[DISCUSSION] Windows Server 2025 (Build 26100)

Discussion in 'Windows Server' started by Tito, Jan 25, 2024.

  1. Mattitla

    Mattitla MDL Novice

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    Only thing which comes to my mind is full Bluetooth-support. Never had my Bluetooth headphones working in earlier Server-versions. But server is server Bluetooth support is not priority.
     
  2. redsunset

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    Some BT supports was added back in 26040. Anker headphones and logitech m mouse worked great, but logitech k380 and k480 keyboards didn't.
     
  3. Dieter31

    Dieter31 MDL Junior Member

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    I have an unknown bluetooth device in device manager. Installing microsoft bluetooth PAN Driver (according to ID of Device) was without problems but System is extremly slow since then.

    Think there is something wrong with it.
     
  4. maddogster

    maddogster MDL Senior Member

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    yeah will probably do that as good to have clean install after many years of upgrades/updates :)
     
  5. Paul Mercer

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  6. Dieter31

    Dieter31 MDL Junior Member

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    Does anyone has this Problem or a hint what to do to solve it?
    Windows Server Eval Datacenter 26244
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  7. Paul Mercer

    Paul Mercer MDL Expert

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  8. Mechanical Man

    Mechanical Man MDL Novice

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    Could be your BT/wireless card. On my laptop I put in an AX201 WiFi6 Intel model and have no BT issues whatsoever. WiFi speed also improved dramatically. The stock Realtek sucked beyond belief.
     
  9. Mechanical Man

    Mechanical Man MDL Novice

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    In all cases I've seen, the missing driver under BT in Device Manager is "Personal Area Network Service" by Microsoft. I used to always leave it uninstalled and didn't care if it was missing. Recently, I installed the PAN driver and it made no difference whatsoever. Just remove the sucker.
     
  10. Bread12211

    Bread12211 MDL Novice

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    Is there a way to enable installing drivers without trying to find the info? I was able to install the chipset drivers for my r7 7800x3d by opening the individual exes for each component but can't find out how to install the drivers for Bluetooth/lan.
     
  11. redsunset

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  12. batatinha

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    #193 batatinha, Jul 5, 2024
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    i have installed the server 2k25 to try hyper-v and failover cluster features.
    I have user 2 hpe proliant bl460c gen9 with shared storage. the good news is that 2k25 accepts drivers designed for server 2019 and server 2016.
    the failover cluster runs without problems and do what is expected.
    the hyper-v... well... is another history...
    when i try to configure in PS a vswitch with 2 nic in teaming a BSOD is displayed... both nic's are in dhcp.
    If i configure one nic with static ip address the command stops at 80%.
    the command i used
    New-VMSwitch -Name "SET" -NetAdapterName "Ethernet 3","Ethernet 4"
    this behaviour occurs in both servers.
     
  13. DrunkF

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    I hope the below helps. I do this pretty regularly without issues - generally since Server 2016 you want an embedded switch - with either SR-IOV (if supported/enabled) on or off to use VMQs.

    Make sure the drivers and settings for both ethernet nics are 100% the same, e.g. Flow Control, Jumbo Packet size, Receive/Transmit buffers, RSS balancing profile, SR-IOV on/off (if supported), VMQ on (unless really crappy drivers), TCP/UDP offload, Maximum Processors/Queues and so on.

    I generally use something like this, YMMV:

    New-VMSwitch -Name "LanSetTeam" -NetAdapterName "Ethernet1","Ethernet2" -EnableEmbeddedTeaming $true -AllowManagementOS $false -EnableIov $false -MinimumBandwidthMode Weight

    add-vmnetworkadapter -managementos -switchname "LanSetTeam" -name "SMB1"
    add-vmnetworkadapter -managementos -switchname "LanSetTeam" -name "SMB2"

    Set-VMNetworkAdapter -ManagementOS -Name "SMB1" -IeeePriorityTag on
    Set-VMNetworkAdapter -ManagementOS -Name "SMB2" -IeeePriorityTag on

    Set-VMNetworkAdapter -ManagementOS -Name "SMB1" -FixSpeed10G off
    Set-VMNetworkAdapter -ManagementOS -Name "SMB2" -FixSpeed10G off

    set-vmnetworkadapterteammapping -managementos -vmnetworkadaptername "SMB1" -physicalnetadaptername "Ethernet1"
    set-vmnetworkadapterteammapping -managementos -vmnetworkadaptername "SMB2" -physicalnetadaptername "Ethernet2"

    I also enable VMQ for both 1G and 10G nics, again depending on drivers:

    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\vmsmp\parameters]
    "BelowTenGigVmqEnabled"=dword:00000001

    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\vmsmp\parameters]
    "TenGigVmqEnabled"=dword:00000001
     
  14. Dieter31

    Dieter31 MDL Junior Member

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    Is it possible to upgrade from Windows Server 2025 eval preview version to full version later on when released without loosing data?
     
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  16. peter_58_ha

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    but the convert process needs a valid key. Or am I wrong?

    This command will do the job on all installed editions:

    (run from a admin cmd or Powershell)
    DISM.exe /online /Set-Edition:ServerStandard /ProductKey:xxxxx--xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx /AcceptEula

    best regards

    Peter
     
  17. John Freedom

    John Freedom MDL Novice

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    You must be a rookie. You never upgrade on top of existing OS. Just download the final version from uup and use MAS to activate. That's how Bill Gates really hates it.
     
  18. xinso

    xinso MDL Guru

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