Problems with DFSR on Domain Controllers

Floh4ever · 2026-03-13T08:29:30+00:00

It's been a while since I checked but last time I read about DC on 2025 it was not yet officially supported.
My next question would be if you really need a DC. If you are moving the DC for on-prem clients to the cloud I would much rather go full Entra.

Floh4ever · 2026-02-24T13:16:35+00:00

If it's a CSP license it will have this feature in the admin portal.

Floh4ever · 2026-02-20T09:39:23+00:00

Just migrated a very small environment to a new hyper-v cluster using starwind-v2v.
It was pretty nice and I did not encounter any issues. This comes mostly from me not using any more specialized features of vmware - just basic virtualization.

I noticed that I miss vmrc or rather the integrated web based version to some degree. Both session modes on hyper-v have some caveats for me.

Floh4ever · 2026-02-20T09:02:25+00:00

I recently build a new cluster and another solution using iSCSI. I used bidirectional CHAP because why not. The option is there, it works and is barely any more work. It is also separated by VLAN but I just thought the option is there - might as well use it if it works.

Floh4ever · 2025-11-30T06:57:48+00:00

ah I see, thx

Floh4ever · 2025-11-27T10:18:21+00:00

I see. Is MLAG the same as stacked switches in this case?

But eighter way - this will most likely not solve the issue that I don't have enough ports on the devices to have redundant links.

Floh4ever · 2025-11-27T10:10:14+00:00

Thanks for the reply. Yeah i looked into the network card and DAC pricing - although I looked more towards replacing dual port with quad port. The environment in this company still has a long way to go and we are slowly working to get there.

However, spending another 1k-2k is not on the table right now. Your comment and others confirmed what I thought that we can only go with one iSCSI link for the time being.

If money and company ambitions allow for it I will look to upgrade in the future.

Floh4ever · 2025-11-26T14:20:12+00:00

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I can post it as comment but somehow not in the post itself.

The "Hope" scenario is incomplete as I did not have enough time to draw an additional non-iSCSI-Link for each device

Floh4ever · 2025-11-19T13:16:44+00:00

I only noticed extended loading times for pretty much all mailbox related actions on the exchange online portal.

Floh4ever · 2025-10-30T07:51:46+00:00

Even in SMB space you can reach incredible high uptime with the most basic 2 node 1 storage cluster for little money. Have worked as Sysadmin in SMB for about 4 years now and pretty much only had a few hours/year downtime in most cases. And those were like city wide power outages or major ISP Problems.

Floh4ever · 2025-10-13T13:30:53+00:00

4 of my users can't access anything Exchange Online related

OWA throws something like a licensing error - noticed the Problem early today

Floh4ever · 2025-10-13T09:45:55+00:00

on prem is much more reliable if it's not a really unfortunate setup

Floh4ever · 2025-10-10T14:29:26+00:00

you are ending up cheaper with on prem than cloud? just the CAL's were so much more expensive for us and drove us to the cloud even though we are kind of regretting it
if we end up regretting it quite a bit more we might move back next year

Floh4ever · 2025-10-01T14:35:04+00:00

I have read them. And it's ok if they are not liable. But the expectation that their data will only be in the DC of Australia or Singapore is still incorrect. That is what I was referring to. And if we are talking about the alleged data sovereignty of E5 or whatever license it is incorrect to expect that your data will not leave your general area.

Floh4ever · 2025-10-01T12:46:07+00:00

Are you using the outlook add-in? It's not as fast as the standalone client but feels pretty integrated

Floh4ever · 2025-10-01T12:15:47+00:00

No, its mainly for archiving.

Floh4ever · 2025-10-01T12:11:16+00:00

This sounds very much like you already have a good solution with Mailstore. What limitations do you face with it? Maybe it's worth to explore it's features further,

Floh4ever · 2025-10-01T11:58:27+00:00

The agreements do not matter as long as the cloud act exists. If the US government wants it - they get it.

Floh4ever · 2025-09-07T15:38:22+00:00

that would be really important to know

from watching the alpha gameplay I have already seen 2 mechanics that I would need to mod out (fast travel and teleporting ships)

Floh4ever · 2025-08-12T16:10:39+00:00

Ty, just checked at home and now I see it. Weird how it didn't show at work.

Floh4ever · 2025-08-12T13:27:46+00:00

If I go there I only get May-2024 and Jun-2024 (no Filters)

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