 R2 Data Center. My server went down twice yesterday due to this error happening, causing the server to restart on its own. This is an Azure ...
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How to configure DNS (outside Azure) and Windows VM in Azure

I have just started getting to grips with moving existing websites in to Azure on a Windows Server (2012) VM. How do I set the DNS records (managed away from Azure) to go to the site set up on that ...
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Lost RDP access to VM azure after firewall changes

I have an Azure virtual machine running Windows Server 2012. Mistakenly changed the windows firewall setting to Block all incoming connection including those in the allowed list Now i am unable to ...
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Mistakenly changed the Private IP Address [closed]

I had deployed an Virtual Machine with Windows Server 2012 R2. I went to "Network and Sharing Settings" -> "Change Adapter Settings" -> "Ethernet/Properties" -> "Internet Protocol Version 4/...
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Convert From UEFI to Legacy BIOS in Windows Server 2012

We are looking into Azure Site Recovery as a possible BCDR solution, and have encountered a bit of an issue in that Azure doesn't support UEFI firmware when synchronizing VMWare VMs. Is there any way ...
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Can I replace Windows Server 2012 (AD) with Azure?

I have a small business with about 10 PC's (plus Android devices and other kit that attaches to the network). I really enjoy doing my own IT and although I'm not an IT professional, manage my own ...
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Windows 2012 R2 Azure VM Cannot Connect To Local SQL Server

I created an Azure virtual machine running Windows Server 2012 R2 that I am using as a web server to host a couple different web sites. This is my first time ever doing something like this and I am ...
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