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Jason Gough

Windows 2008 r2 to Windows 2019 server

Hi,   I have a customer who has an existing Windows 2008 r2 server as its only domain controller and we want to add a new windows 2019 server to the domain and then promote it to a dc, move the fsmo roles over to it along with DHCP and then remove the old 2008 server from use. Would the Windows Server 2008 Migration kit Silver at 99.00 be the correct migration guide to show me all of the steps that are required?.

Jason Gough asked 09/23/2019 14:44
Rodolfo Terron

The network connection was aborted by the local system in Windows 10 VPN

Hello. My end users are no longer able to connect to their SSTP VPN via Windows 10. Evevn when connecting through the network and sharing center (not the taskbar) it immediately says "The network connection was aborted by the local system". I have tried restarting the rras and NLA service on the server (Server 2019), but no luck. Users were able to get in on Friday and one even worked this morning. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. 

Rodolfo Terron asked 09/16/2019 19:04
Mike Givens

Set-ADForestMode : Cannot convert (Get error on step 3 second script)

Windows SBS2011 set to a 2003 Forest (Trying to migrate to a Windows 2019 Essentials Server)   https://server-essentials.com/support/migrate-sbs-2011-to-windows-server-2019#   (Step 3) PS C:\Users\administrator.HC.000> Get-AdForest ApplicationPartitions : {DC=ForestDnsZones,DC=hc,DC=local, DC=DomainDnsZones,DC=hc,DC=local} CrossForestReferences : {} DomainNamingMaster    : SBS.hc.local Domains               : {hc.local} ForestMode            : Windows2003Forest GlobalCatalogs        : {SBS.hc.local} Name                  : hc.local PartitionsContainer   : CN=Partitions,CN=Configuration,DC=hc,DC=local RootDomain            : hc.local SchemaMaster          : SBS.hc.local Sites         ...

Mike Givens asked 09/22/2019 18:04
Dick Summers

Exchange 2016 Receive Connector(s) fqdn

Should the receive connectors scoping fqdn be changed from the servername.local  to mail.domain.com?

Dick Summers asked 09/22/2019 16:22
Harlan Lax

Changing DNS entrees on client machines

I have migrated everything and I am on the cleanup steps.  Both servers point to each other for DNS but the clients still point to the original server.   Did I miss a step where the clients point to the new server for DNS

Harlan Lax asked 09/21/2019 21:03
Buddy Greenshield

PFMigration Status Synced with errors

Exchange 2010 to 2016 Public Folder Migration, the  Migration batch failed.  It complains about two folders that couldn't be mail enabled.  The SyncAndComplete parameter is only allowed when there are no Failed or Stopped users.     + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Complete-MigrationBatch], MigrationBatchCannotBeCompletedException     + FullyQualifiedErrorId : [Server=COPC-EXCH2016,RequestId=8a608a30-990d-4e79-a3cd-70cb7470b96e,TimeStamp=9/21/2019     9:47:17 AM] [FailureCategory=Cmdlet-MigrationBatchCannotBeCompletedException] C5589227,Microsoft.Exchange.Managem   ent.Migration.MigrationService.Batch.CompleteMigrationBatch     + PSComputerName        : copc-exch2016.copc.local 9/21/2019 1:35:15 AM [copc-exch2016] Public folder "/EFORMS REGISTRY/Organizational Forms Library" could not be mail-enabled. The error is as follows: "No mail public folder was found ...

Buddy Greenshield asked 09/21/2019 10:06
Buddy Greenshield

WSUS in SBS 2011 to Server 2016 Migration Scenario

I'm working on an SBS 2011 to Server 2016 Std with Essentials Role Migration. Making one server into five! DC / Essentials ,  Exchange 2016, Apps (Server2016), SQL 2014 (Server 2012R2), SharePoint Foundation 2013 (2012R2) I can't seem to find any information on migrating the SBS WSUS over to Server 2016 WSUS (and if I can use the SQL 2014 server - or would it need SQL 2016) The Server 2016 App server would be running WSUS on along with other apps. Can anyone point me to some documentation on this, or should I just ...

Buddy Greenshield asked 09/21/2019 09:07
User

Configure Exchange 2016 Certificates

I'm looking to purchased a UC Cert for the new Exchange 2016 server, with mail.domain.com and domain.com as specified in the guide.  Can i also add remote.domain.com as this is currently used by users, or does this cause a DNS loop as the existing SBS2011 uses remote.domain.com? I'm guessing that it probably does, but wanted to check. Thanks.

