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.
SPECIAL FEATURE: Remote Desktop Issues:
- Available updates for Remote Desktop Services in Windows Server 2012
- Available Updates for Remote Desktop Services in Windows Server 2012 R2
SPECIAL FEATURE: DirectAccess issues:
- Update adds BPA rules for DirectAccess in Windows Server 2012 R2 or Windows Server 2012
- Recommended hotfixes and updates for Windows Server 2012 DirectAccess and Windows Server 2012 R2 DirectAccess
- End-to-end configuring and troubleshooting DirectAccess
- e2e: Simplified Direct Access in an IPv4-only Environment
- e2e: Direct Access single server setup with mixed IPv4 and IPv6 environment
- DirectAccess Unsupported Configurations
- Troubleshooting DirectAccess
1. Solutions related to Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS):-
- AD FS 2.0 Troubleshooting Guide
- Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) Wiki Articles
- AD FS Content Map - TechNet Articles
- FAQ on ADFS - Part 1 - Ask Premier Field Engineering (PFE) Platforms - Site Home - TechNet Blogs
- Important Announcement: AD FS 2.0 and MS13-066 - Ask the Directory Services Team - Site Home - TechNet Blogs
- How to Build Your ADFS Lab on Server 2012 Part 1 - Ask Premier Field Engineering (PFE) Platforms - Site Home - TechNet Blogs
- How to Build Your ADFS Lab on Server 2012, Part2: Web SSO - Ask Premier Field Engineering (PFE) Platforms - Site Home - TechNet Blogs
- How to Build Your ADFS Lab on Server 2012 Part 3: ADFS Proxy - Ask Premier Field Engineering (PFE) Platforms - Site Home - TechNet Blogs
- How to Build Your ADFS Lab Part4: Upgrading to Server 2012 R2 - Ask Premier Field Engineering (PFE) Platforms - Site Home - TechNet Blogs
- Introduction to Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) AlternateLoginID Feature - Ask Premier Field Engineering (PFE) Platforms - Site Home - TechNet Blogs
2. Solutions related to Bugchecks, Stop errors, and unexpected restarts:
- Stop error 0x1E on a VPN server that is running in Windows Server 2012 R2 or Windows 8.1
- 0x7E Stop error occurs randomly when you close SMB sessions in Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2
- 0x9F Stop error when you shut down a computer that is running Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2
- 0x7e Stop error when you run SMB direct stress in Windows Server 2012 R2
- 0x133, "0x101" Stop error or system stops responding during start
- 0x00000050 Stop error in Bthmodem.sys in Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2
- Stop Error 0x1A in the nt!MiUpdateWsle function in Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2
- Stop error 0x9E in Windows Server 2012 or Windows 8
- Stop error 0x000000D1 and Windows Server 2012 runs a bugcheck when you enable a storage controller
- You receive Stop error 0xD1 in Windows Server 2012 R2 or Windows Server 2012
3. Solutions related to General Active Directory issues:
- Upgrade Domain Controllers to Windows Server 2008 R2
- Upgrade Domain Controllers to Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2012
- Running Adprep.exe
- How to restore deleted user accounts and their group memberships in Active Directory
- Root Causes for Slow Boots and Logons (sbsl) - TechNet Articles - United States (English) - TechNet Wiki
- How to remove data in Active Directory after an unsuccessful domain controller demotion
- Because TechNet didn’t have enough Active Directory awesomeness already - Ask the Directory Services Team - Site Home - TechNet Blogs
- 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
4. Solutions related to Installing Windows updates or hotfixes:
- Fix Windows corruption errors by using the DISM or System Update Readiness tool
- Windows Server 2012 R2 Update: Availability of WSUS fix and revised servicing timing
- Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 General Availability Update Rollup
- Error 0x80070005 when you install an update in Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2
- Error 0x80073712 when you install update 2919355 in Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2
- Update to fix restart problems after you install update rollup 2919355 in Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2
- Fix restart problems after you install update rollup 2919355 in Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2
- You cannot uninstall IIS after you install KB2919355 in Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2
- How to troubleshoot error 0x800F081F when installing roles and ...
- NET Framework 3.5 installation error: 0x800F0906, 0x800F081F, 0x800F0907
5. Solutions related to Remote Desktop Services (Terminal Services) licensing:
- RD Licensing Configuration on Windows Server 2012 - Ask ...
