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David Lee

2003 migration to 2012

Trying to migrate 2003 server std to 2012 r2 std  can transfer roles between servers keep getting Error 1355 "a global catalog server cannot be located" SYSVOL not working on new server Moved roles back to 2003 server  getting same error message on old server 2003 server was not the PDC of the domain I had to seize the roles from a non-existent server.  After transferring roles I was able to perform a metadata clean up and remove the non-existent server.  This all worked without errors.   Just getting errors trying to go ...

David Lee asked 03/03/2020 06:38
Beverly Stevenson

Moving Computers from Windows Server 2012 to Windows Server Standard 2019

Hi, I am looking for documentation for moving Windows 10 Pro and Enterprise computers from Windows Server 2012 Essentials and joining to new installation of Windows Server Standard 2019.  The 2012 server will be in use at an old location; user's workstations will be moved from the old location to a new location with Windows Server Standard 2019 installed.  Do user profiles have to be rebuilt to join to the new server?  Or what is the process for unjoining the old domain and joining the new domain.  Thanks! Bev S   

Beverly Stevenson asked 03/01/2020 19:04
Visibility set to admin only, should not be visible

I need to migrate SBS 2011 to Wse2019essentials. Email already in office365.

OLD: SBS 2011 physical server with 6 users and 19 workstations NEW: WSE 2019 essentials physical with just the hyper-v role, and then again WSE 2016 essential as guest os that will be the new dc, dns, dhcp and fileserver. I'm at the point that the wse2019essentials is installed as hyper-v host and guest on a new "iron" as we say, and I'm ready to do the migration. I would want to have the same IP, name (and domain) on the new dc The old sbs 2011 is somewhat broken but still in service. The ...

Visibility set to admin only, should not be visible asked 02/26/2020 09:30
User

Powershell error on Step 7, part 17 (SBS2011 to Server 2019 migration)

I received the following error on step 7, part 17 (see screenshot) when running the script: Install-ADDSDomainController -NoGlobalCatalog:$false -CreateDnsDelegation:$false -CriticalReplicationOnly:$false -DatabasePath "C:\Windows\NTDS" -DomainName $currentDomain -InstallDns:$true -LogPath "C:\Windows\NTDS" -NoRebootOnCompletion:$true -SysvolPath "C:\Windows\SYSVOL" -credential $cred -Force:$true -Confirm:$false -SafeModeAdministratorPassword (ConvertTo-SecureString 'ADRestoreModePassword_ChangeThis' -AsPlainText -Force) I checked that the domain admin was part of Schema Admins and Enterprise Admins (which it was). I noticed that the script created the new computer account (in a disabled state) on the small business server but the actual 2019 server was still in a workgroup so I enabled the account, moved it to the Domain ...

User asked 02/24/2020 14:59
Kristian Hofer

Migrating SBS 2011 to Server 2019 and I have a VPN

Can I setup my to be migrated to DC using a VPN and then change the IP of said DC once the box goes onsite? Trying to do as much as I can before I go onsite. Thank you.  

Kristian Hofer asked 02/19/2020 20:50
Greg Mohr

Migrate Files, Folders and Shares

I only have three shares that have data that need moving.  I can follow with using Robocopy to move them, which has been completed.  However the end user wants the shares to be named differently and mapped as different Drive letters.  Can I skip over the rest of this and just create fresh shares on the destination server? Thanks,   Greg

Greg Mohr asked 02/13/2020 23:14
Kimberlee Bolin

Server 2019 switches to private after Domain Join and reboot.

Anyone have this issue? Thank you.

Kimberlee Bolin asked 02/13/2020 23:59
Kimberlee Bolin

Recently migrated from SBS2011 to 2019

Everything went fine until I decommissioned the old server.  It went to workgroup and I changed its name and IP.  I tried to change the IP on the new server  to the previous one and it started to act slow then crashed.  I noticed that the Ethernet connection says private instead of domain also.  I figured that I would change the IP back, so I did.  Now Netlogon will not start and AD is not working. (It can't find the Domain)  I have alot of questions now..............Any help?

Kimberlee Bolin asked 02/13/2020 18:41
Atticus Sanders

SBS2011 to Server 2019 Migration - Export-DHCPServer Error: Failed to get version of the DHCP server.