User asked 09/20/2019 08:49
Peter Koch

Move Access Anywhere to different IIS server

I have WSE 2016(server name = WSE2016) installed in a VM and Exchange 2016 (server name = ExchSrv) installed on another VM. Exchange OWA works when ports are forwarded to EchSrv. Access Anywhere works when ports are forwarded to the WSE2016 machine. Since both use 80/443 I have to pick one or the other to publish externally. Unless I can merge them into the same IIS server. From what I read, moving QWA to WSE2016 isn't going to work so I am curious if Access Anywhere can move to the IIS on ExchSrv. Or, if I am missing ...

Peter Koch asked 09/19/2019 17:30
David Moheban

Will Server Essentials 2016 built in backup backup sql open database files?

Hi,   Was wondering Will Server Essentials 2016 built in backup backup sql open database files and include them in the backup image? Think our work software runs of an sql anywhere backend. Thank you

David Moheban asked 09/12/2019 02:15
User

SBS2011 to Exchange 2016 Certificate Migration

Hi, I'm at step 6 of the migration. My situation is that the existing SBS has a Digicert cert issues to remote.XXXX.com with its corresponding A record, which works well.  Ideally I don't want to change this as all users have this setup for mobile and RDS access, can i export the existing cert at a later stage instead of creating and buying a new one? Thanks.

User asked 09/14/2019 16:36
Joe Healy

DFS during SBS 2011 std to Server 2019 Std

Hi Mariette, Since your DFS Tutorial My preference on file migration is the DFS method (which has been very successful) Is there any pitfalls or anything I should know before I start this process.   JOE HEALY

Joe Healy asked 09/13/2019 09:32
J.C. Wallace

SBS 2008 Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2013 Installation Fail Safe

Migrate Exchange Server 2007 from SBS 2008 to a new Exchange Server 2013 on Windows Server 2012 R2 I’m at the stage where the next step is: 4. Install Exchange Server 2013 on the new Windows Server 2012 R2 member server At what point (if any) might this interfere with the operation of the existing (SBS 2008) Exchange 2007 functionality? My concern is that if, after starting the install, we run into a problem with 2013... and it does interfere... is there a way to temporarily ‘ disable ’ 2013 so ...

J.C. Wallace asked 09/05/2019 16:09
User

SBS2011 Migration to 2016, User downtime

Hi I just bought the SBS2011 to WS2016 + Onsite Exchange guide and i'm about to get going.  One question I have is, what impact this process will have on users, do i have to do this out of hours?  There are a fair number of steps and i'm wondering which ones will cause downtime, or access issues?  This will also include Exchange which from what i've read, is best done after step 5 and before 21! Thanks for your time. Richard.

User asked 09/08/2019 10:46
Gavin Steiner

Migrating from, 2008 to 2019 when Azure AD connect has been implimneted

Our client has already implemented AD Connect, and now we're doing a migration from a 2008 DC up to 2019.  Is it necessary to remove AD connect in order to do this or can we leave Azure as-is and then reconnect from the new 2019 Domain Controller? Thanks for any thoughts!  

Gavin Steiner asked 09/09/2019 18:09
Ray Inc.

Hyper-V Server 2019

Hi Mariette, I'm wondering if you will have similar guides like below for Hyper-V 2019: ttps://server-essentials.com/support/install-and-configure-microsoft-hyper-v-server-2016 https://server-essentials.com/support/install-and-configure-rsat-on-windows-10-and-make-it-a-management-workstation-that-connects-to-a-hyper-v-2016-core-server-in-a-workgroup Seems that the management tools are somewhat different with 2019.   To be clear, I'm looking to install the following on new hardware and then setup 2 VMS:   https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-hyper-v-server-2019   Thank you

Ray Inc. asked 09/06/2019 17:36
J.C. Wallace

SBS 2008 Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2013: Outlook Desktop Authentication Failures

On an SBS2008 Migration we’ve installed Ex2013 on 2012-R2 & migrated all the Mailboxes and while OWA and Active Sync are working fine, Outlook Desktop (on the same LAN) is producing authentication failures, i.e., it keeps requesting credentials and most of the time it doesn’t accept them. Exchange 2007 is still on the SBS2008 box (as we’re having problems uninstalling that too) but I don’t know if it’s that Ex2007 is still online or if it’s related to this... Migrate Exchange Server 2007 from SBS 2008 to a new Exchange Server 2013 on ...