- Available updates for Remote Desktop Services in Windows Server 2012 R2
- Can’t install RDS CALs by using a web browser or telephone on a Windows Server 2012-based license server
- Event ID 44 logged when remote users try to log on to a Windows Server 2012-based RD Session Host server
- RDS and TS CAL Interoperability Matrix - TechNet Articles - United States (English) - TechNet Wiki
- Licensing Policies for Windows Server 2012 Remote Desktop Services
- Remote Desktop Server Licensing
- RD Licensing Demystified – how it Works - TechNet Articles - United States (English) - TechNet Wiki
6. Solutions related to Active Directory replication:
- Troubleshooting Active Directory Replication Problems: Active Directory
- Troubleshooting AD Replication error 5: Access is denied
- Download Active Directory Replication Status Tool from Official Microsoft Download Center
- Replication error 1722 The RPC server is unavailable
- Replication error 8453 Replication access was denied
- Replication error -2146893022 The target principal name is incorrect
- Replication error 1753 There are no more endpoints available from the endpoint mapper
- Replication error 1396 Logon Failure The target account name is incorrect
- Replication error 8614 The Active Directory cannot replicate with this server because the time since the last replication with this server has exceeded the tombstone lifetime
- Replication error 8524 The DSA operation is unable to proceed because of a DNS lookup failure
- Replication error 1256 The remote system is not available
- Replication error 8451 The replication operation encountered a database error
- 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
7. Solutions related to File Replication Technologies (FRS and DFSR):
- DFSR event ID 2213 in Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2012
- DFS Replication: How to troubleshoot missing SYSVOL and Netlogon shares
- List of currently available hotfixes for Distributed File System (DFS) technologies in Windows Server 2008 and in Windows Server 2008 R2
- Understanding DFSR Debug Logging (Part 1: Logging Levels, Log Format, GUID’s) - Ask the Directory Services Team - Site Home - TechNet Blogs
- Top 10 Common Causes of Slow Replication with DFSR - Ask the ...
- DFS Replication Initial Sync in Windows Server 2012 R2: Attack of the Clones - The Storage Team at Microsoft - File Cabinet Blog - Site Home - TechNet Blogs
- DFS Replication Improvements in Windows Server 2012 - The Storage Team at Microsoft - File Cabinet Blog - Site Home - TechNet Blogs
- Microsoft TechNet: Troubleshooting File Replication Service
- Download File Replication Service Diagnostics Tool (FRSDiag.exe) from Official Microsoft Download Center
- Where’s my file? Root cause analysis of FRS and DFSR data deletion - Ask the Directory Services Team - Site Home - TechNet Blogs
- Understanding DFSR debug logging (Part 14: A sharing violation due to a file locked upstream between two Windows Server 2008) - Ask the Directory Services Team - Site Home - TechNet Blogs
- Understanding DFSR debug logging (Part 17: Replication failing because of blocked RPC ports (uses debug severity 5)) - Ask the Directory Services Team - Site Home - TechNet Blogs
- The performance of DFS Replication in Windows Server 2008 is slower than expected on a WAN connection, and no error message is logged in the DFS Replication log
8. Solutions related to Clustering:
- Recommended hotfixes and updates for Windows Server 2008 R2-based server clusters
- Recommended hotfixes and updates for Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Failover Clusters
- Recommended hotfixes and updates for Windows Server 2012-based failover clusters
- Recommended hotfixes and updates for Windows Server 2012 R2-based failover clusters
- Unable to launch Cluster Failover Manager on any node of a ...
- 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
- How to use Windows Server cluster nodes as domain controllers
- Event ID 5120 in System Event Log - Clustering and High ...
9. Solutions related to DNS issues:
- DNS server that has DNSSEC enabled does not validate signed zones in Windows Server 2012 R2
- Local IP address cannot be registered on DNS server after DNS Client service is restarted in Windows
- SERVFAIL error from a Windows Server 2012 R2-based DNS server that has DNSSEC enabled
- You cannot connect to a network printer by using the CNAME for the print server in a Windows Server 2012 R2 DNS environment
- Telephony equipment errors when the Internet telephony system runs on a Windows Server 2012 R2-based DNS server
- Computer cannot be registered in DNS when you renew the IP address in Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2
- DNS queries fail on secondary DNS server running Windows Server 2012 R2 or Windows Server 2012
- DNS server crashes after you install update 2919355 for Windows Server 2012 R2.
- Incorrect CNAME records on a Windows Server 2012 R2-based DNS server
- DNS query fails if you use BIND DNS together with Windows DNS in Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 or Windows Server 2012 R2
10. Solutions related to Access to file shares (SMB):
- List of currently available hotfixes for the File Services technologies in Windows Server 2012 and in Windows Server 2012 R2
- Slow copying from a shared folder over a network
- SMB Bandwidth Limit component breaks Offloaded Data Transfers (ODX) in Windows Server 2012 R2
- Connection delay until an error is reported when you access a nonexistent NFS share on a Windows Server-based computer
- SMB 3.0 Transparent Failover feature does not work after you disconnect a drive cable in Windows
- File or folder is not found or an error occurs when you configure SMB share properties in Windows RT 8.1 or Windows 8.1
- Can’t access an SMB share on a Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2-based file server
- Shared folder in Windows Server 2012 R2 or Windows 8.1 cannot be accessed by using SMB version 1 protocol
- Error 58 when an application calls BackupRead function to back up files that are shared by using SMB in Windows
- Event 1002 when system file information folder is shared in Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2