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Deploy and Configure WSUS on Server 2012 R2

April 21, 2026February 23, 2016 by Daniel Boring

Windows Server Update Service [WSUS] is a server role that serves as a repository for Microsoft product updates on your network. Instead of every computer on your network downloading updates directly from Microsoft you can deploy a WSUS server so the updates are downloaded once and distributed to your environment from the WSUS server.

In this post I will be deploying WSUS Server 2012 R2 in a domain environment, using the Windows Internal Database (WID), and using Group Policy to have my computers connect to WSUS instead of Microsoft Updates.

Single WSUS Server

VMware Guest Customization – Could not parse or process the unattend answer file

April 21, 2026February 16, 2016 by Daniel Boring

While deploying a virtual machine from template I received an error when guest customization was running:

Windows could not parse or process the unattend answer file for pass [specialize]. The settings specified in the answer file cannot be applied. The error was detected while processing settings for components [Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup].

Per VMware KB 2008221 a ‘wrong product key‘ could cause this. Coincidentally I created and used a brand new Guest Customization for this deployment. Turned out I used a Server 2012 Datacenter KMS key instead of the Server 2012 R2 Datacenter KMS key (Microsoft KMS Keys). I deleted the VM and redeployed after correcting the Guest Customization thus solving the problem!

Microsoft WMI – Invalid Class Error [0x80041010]

April 21, 2026November 19, 2015 by Daniel Boring

You can receive error 0x80041010 from multiple applications that call WMI. For my example it was received in SCCM while patches were being applied.

No matter where you got the error the underlying issue is probably with WMI. Here is how to check!

Setup RD Gateway Role on Windows Server 2012 R2

April 21, 2026November 19, 2015 by Daniel Boring

The Remote Desktop Gateway [RDG] role enables you to access your RDS environment remotely over 443.

Remote Desktop Serivces - Gateway Role — RDS Architecture

Setup RD Licensing Role on Windows Server 2012 R2

April 21, 2026November 18, 2015 by Daniel Boring

Once you have an Remote Desktop Services [RDS] environment setup and want to continue using it past the 120 day trial period you will need to setup the RD Licensing role. This blog post will document how to setup the role, activate the license server with Microsoft, add a license key, then configure RDS with the license.

Remote Desktop Serivces - Licensing Role — RDS Architecture

Setup Remote Desktop Services in Windows Server 2012 R2

April 21, 2026November 13, 2015 by Daniel Boring

Microsoft Remote Desktop Services [RDS] allows users to access centralized applications and workstations in the data center remotely. Microsoft RDS is the new expanded and renamed Microsoft Terminal Services. In this post I will document the implementation of RDS in my home lab using an ‘all-in-one’ configuration.

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Windows 10 coming Summer 2015!

April 21, 2026March 22, 2015 by Daniel Boring

Most of the community expected Windows 10 to be released fall 2015, however Microsoft made a announcement on their blog that it will be released summer 2015 instead. There isn’t a date set in stone yet but months sooner than expected is welcomed!

Windows 10 will be a free upgrade for Windows 7 & 8 users for the first year as Microsoft introduces their subscription based plan. There hasn’t been a price set by Microsoft for this subscription plan yet.

Read the announcement blog post here: http://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2015/03/17/windows-10-launches-this-summer-in-190-countries-around-the-world/