Top Support Solutions for Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2
This is a collection of the top Microsoft Support solutions for the most common issues experienced when using Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 (updated quarterly). Note that some content that applies to earlier versions of Windows Server is listed, because it can be also helpful with Windows Server 2012 issues.
1. Solutions related to remote access (DirectAccess):
- Recommended hotfixes and updates for Windows Server 2012 DirectAccess and Windows Server 2012 R2 DirectAccess
- DirectAccess Unsupported Configurations
- Troubleshooting DirectAccess
- Deploy Multiple Remote Access Servers in a Multisite Deployment
- Deploy Remote Access in a Cluster
- Deploy Remote Access in an Enterprise
- Step 1: Plan the DirectAccess Infrastructure
2. Solutions related to Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS):
- FAQ on ADFS - Part 1
- Important Announcement: AD FS 2.0 and MS13-066
- How to Build Your ADFS Lab on Server 2012 Part 1
- How to Build Your ADFS Lab on Server 2012, Part2: Web SSO
- How to Build Your ADFS Lab on Server 2012 Part 3: ADFS Proxy
- How to Build Your ADFS Lab Part4: Upgrading to Server 2012 R2
- Introduction to Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) AlternateLoginID Feature
3. Solutions related to bug checks, stop errors, and unexpected restarts:
- Free blue screen/bug check diagnostic tool
- Bug Check Code Reference
- USB devices stop working in Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012
- The Compiler Did What?
- Understanding ARM Assembly Part 1
- Stop error 0x109: CRITICAL_STRUCTURE_CORRUPTION on a VMWare virtual machine
- Stop error 0x000000D1 and Windows Server 2012 runs a bugcheck when you enable a storage controller
- 0x7E Stop error occurs randomly when you close SMB sessions in Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2
- Driver installation may fail if a required device results in Stop 0x7B
- "0xD1" Stop error when computer is restarted by the Sysprep.exe process in Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2
- Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012: Automatic Memory Dump
- Troubleshooting a Stop 0x7B in Windows
4. Solutions related to other clustering issues:
- Recommended hotfixes and updates for Windows Server 2012 R2-based failover clusters
- Unable to launch Cluster Failover Manager on any node of a 2012/2012R2 Cluster
- You cannot stop the cluster service on a Windows Server 2012 R2-based failover cluster
- CPrepSrv.exe process crashes or Failover Cluster Manager freezes when you validate storage in Windows Server 2012 R2
- “Configuration Error” for Network Adapter property when you use Failover Clustering in Windows Server 2012 R2
- Storage spaces take a long time to move to another node after a node fails on a Windows Server 2012 R2 failover cluster
- CSV failover time is longer than expected in Windows failover cluster
5. Solutions related to Active Directory replication:
- AD replication fails with an RPC issue after you set a static port for NTDS in a Windows-based domain environment
- Troubleshooting AD Replication error 8606: "Insufficient attributes were given to create an object"
- After you re-add a member server to a DFS replication group in Windows Server 2003 R2, initial replication does not occur on the member server, and changes in the replicated folder are replicated unexpectedly to other replication partners