Microsoft Windows Server 2016

The in-place upgrade of an operating system refers to the process of installing a newer version of the operating system on the same physical hardware such as a PowerEdge server. The upgrade allows for the use of newer features available in the new operating system, retains existing roles and features, server settings, and data.

This document outlines symptoms customers may encounter when installing Windows Server 2016 or 2019 on Dell PowerEdge servers with AMD Rome and Milan CPUs. The steps to successfully install Windows Server are detailed and provided below.

This article gives the steps for resetting the 120-day Remote Desktop Services licensing grace period in Windows Server.

This article explains how to collect performance logs from all nodes of a cluster with PowerShell.

This article explains how to convert an evaluation edition of Windows Server to a fully-licensed edition. The conversion must be performed before the operating system (OS) can be activated using its product key. Attempting to activate an evaluation edition is a common cause of activation error 0xC004F050.

How to repair No Boot Missing or Corrupt BCD on Windows OS.

This article shows a way to repair a no-boot Microsoft Windows operating system (OS) with registry corruption.

Use the BOILER Tool to Analyze CBS/DISM logs to provide suggestions on a resolution.

This article provides information about Wi-Fi 6E not supported on client Linux Operating System (OS).

Explore this article to troubleshoot wireless networking for your home network on Windows 11. Also, for help with setting up, connecting, sharing files, photos, music, and troubleshooting your wireless network see the appropriate section.

This article contains instructions for testing LDAPS connectivity on a Windows domain controller and how to enable LDAPS for use with Dell products.

If you commit a PowerPath Migration Enabler handle of an mscd-type cluster migration and move the respective application/group/resource to the non-migration node, that non-migration node will log an Event Id 1568 Warning from Microsoft-Windows-FailoverClustering. This is expected behaviour. No action is required.

How to recover PowerPath Migration Enabler (PPME) from setup, if the PPME cluster resource is missing [PPME error(82)]

Vulnerabilities in GRUB (Grand Unified Bootloader) may allow Secure Boot bypass.

This article provides guidelines on using the NTttcp tool to troubleshoot network-related performance issues in Windows Server.

The log files in the %systemroot%\Logs\CBS folder should be automatically compressed into .cab files when they reach a certain size. If this compression fails, the logs can grow large. Further, the failure of the compression utility causes other large log files to be generated, resulting in a large amount of disk-space consumption.

A write-protected disk in Windows prevents changes to any data on the disk. This article shows how to correct this.

The management pack suite provides Dell-specific views that you can use to observe and examine the system inventory, status, and performance in a network.

What is a common Network Partition and Teaming Mode mistake that may result in unexpected network issues.

This article introduces the issue when DELL Windows Server 2016 Multilingual recovery DVD is used to install Japanese on the system. Workaround steps are also included.

This article explains how to download, install, and use the Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) Command-Line Interface (CLI) utility to manage your RAID controller. The utility is supported on PERC Series 8 and later family controllers on hosts running Windows, Linux, or ESXi. PERCCLI can also extract RAID controller logs which contain information that allows you or Dell Technical Support to determine the status of RAID controllers and the connected storage devices to narrow down possible sources of error.

This article provides great information about how persistent memory (NVDIMM) works and how to configure NVDIMM on a PowerEdge Server with Windows Server 2019.

Information and guidance on the Microsoft Windows CVE-2020-0601 vulnerability is provided in this article.

Explore the Windows 10 Magnifier Tool and its modes: Full Screen, Lens, and Docked. Check how to switch between these modes to enhance screen magnification and functionality on your Windows 10 system.

This article provides information about Windows Server 2016 Essentials where in the initial settings it stops responding at 16% according to the screens below. This issue occurs when installing the OS with the media shipped with the equipment.

This article discusses managing the Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) role using PowerShell. PowerShell commands for adding the WSUS role and performing various administrative tasks are detailed.

This article provides information about "Windows 10 upgrade fails to activate due to an interruption of network connectivity during the update."

This article details how to solve Stop Code 0x50 srv.sys caused by EternalBlue Exploit.

Attempting to activate Windows Server results in activation failure with error code 0xC004C008 or 0xC004C020. These errors indicate that the activation limit of the specified product key has been reached.

This article provides information about how to test available network bandwidth using iperf3.