Windows Server (formerly Windows NT Server) is a group of operating systems (OS) for servers that Microsoft has been developing since 1993. The first OS that was released for this platform is Windows NT 3.1 Advanced Server. With the release of Windows Server 2003, the brand name was changed to Windows Server. The latest release of Windows Server is Windows Server 2022, which was released in 2021.
Microsoft's history of developing operating systems for servers goes back to Windows NT 3.1 Advanced Server. Windows 2000 Server is the first OS to include Active Directory, DNS Server, DHCP Server, and Group Policy.
While Intel tests, updates, and deploys new microcode, we are making available an out-of-band (OOB) update, KB4078130, that specifically disables only the mitigation against CVE-2017-5715. In our testing, this update has been found to prevent the described behavior. For the full list of devices, see the microcode revision guidance from Intel. This update covers Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1), Windows 8.1, and all versions of Windows 10, both client and server. If you're running an affected device, this update can be applied by downloading it from the Microsoft Update Catalog website. Application of this payload specifically disables only the mitigation against CVE-2017-5715.
Secured connectivity in Windows Server 2022 adds another layer to security during transport. The new release adds faster and more secure encrypted hypertext transfer protocol secure (HTTPS) and industry-standard AES-256 encryption with support for server message block (SMB) protocol.
Additionally, in Windows Server 2022 customers can take advantage of the File Server enhancements such as SMB Compression. SMB Compression improves application file transfer by compressing data while in transit over a network. Finally, Windows Admin Center, a tool loved by admins, brings modern server management experience such as with a new event viewer and gateway proxy support for Azure connected scenarios.
On the Detect and Respond front, in Windows Server 2019, we are embedding Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) that provides preventative protection, detects attacks and zero-day exploits among other capabilities, into the operating system. This gives customers access to deep kernel and memory sensors, improving performance and anti-tampering, and enabling response actions on server machines.
Hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI): HCI is one of the latest trends in the server industry today. According to IDC, the HCI market grew 64% in 2016 and Gartner says it will be a $5 billion market by 2019. This trend is primarily because customers understand the value of using x86 servers with high performant local disks to run their compute and storage needs at the same time. In addition, HCI gives the flexibility to easily scale such deployments.
Sad to see that the minimal server interface is still MIA, There are so many workloads that are not compatible with server core SQL Reporting services for example and requiring us to have desktop experience installed is not an acceptable solution from a security perspective.
I have a Supermicro server with 2x internal samsung boot drives in software raid 1. One of these have failed, and upon bootup I suddenly have a whole bunch (33) of uninitialized 1.00 GB disks showing up on the server:
I tried to install Sophos connect to a windows server 2016 to run server as a client. I installed it, I Imported the config file but when I Try to connect it says OpenVPN service is not available. I looked for the services but everything is running. My suspicious is windows server cannot run as a client. Any ideas?? Thanks you!
When it comes to networking, Windows Server has become the standard. For the last 16 years, Microsoft has released a major version of Windows Server every four years and a minor version every two years. The minor versions can be recognized with the suffix R2. The Windows operating system is persistently updated to add new functionality to match the needs of today's users. Administrators need to understand how their server has evolved and upgraded. The list of all major and minor Microsoft Windows Server versions is as follows:
Is is possible to upgrade the OS one machine at a time in a multi machine arcgis server site? For instance, there are 3 machines each running 2016. Can we temporarily remove a machine from the site, upgrade it to 2022 then add it back to the site while the other two machines are still running 2016? We would then follow this process for the other two machines, taking down one at a time to upgrade the OS.
The removing and (especially) adding process can sometimes be process intensive to all servers in the site, leading to the site being slow to respond or even temporarily unresponsive. You should time these operations accordingly to minimize disruption to the clients.
We are thinking of an in-place upgrade from 2016 to 2019. Our sys admins report that an in-place upgrade from 2016 to 2022 is not recommended. Our thinking that regardless, we would probably follow what @BillFox is saying - simply just stop the windows arcgis server / portal / datastore/ exe processes and run the updates.
I am trying to publish and get running a .NET Core 6 web application on Windows Server 2022 using IIS10.The application published to the correct directory, and when I try to run it on the Server, it gives me an error HTTP Error 500.30 - ASP.NET Core app failed to start..NET 6 x64 is the only framework installed on the server as I know having 64-bit and 32-bit present can cause a problem.
One of my tasks is to run updates on all of our servers/vms and customer servers/vms and I normally do this the weekend that follows "patch Tuesday". However, this at times can take HOURSSSS. Sometimes I end up going to the update catalog and downloading and installing the updates myself but even that can take some time.
Sorry don't have the answer but can concur that I have the same problem! Loads of virtual Windows Server 2016 servers and each one can take hours and hours to download and install the updates, then restarting can be another hour before it is back on-line.
If the servers that take an extremely long time to patch are virtual servers then your storage's physical speed might be the root cause. Check whether the VM's are situated on 7200 rpm disks, 10k disks, 15k disks or SSD's in the storage array. If their OS drives are running on 7200rpm disks then that is most likely your problem, and the only way to fix that is to use faster physical disks. The problem is amplified when multiple VM's are running on those disks, and you are patching them simultaneously. Then they just sit with installation limbo with no progress for hours, regardless of the source of the installation.
I am in the same boat as you. What I have is WSUS and then update policies for servers that are set to download but not install approved updates. This way when I start the cycle of installing them they are at least downloaded, start to finish on the install, reboot, check for other updates, do them as necessary it typically takes me 2 hours and that is not really dependent on the number of VMs since I do them all at once, some finish within an hour while others will push closer to the 2 hour mark. That time also includes making sure that the services are functioning once they come back up, that our ERP system is working, etc.
During this 2 hour period the actual downtime is 1-1.5 hours since the first 30 minutes-ish is usually the initial pre-reboot install, I'll use this time to upgrade switch, A/P firmware, etc, basically things that don't really require the servers, sometimes I will just use it for training and load up CBT Nuggets and go through something I have wanted to look at but haven't had time.
Our primary server can take upwards of 40 minutes to complete a basic update, that an up-to-date Windows10 machine can finish in under a minute (from shutting down back to the login screen) - and looking at the resource usage on EXSi for the VM I see nothing. Negligible CPU usage, no disk activity - it just doddles.
My environment is fairly large, around 60 servers across a dozen+ locations. So I split mine up by week of the month to reduce the time it takes, and also reduce the chance of the updates screwing something up and/or screwing up fewer things. It also standardizes what I do to the various machines each week (ie snapshots don't apply to hyper visors, but do to everything else. AD servers require procedures around LAPS, etc). Here's a recap of how I do it:
Edit: Forgot to mention, we use Manage Engine Patch Manager Plus and it does the majority of the work for me for the vast majority of the apps on the servers. There are only a handful of small vendor apps that I have to do manually. I still do my reboots by hand and use iDRAC/LTSM/ILO to monitor them as they go.
We were quite successful in doing an in-place upgrade of 2016 to 2019. It wasn't much of a challenge because my servers are just instances of IIS or Microsoft SQL and our own application. No other third party software installed. Being that it is our application, we're quite able to fix any application problem as needed.
Do the Schedule Tasks on each server as I did, and never look back again. A few good years no problems, running every 4th Saturday early morning. I check servers on Sunday. My problem was that the servers were HDD and SAS, I was wasting around 6 hours on updates. Today I use "WAC" for help plus those PS lines.
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