If you have an old fileserver name that you want to retain on your new server or simply would like to add a new name to your fileserver, these two lines of code might help you.

NETDOM COMPUTERNAME oldFileServerName /ADD newFileServer.contoso.local

ipconfig /registerdns

DNS CNAME is not needed, the computer account is going to add the entry in Windows DNS by itself.

References:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/blogs/josebda/multiple-names-for-one-computer-consolidate-your-smb-file-servers-without-breaking-unc-pathshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/blogs/josebda/multiple-names-for-one-computer-consolidate-your-smb-file-servers-without-breaking-unc-paths

If you are annoyed by Azure Arc Setup icon, this command line will help you out.

Remove-WindowsCapability -online -Name AzureArcSetup~~~~

References:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/blogs/josebda/multiple-names-for-one-computer-consolidate-your-smb-file-servers-without-breaking-unc-paths

Microsoft seems to add new bugs more than features to new Windows Server releases. If you are having a static picture after logon in Windows Server 2025, this GPO might help you. We do not really know why it happens, but this was a solution that worked for me.

Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components/Remote Desktop Services/Remote Desktop Session Host/Connections > Select network detection on the server > Use both Connect Time Detect and Continuous Network Detect

Some have suggested to set this configuration to “Turn off” but that did not help me out.

References:

https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/1irt8x3/rdp_issues_after_upgrading_to_server_2025/?rdt=55016

Storage Sense is a new feature that came with Windows 10 and tries to delete temp folders or unused OneDrive data. The feature is good but sometimes some programs, probably not that good designed programs create files in the user’s temp folder and do not function properly after those files get deleted by Storage Sense feature.

So in order to disable the feature, here are some registry keys and GPOs that might help you:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\StorageSense\Parameters\StoragePolicy
DWORD 04 Value 0

Group Policy:

Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Storage Sense > Allow Storage Sense Temporary Files cleanup and set to disabled.

References:

https://winaero.com/disable-storage-sense-delete-temporary-files-windows-10/

This Monday, 13th of January 2025 was a bad day for sysadmins. Outlook and other Microsoft 365 / Office Apps would crash upon start because of a new update pushed by Microsoft. The message says something about react-navis-win32.dll missing. The only fix is to install the December 2024 Updates to fix the issue.

This configuration XML File install the December 2024 updates. Beware: This configuration is for Windows Server 2016 RDS and note that automatic updates are disabled.

<Configuration ID="e2abcd00-6229-40cc-be2d-e3a8ff5efb34">
  <Add OfficeClientEdition="32" Channel="Broad">
    <Product ID="O365BusinessRetail">
      <Language ID="de-de" />
      <Version ID="16.0.17328.20670"/>
      <ExcludeApp ID="Groove" />
      <ExcludeApp ID="Lync" />
      <ExcludeApp ID="OneDrive" />
      <ExcludeApp ID="Teams" />
    </Product>
  </Add>
  <Property Name="SharedComputerLicensing" Value="1" />
  <Property Name="SCLCacheOverride" Value="0" />
  <Property Name="AUTOACTIVATE" Value="0" />
  <Property Name="FORCEAPPSHUTDOWN" Value="FALSE" />
  <Property Name="DeviceBasedLicensing" Value="0" />
  <Updates Enabled="FALSE" />
  <RemoveMSI />
  <Display Level="None" AcceptEULA="TRUE" />
</Configuration>

To download data hit setup.exe /download configuration.xml

To install execute setup.exe /configure configuration.xml

References:

https://borncity.com/win/2025/01/13/microsoft-outlook-365-or-other-ms-365-apps-are-dropping-suddenly-errors/