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A series of Windows operating systems designed for server use. For questions specific to a particular version of Windows Server, use a more specific tag such as [windows-server-2008-r2] or [windows-server-2016]. Questions about administering Windows Server systems that are specific to a business environment are off topic for Super User; please consider asking on Server Fault instead if your question is on topic there.

Windows Server is a brand name for a group of server operating systems released by Microsoft.

It includes all Windows operating systems that have "Windows Server" in their names, but not any other Microsoft product.

The first Windows server edition to be released with that brand was Windows Server 2003. However, the first server edition of Windows was Windows NT 3.1

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Windows 7 Remote Desktop Connection Save Credentials not working

How to i allow credentials to be saved when connecting to another machine with Remote Desktop Connection? Background i try to connect to a server, and the Remote Desktop Client does not have any saved credentials: In order to try to save the…
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do files in the temporary folders get automatically deleted?

We are thinking to make our web application hosted on a windows server 2003 machine create temporary files, and "leave" it there as such. We won't manually take any action on them. So will these files get automatically deleted? Or is there some sort…
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How can I run a scheduled task as SYSTEM

I can't add SYSTEM account in task scheduler. When I try to add it becomes MYDOMAIN\SYSTEM and I get invalid user error. Can I use SYSTEM account to run a scheduled task?
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What is "NT AUTHORITY" and "NT SERVICE"

I can find many info on what is "NT AUTHORITY" slash "something". Same for "NT SERVICE". But not for the part before the slash. I run into them from time to time in my work. I might receive documentation with, e.g. Domain Admins, which sometimes…
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How To Expand Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Filesystem Volume on Hyper-V

I created a Ubuntu 20.04 LTS virtual machine (VM) on Hyper-V and now I am running out of disk space and I need to increase the filesystem space.
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How many folders can I put in one Windows folder?

I have a 10M folders. Each folder contains 13 files. All these folders I would like to put in one main folder (root). Is there any limitation in Windows Server for that?
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Task Scheduler repeat task not triggering

I am trying to set up a task that will start up an .exe every minute. I have created a Trigger, that when triggered will run the .exe and repeat every minute indefinitely. (I have also tried creating a daily task, the once triggered will repeat…
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What happens when windows runs out of drive letters?

Possible Duplicate: What if the hard disk is partitioned into more than 26 sections in Windows? What happens when windows runs out of drive letters? I searched Google and got no definite answer.
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Force Windows to install *all* missing updates

When I miss at least one cumulative update on one of my Windows 10 or Windows Server 2019 installations I often get the situation that after installing seemingly all pending updates and rebooting first the Windows Update GUI says the system is up to…
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Docker / Windows Container: how to mount a host folder as data volume on Windows 2016

How to mount a volume from Windows host to Windows guest system? I am on Windows Server 2016 TP4 using Docker. Following the documentation on https://docs.docker.com/engine/userguide/containers/dockervolumes/ If you are using Docker Machine on Mac…
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What characters are valid for Active Directory groups?

My software program is going to auto-generate Active Directory group names. We need to know which characters aren't allowed in an AD Group name (i.e. /, \, [, \, |, etc.). I found this link from Microsoft explaining the valid names for computers,…
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Windows Hello PIN/Fingerprint "This option is currently unavailable"

I am having trouble trying to use Windows Hello. I cannot enable any of its features (Image) My computer (Windows 10 1903 18362.239) is connected to a domain hosted on my local network. (Server 2016) I have not modified any group policy settings to…
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The connection was denied because the user account is not authorized

I am trying to use Remote Desktop to another PC on our domain. If I use an administrators account this works fine, however when I use a normal user it gives the error: The connection was denied because the user account is not authorised for…
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Mounting WebDAV drive in Windows Server 2012

I having problems mounting a webdav drive via explorer or cmd with the following command: net use z: "https://.." /user:username password System error 67 has occured. The network name cannot be found. Everything working fine on my other machines.…
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How do I install language packs on Windows Server 2008 R2?

Tried downloading the x64 version here. The setup doesn't even run. Just terminates without any error or anything (silently). Tried downloading the iso with 35 languages here. (Link from the bottom of first page). Mounted iso, windows finds the…
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