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Tag: Windows Server 2012

  • Fix The Windows Desktop Search is not available error in Windows Server 2012

    Two years ago I posted a blog Fix The Windows Search service is not installed error in Windows Server 2008 R2 explains how to fix Outlook search slowly when installed on Windows Server 2008 R2. Now I upgrade the system to Windows Server 2012 but notice the steps to enable Windows Desktop Search service in Windows Server 2012 are changed. In short, Windows Desktop Search service was under role File Server in Windows 2008 R2 and now moved to under Feature Windows Search.

    Here are new steps to enable the Windows Search service in Windows Server 2012

    1. Start Server Manager.
    2. Click Manage , and then click Add Roles and Features .
    3. On the Before You Begin page, click Next .
    4. On the Installation Type page, select Role-based or Feature-based Installation , and then click Next .
    5. On the Server Selection page, select the server or virtual hard disk on which to install Windows Search Service.
    6. On the Features page, select Windows Search Servic e, and then click Next
    7. On the Confirmation page, verify that Windows Search Service is listed, and then click Install

  • How to find startup folder in Windows Server 2012

    In Windows Server 2008 R2, to define an application to be startup automatically for current user, one common way is to create an application shortcut and add it to startup folder. In Windows Server 2012, you might find you can’t find this startup folder any more. 

    Here is the steps to find startup folder in Windows Server 2012.

    1. WinKey + C to open the charms bar
    2. Click “Search”
    3. Enter shell:startup and click on the first result returned.

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    Now the Startup folder should appear, you can create and move shortcuts for application you want automatically startup into this folder.

  • Turning on and off GUI in Windows Server 2012

    When you install Windows Server 2012, you can choose between Server Core Installation and Server with a GUI. The Server with a GUI option is the Windows Server 2012 equivalent of the Full installation option available in Windows Server 2008 R2. The Server Core Installation option reduces the space required on disk, the potential attack surface, and especially the servicing requirements. In Windows Server 2012, you can freely switch between these options at any time, one approach might be to initially install the Server with a GUI option, use the graphical tools to configure the server, and then later switch to the Server Core Installation option.

    To use PowerShell to switch between Server Core and Full Server with GUI

    Full Server with GUI to Server Core

    Uninstall-WindowsFeature Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra -Restart

    Server Core to Full Server with GUI

    Install-WindowsFeature Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra,Server-Gui-Shell -Restart

  • Difference between Windows Client Hyper-V and Server Hyper-V

    Windows 8 supports virtualization on the client OS to allow IT professionals and developers to use Hyper-V as a desktop operating system. If you are an IT Professional or developer that uses Windows Server as development operating environments, you should be excited about new client Hyper-V feature in Windows 8 and wonder what are some of the key differences and similarities between Windows 8 Hyper-V and Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V?

    Here are the some of the key differences in Windows 8 Client Hyper-V from Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V:

    • No Hyper-V Replica
    • No Hyper-V Network Virtualization
    • No Virtual Machine Live Migration (Requires Failover Clustering only in Windows Server)
    • No Shared Nothing Live Migration
    • No SR-IOV (You need server class hardware; appropriate firmware, etc; you won’t find this on desktops)
    • No Failover Clustering (Client doesn’t include Failover Clustering)
    • No Virtual Fiber Channel
    • No RemoteFX GPU Hardware Acceleration ( which requires RDV only in Windows Server)
    • Second Level Address Translation (SLAT) HW required

    And the commonalities between Windows 8 Hyper-V & Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V

    • Virtual Machines created with Client Hyper-V are 100% compatible with Server Hyper-V
    • Client Hyper-V offers the same VM scale as Server
      • Up to 64 virtual processes per VM
      • Up to 64TB per virtual disk ( vhdx format )
      • Up to 1 TB of memory per VM.
    • Live Storage Migration is included
    • Support VHD Storage on SMB3 file shares
    • 100% PowerShell/WMI compatibility in management from Client to Server.
    • Client Hyper-V offers the full rich, open and extensible Hyper-V virtual switch.
    • QoS, bandwidth management and other advanced virtual switch capabilities are in there