Hi, Performing SBS2011 to Server 2019 Migration. Under Section 11, " Migrate DHCP scope and settings from SBS 2011 to Windows Server 2019 ", Step #2, " Type Export-DhcpServer -File C:\dhcpexport.xml -ComputerName sbs2011.numinous.local ", receiving the following error: Get-DhcpServerv4Scope : Failed to get version of the DHCP server srg-sbs11.numinous.local. Image of error attached. Note: actual name of SBS2011 server = SRG-SBS11. Please let me know if you need additional information. Thank you! Chip

Atticus Sanders asked 02/08/2020 23:08
Greg Mohr

Migration of SBS 2011 to Server 2019

Hopefully this is one of the last two migrations I have from SBS 2011 to server 2019!  This server is getting flakey and sometimes requires a reboot or two during the day to keep the office up and running.  WSUS admin console will not run, it keeps opening and goes to Reset Node, The Exchange server will be moved to Hosted Exchange, I have a back end process from the hosted Exchange site that migrates the information for each user automatically with a administrative account, so I am not concerned about migrating to a local Exchange server.  A ...

Greg Mohr asked 12/27/2019 01:20
Greg Mohr

SBS2011 migration to Server 2019 - ADHealthCheck Warn on BASC

I ran the ADHealthCheck.ps1 on both servers both showed the new server (server) has a BASC Warn: TEST: Basic (Basc)                   The OS Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Standard (Service Pack level: 0.0) is supported.                   NETLOGON service is running                   kdc service is running                   DNSCACHE service is running                   DNS service is running         ...

Greg Mohr asked 02/07/2020 01:24
Joe Cesarano

Workstation trust relationship issue post SBS2011 to WSE migration

Hello, We have been following your migration guide and they have been extremely helpful.  With one of the last migrations to WSE2016 for an interstate client, after completing all the steps successfully (without error) and decommissioning SBS we have experienced ..."The security database on the server does not have a computer account for this workstation trust relationship" when trying to log into any workstation. Furthermore, the administrative account being used on SBS no longer worked, in fact, it appeared to have been removed from AD. The account appears in the WSE Dashboard under Users but nowhere ...

Joe Cesarano asked 01/07/2020 00:28
Michael Milinovich

Need help with SBS 2011 standard with Exchange 2010 Hybrid to 2019 server with Exchange 2019 Hybrid

Looking for complete recipe for  SBS 2011 standard with Exchange 2010 Hybrid to 2019 server with Exchange 2019 Hybrid.  Which migration kit for this please.  I'm having trouble finding Hybrid to Hybrid instructions elsewhere on web.  Thank You

Michael Milinovich asked 02/04/2020 19:15
Walter Weiss

Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2016

I have no public folders in exchange 2010, but i have started the migration of public folders with the scripts. All has worked so far but the PFMigration job ends with an error ******************************************************************************************************** [EXCHANGE01] Änderungen an der Ordnerhierarchie in Quelle '' gemeldet: 0 geänderte Ordner, 0 gelöschte Ordner. 31.01.2020 17:00:37 [EXCHANGE01] Gesamtzahl der auf das Postfach "04fd1cb9-73ce-4b13-b967-c9dbc91fb6d3" angewendeten Änderungen: Neu 0, Geändert 0, Gelöscht 0, Gelesen 0, Ungelesen 0, Elementaktualisierungen 0, Übersprungen 0, Gesamt 0. 31.01.2020 17:00:37 [EXCHANGE01] Inkrementelle Synchronisierung '04fd1cb9-73ce-4b13-b967-c9dbc91fb6d3' abgeschlossen: 0 Hierarchieaktualisierungen, 0 Inhaltsänderungen. 31.01.2020 17:00:37 [EXCHANGE01] Schwerwiegender Fehler DataValidationException. 31.01.2020 17:30:38 [EXCHANGE01] Der Microsoft ...

Walter Weiss asked 02/03/2020 10:29
User

WseRemoteAccessUsers and WseRemoteWebAccessUsers groups populated...how?

I've reached the point in my migration where I've set up a WSE2016 server, and installed the connector software on most domain computers.  I noticed in my AD a bunch of new Security Groups created by the WSE2016 server. Two of them are WseRemoteAccessUsers and WseRemoteWebAccessUsers, and both of them are populated with EVERY user object in my AD, regardless of which OU it's in. I don't think this is a good idea, since some of those user objects are for managed service accounts, disabled accounts associated with Resource Mailboxes, and other special-purpose user objects. Many ...

User asked 01/29/2020 22:15
Steve Kelly

Server Essentials 2012 R2 - VPN Failing

Hi all, Hope someone can help before I either go grey or bald trying to figure this out. Remote Web Access and VPN were all working fine until Monday just gone. Nothing changed on server or Sonicwall Firewall. Have checked Firewall and everything is OK there (ports 80 and 443 allowed). Have tried doing the old "repair wizard" on the Essentials server but it fails. DHCP and DNS both running on the Essentials server. Not sure where to begin?? Remote Web Access is working OK though i.e. companyname.remotewebaccess.com. VPN connects ...