J.C. Wallace asked 09/09/2019 07:22
Harlan Lax

Step 23 Windows 2012 to WIndows 2019 migration failed

On Step 23 we use net share on both servers to check if replication is working.  On the new server I do not see those shares and I have two errors in event log both are DFSR 1202 and 6104 Where do I look for this issue?  Up until now everything went as shown

Harlan Lax asked 09/05/2019 20:13
Chris Bridges

SBS2011 Migration to Exchange 2016 hosted on Server 2019

Is it OK to have Exchange 2016 installed on a windows 2019 datacentre VM as part of the SBS2011 migration guides

Chris Bridges asked 09/06/2019 10:53
Frank Kay

connect mac os 10.15 (catalina) to server 2016 essentials

Migration from SBS 2011 Standard to Windows 2016 Essentials is progressing, most issues solved nicely by our friends at server-essentials - and then: One user, with much Mac enthusiasm, has a MacBook Air, and is in the 'beta testing' loop with macOS Catalina.  https:// /connect downloads MacConnector.dmg, opens with DiskImageMounter to give  a window with Connector for Mac.  Running the connector produces 'You can't use this version of the application with this vesion of MacOS'.  The user diagnoses that the connector downloaded is 32-bit, and Catalina only runs 64-bit components. I sense another attempt by Apple ...

Frank Kay asked 09/04/2019 12:52
J.C. Wallace

Exchange Server 2013 and Windows Management Framework (WMF) 5.1 Compatibility

In your guide: Migrate Exchange Server 2007 from SBS 2008 to a new Exchange Server 2013 on Windows Server 2012 R2 Under: Install Windows Server 2012 R2 and configure it as a member server It states: Download Windows Management Framework 5.1 from Official Microsoft Download Center... But the WMF 5.1 Release Notes state that WMF 5.1 is NOT compatible with Exchange 2013 And a bit of searching on the Tech sites seems to confirm that Exchange 2013 is only compatible with WMF 4.0 but those articles are somewhat ...

J.C. Wallace asked 09/03/2019 21:57
Jon Rixon

Azure AD Connect, Windows Essentials 2019, and Exchange Online management

Hi Please could someone let me know whether the following information is covered in the SBS2011 to Windows Server 2019 Essentials migration guide - because I've gotten most of the way through with a migration (have done many migrations in the past since SBS2003 upwards) but I'm struggling with Azure and Office 365. tl;dr: How do you manage Exchange Online when using Azure AD Connect with Server Essentials 2019? So - since there is no longer a dashboard with O365 connection options in Essentials 2019, and the recommended way to sync passwords to Azure AD is ...

Jon Rixon asked 07/25/2019 16:50
Ken Sheppard

Cert Authority Backup Error

Nearing the completion of a migration from Windows Server 2012 Essentials (not R2) to Windows Server 2019 Essentials.  During step 16 to migrate the Certification Authority, I'm getting an error in PS when I run the Backup-CARoleService command.  I did run the command from an elevated PS. Error is: Backup-CARoleService : The term 'Backup-CARoleService' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again. At line:1 char:1 + Backup-CARoleService c:\ADCSBackup ...

Ken Sheppard asked 09/01/2019 21:19
Serge Caron

Windows Server Essentials 2016: Which version of the ADK for PXE support

Greetings, WSE 2016 supports a restore service available from PXE. The WSE Dashboard requires a local installation of a Windows 10 ADK and (indirectly) suggests a download from https://docs.microsoft.com/fr-ca/windows-hardware/get-started/adk-install WSE 2016 is release 1607: however the ADK is available for several versions and, starting with 1809, WinPE is only available from a separate addon. Which is the currently recommended version to download and install on WSE 2016? (actually, it is Windows server 2016 with the Essentials Experience Role, if this has any bearing on the issue ;-) Regards,

Serge Caron asked 08/28/2019 14:49
Serge Caron

Autodiscover issue after migration from Exchange 2010 (SBS 2011) to Exchange 2016

Greetings! I just ran trough a "perfect" migration from Exchange 2010 to 2016: no error messages, etc. Exchange 2010 was uninstalled from SBS 2011 without any issue.   External autodiscover works as expected.   Internal autodiscover somehow picks up an old URL.   The SCP can be verified in Exchange 2016 :   [PS] E:\Notes>Get-ClientAccessService | fl AutodiscoverServiceInternalUri   AutoDiscoverServiceInternalUri : https://postoffice.(domain.tld)/Autodiscover/Autodiscover.xml   where "postoffice" is the hostname of the Exchange 2016 server: this is what is expected.   Every virtual directory in ...

Serge Caron asked 08/22/2019 18:24
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