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Challenge! SBS 2003 server suddenly missing roles!

i happen know of company missing entire roles in sbs2003. can't seem add them since it's not normal server 2003. exchange, third party software, , oddly working , can rdp-ed technicians. allowing 2 admin users @ time. the dns, dhcp , iis roles destroyed , apparently outright missing. any ideas? hi,   as issue related sbs 2003, suggest discussing in our sbs newsgroup.   http://www.microsoft.com/smallbusiness/community/newsgroups/dgbrowser/default.mspx?dg=microsoft.public.backoffice.smallbiz&lang=en&cr=us&r=627fae54-a95e-45ba-b054-e423964b47fa   tim quan - msft   Windows Server  >  Windows Server General Forum

Clients using RRAS for NAT can only get to *SOME* websites - Windows server 2008

i'm running server 2008 (sp2), i've got dhcp , dns roles set appropriatly, server handing out ips , dealing dns requests machines on network apparantly correctly. i've run through wizard set rras nat, appropriately setting internal , external interfaces, internal interface not have gateway specified, have static ip address.  internet interface recieves it's ip address on dhcp isp. clients seem able resolve names correctly using dns server, unable connect websites, connection times out, example can connect google, can't connect site (http://social.technet.microsoft.com/), can't connect windows live messenger or xfire. have tried disabling ipv6 incase it's trying send data onto ipv6 internet (or lack of), disabled windows firewall - because could, , tried other things. suggestions @ or try? alex well that's strange, appears mtu outbound connection being set high , breaking packets! ...

Installing ADDS, from Server Manager or DCPROMO?

hi. you can install adds server manager=>add roles and/or through dcpromo.exe. whats diffrences? regards, amir. add roles install relevant binaries - not result in promotion of dc. need launch dcpromo afterwards. more @ http://social.technet.microsoft.com/forums/ar/winserverds/thread/c25cb4cf-18f3-49ea-ac88-2b2c878a10a8 hth marcin Windows Server  >  Directory Services

DHCP superscope or not?

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i have read technet notes on superscopes , thought that's need running through notes think need further assistance, have single subnet network, 1 dhcp server 2003, serving out dhcp xp , 7 clients, servers, printers, resources fixed ip expect.  have been asked change ip address range clients different ip number configuration completely, therefore created superscope, added original scope1 , added new scope2 new address range superscope.  cannot seem find literature on configuration ideally need keep server ip address in original number range (scope1) , clients dhcp query new ip address range (scope2), can point me in right direction?  many thanks. jo. a superscope not correct approach scenario based on description. if switching out ip range, have make sure network configured correctly.  for example, if on our network have clients ip addresses in 192.168.1.x/24 range, , start configure other clients in 192.168.2.x/24 range, not able communicate each other be...

DSCP set by Group Policy not working

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hello all, i hope right place ask question.  have basic gpo applies qos policy windows server 2012 server.  can see policy applied , verify looking in registry hklm\software\microsoft\policies\qos.  policy marks traffic server dscp 34.  starting basic here.  if use wireshark @ traffic server shows dscp 0.  missing?  i'm running wireshark on computer on same network keep testing simple.  ultimate goal mark rdp traffic proper prioritization across our wan.  thanks help, scott hi scott182, reply. based on research, seems vms in hyper-v not support dscp. windows server 2012 hyper-v qos provides ability to: enforce minimum bandwidth , maximum bandwidth traffic flow, identified hyper-v virtual switch port number. configure minimum bandwidth , maximum bandwidth per hyper-v virtual switch port using either powershell cmdlets or windows management instrumentation (wmi). configure multiple virtual netw...

Hyper-V Standalone clustering/SAN support

i need setting 2 hyper-v 2012 hosts. full version of server 2012 installed on both hosts. want remove , install hyper-v standalone 2012 on hosts , setup access san shared storage , clustering. obvious goal want servers able fail on 1 host in case of outage. just need a) make sure can of hyper-v standalone and b) instructions on setting san/clustering hyper-v standalone. i'm wondering if virtual machine manager 2012 make of easier , whether or not should purchase it. vincent sprague i need setting 2 hyper-v 2012 hosts. full version of server 2012 installed on both hosts. want remove , install hyper-v standalone 2012 on hosts , setup access san shared storage , clustering. obvious goal want servers able fail on 1 host in case of outage. just need a) make sure can of hyper-v standalone and b) instructions on setting san/clustering hyper-v standalone. i'm wondering if virtual machine manager 2012 make of easier , whether or not should purchase it. vin...

Assign licenses by OU

i'm working on changing our o365 licenses 8000+ users.  need assign student licenses accounts in 'student' ou.  need assign employee licenses users in other ous.  there way it?  how? get-msoluser not output ou in it's out.  i can filter users have old student license change license users without license?  likewise, can filter users have old employee license users without license? currently have these scripts starting point: get-msoluser -enabledfilter enabledonly -maxresults 2000 -unlicensedusersonly | fl get-msoluser -all  | fl | {$_.licenses -contains 'standardwoffpack_student'} get-msoluser -all  | fl | {$_.licenses -contains 'standardwoffpack_faculty'} thanks help. $users = get-aduser -filter * -searchbase ou=students,.... foreach($user in $users){ if(!((get-msoluser -userprincipalname $user.userprincipalname).licenses | ? {$_.accountskuid -eq 'standardwoffpack_student'})) { set-msoluserlicense -userpr...