Steve Kelly asked 01/22/2020 09:54
leo hesselmann

tutorial how to setup rds gateway on server 2019 stuck on step one

Hi,   i'm looking for an alternative for essentials. mostly beacause i wan't clients to use rdp more securely than just opening port 3389. but  i'm stuck on step one in elevated PS i copy/paste  " Add-WindowsFeature -Name RDS-Gateway -IncludeAllSubFeature –IncludeManagementTools" immediately getting this error: s not found. At line:1 char:1 + Add-WindowsFeature -Name RDS-Gateway -IncludeAllSubFeature –IncludeMa ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~     + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (RDS-Gateway:String) [Install-WindowsFeature], Exception     + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NameDoesNotExist,Microsoft.Windows.ServerManager.Commands.AddWindowsFeatureCommand just a little push in the right direction will do...

leo hesselmann asked 01/27/2020 20:23
David Joseph

Exchange Monitoring Mailboxes counting as User Cals in Essentials 2019??

We recently migrated our SBS 2011 server to two new bare metal servers. One server running Windows Server 2019 as the PDC and AD server, and one box with WIndows Server 2016 Standard running Exchange 2016. We have 18 actual users in Active Directory. My main Domain Controller running Windows Server Essentials keeps shutting down on Saturday nights with the error event ID 73: "The User Count Check detected a condition in your environment that is out of compliance with the licensing policy. This server does not comply with the End User License Agreement (EULA). The EULA ...

David Joseph asked 01/22/2020 20:35
Glen Ashcroft

getting invalid certificate

i have completed all the steps to migration upto public folders i am still getting a certificate warning when opening outlook saying the name does not match   its referring to the new server but is using the .local name but getting the public certificate  i am using the public name with split dns i have double checked all the steps  

Glen Ashcroft asked 01/29/2020 13:51
Michael Wells

Migrating SBS 2008 to Server 2016 (not Essentials) - Time sync question

Hi, I am following the guide to do this migration which is going well. However, I have started seeing the error "PDC emulator master in this forest should be configured to correctly synchronize time" in server manager now (it didn't for the first week or so) - are the instructions in the article " Virtualization of your Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials and set time service on your virtualized domain controller " relevant for Windows Server 2016. This is a virtualized environment with Windows Server 2016 as both the Hyper-V host and VM(s). Many thanks, Mike. ...

Michael Wells asked 04/24/2019 18:56
Frank Kay

Outlook 2016 has begun to assume Exchange 365 and fails to connect to on-premises exchange accounts

Over the past 18 months, I have performed 5 successful SBS2011 to Server 2016 Essentials with on-premises Exchange 2016 for clients of mine, thanks to excellent migration guidance and support from Server-Essentials.  All has been well for months, with clients using various versions of Outlook, ie 2010, 2013, and 2016, and a couple of users with the Office 365 version I now have several users, using Outlook 2016, on computers both attached to the domain or visiting, or connecting from other locations, where the autoconnect does not work. Some research on the problem reveals a lot ...

Frank Kay asked 01/26/2020 15:29
Mick Hall

Windows Server Essentials 2016 VPN Issues

Hi everyone, I'm new to servers and I'm having issues with the VPN. I can login remotely to a PC using RDP from anywhere, but the VPN just dosent work and I get an "Error 800" message? Port 1723 has been opened and checked and I have also created the domain name used for Anywhere Access. Ive tried lots of things but nothing has yet worked and the client is on my case. Help would be appreciated. Thanks, Mick

Mick Hall asked 01/27/2020 18:08
Rick Wood

Error in DCDIAG test on Windows 2008 SBS

Step 1 Windows 2008 upgrade to Windows 2019 Step 1 number 6 dcdiag /test:dns /dnsall /e /v > c:\reports\dcdiag-01.txt Four NICs in the server and only one enabled with the rest disabled. Summary of DNS test results:                                               Auth  Basc   Forw Del   Dyn    RReg   Ext _________________________________________________________________ Domain: rossittoassoc.local    FS01                         PASS WARN PASS PASS PASS WARN PASS No IPv6 running. Not sure where to look now.  I believe it might be related to the three NICs that have been disabled. Thanks

Rick Wood asked 01/22/2020 20:18
User

Removing Exchange 2010 from SBS2011 when migrating to Server Essentials 2019

At what point in the migration process would it be wise to remove Exchange Server 2010 from SBS2011 given that the mailboxes have already been migrated to Office 365? Can it just be removed in the normal  (uninstall from add/remove progs) way or is there some particular procedure required on SBS2011 ?  

User asked 01/23/2020 10:36
Gavin Steiner

Server Essentials and Office 365 accounts - which passwords are kept

When installing a 2016 essentials server and connecting to an existing O365 tenant - which password is kept?    The domain password or the Office 365 password?   Thanks 😊

Gavin Steiner asked 01/24/2020 19:48
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