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Windows Server content on WindowsForum covers enterprise administration, security patching, and infrastructure updates. Recent discussions include DNS over HTTPS general availability in Windows Server 2025, Kerberos denial-of-service and remote code execution vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-42903, CVE-2026-47288) affecting domain controllers, and a SharePoint RCE (CVE-2026-45454) for on-premises deployments. Other topics include a Recycle Bin display bug from June 2026 updates, a new MaxHeadersCount registry setting for HTTP.sys, and the CARTAN energy platform supporting Windows Server for private cloud. A Go HTML parser DoS (CVE-2026-25680) also impacts Windows Server environments running Go services. These threads emphasize patch management, Active Directory security, and configuration tuning for Windows Server.
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    Windows Recycle Bin Shows Internal $R File Names After June 9 Security Updates

    Microsoft confirmed on June 18, 2026, that Windows security updates released on June 9 can cause the Recycle Bin’s delete confirmation dialog to show an internal $Rxxxxx filename instead of the user-facing filename across supported Windows client and server releases. The bug is small in...
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    CVE-2026-25680 Go HTML Parser DoS: Windows Teams Must Patch golang.org/x/net

    CVE-2026-25680 is a Go vulnerability published on May 22, 2026, affecting golang.org/x/net before version 0.55.0, where the html parser can spend excessive CPU time processing attacker-supplied HTML and cause denial of service in applications that parse untrusted markup. The bug is not...
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    CARTAN Energy Platform: Runs on Edge and Windows Server for Private Cloud Control

    EMPURON energy GmbH announced on June 9, 2026, from Nuremberg, Germany, that its CARTAN energy management platform can run in private cloud environments or locally on edge hardware, including compact minicomputers, while supporting both Linux and Windows Server deployments. The announcement is...
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    Windows Server 2025 DNS over HTTPS (GA): Encrypt Internal Name Resolution

    Microsoft has made DNS over HTTPS support generally available for Windows DNS Server in Windows Server 2025 with the latest June 2026 Patch Tuesday updates, giving enterprise networks a Microsoft-supported way to encrypt DNS traffic between DoH-capable clients and their internal resolvers. The...
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    CVE-2026-42903 Kerberos DoS: Patch Tuesday Guidance for Windows Domains

    CVE-2026-42903 is a Microsoft-disclosed Windows Kerberos denial-of-service vulnerability published on June 9, 2026, as part of the June Patch Tuesday cycle, affecting supported Windows client and server releases, including domain-controller-capable Windows Server versions where Kerberos...
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    CVE-2026-45454 SharePoint RCE: Patch-Management Priority for On-Prem Admins

    Microsoft’s June 9, 2026 Security Update Guide entry for CVE-2026-45454 identifies the issue as a Microsoft SharePoint Remote Code Execution vulnerability, placing another server-side collaboration flaw into the patch-management queue for organizations still running SharePoint infrastructure...
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    CVE-2026-47288 Kerberos KDC RCE: Critical Patch Guidance for Windows Server DCs

    Microsoft disclosed CVE-2026-47288 on June 9, 2026, as a critical Windows Kerberos Key Distribution Center remote code execution flaw affecting supported and extended-support Windows Server domain controller versions from Server 2012 through Server 2025. The bug is not the worst kind of...
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    MaxHeadersCount in Windows June 9 2026: Cap HTTP/2 & HTTP/3 Headers in HTTP.sys

    Microsoft’s June 9, 2026 Windows updates add a new MaxHeadersCount registry value that lets administrators cap how many HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 request headers Windows HTTP.sys will accept before rejecting a request. The change is small, obscure, and very much aimed at the part of Windows most users...
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    CVE-2026-41089: Patch Domain Controllers First by Reachability (May 2026)

    Patch CVE-2026-41089 first on any domain controller that is reachable from outside the tightly controlled server networks you trust: internet-facing paths, partner routes, broad VPN pools, lab networks, DMZ routes, contractor networks, unmanaged client networks, or legacy firewall exceptions...
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    OP-512: China-Linked IIS Web Shell Framework Targets Windows Servers

    ReliaQuest researchers disclosed on June 5, 2026, that a newly tracked threat cluster called OP-512 is targeting Microsoft Internet Information Services servers with a custom three-part web shell framework, and they assess with moderate to high confidence that the espionage activity is linked to...
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    Windows 11 & Server Insider: IAKerb and LocalKDC Push Toward NTLM-Free Kerberos

    Microsoft is preparing new Kerberos capabilities for upcoming Windows 11 and Windows Server Insider builds, adding IAKerb and LocalKDC so Windows can authenticate in scenarios that have historically fallen back to NTLM, including blocked domain-controller access and local-account connections...
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    iWebFusion June 2026 Clearance Bare-Metal Servers: Intel, Ryzen, EPYC & Windows

    iWebFusion has refreshed its dedicated server clearance program in June 2026 with a wider catalog of bare-metal configurations spanning low-cost Xeon E3 machines, dual-socket Intel platforms, newer Gold and Platinum Xeon systems, Ryzen 9 servers, and high-core-count AMD EPYC options across...
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    CVE-2026-41089 Netlogon RCE: Patch Domain Controllers Fast (May 12, 2026)

    Microsoft patched CVE-2026-41089, a critical Windows Netlogon remote code execution vulnerability affecting domain controllers, on May 12, 2026, and administrators are now being urged to prioritize domain controller patching after third-party warnings of active exploitation emerged in late May...
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    Advanced EC2 Windows Bootstrapping: User Data + SSM + EventBridge + Hooks

    AWS published a June 1, 2026 technical guide for advanced Amazon EC2 bootstrapping, aimed especially at Windows workloads, showing how user data, Systems Manager State Manager, EventBridge, Run Command, Lambda, SNS, and Auto Scaling lifecycle hooks can be combined for reliable multi-step...
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    Lightbits 3.19.1 Interoperates with Windows Server NVMe-oF Initiator Preview

    Lightbits Labs said on May 28, 2026, that its Lightbits 3.19.1 software has achieved early interoperability with Microsoft’s Windows Server NVMe-over-Fabrics Initiator Preview, allowing Windows Server Insider hosts to connect to NVMe/TCP block storage over standard Ethernet for evaluation. That...
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    Wittytool Disk Clone: Can You Change SIDs on Cloned Windows Server 2019/2022?

    A GigWise post published in May 2026 argues that administrators can change the Security Identifier on cloned Windows Server 2019 and 2022 systems with a third-party utility called Wittytool Disk Clone instead of reinstalling or running Sysprep after deployment. The claim lands at a moment when...
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    Cloned Windows Server Duplicate SIDs: Why Sysprep Still Matters

    A first-person Gigwise post claims a consultant changed duplicate Windows Server 2019 and 2022 machine SIDs after cloning by using Wittytool Disk Clone instead of reinstalling or running Sysprep, but Microsoft’s documented support position still points administrators toward Sysprep for...
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    CVE-2026-41095: Patch Tuesday Elevation of Privilege in Windows Server Deduplication

    Microsoft disclosed CVE-2026-41095 on May 12, 2026, as an elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in Windows Server Data Deduplication, a storage feature used to reduce duplicate data on supported server volumes and commonly found in file-server, backup, and virtualization-adjacent environments...
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    How Are Enterprises Optimizing Azure IaaS and PaaS for AI, Security, and Hybrid Cloud in 2026?

    Hi everyone, I’m researching how enterprises are modernizing their IT environments using Microsoft Azure Infrastructure and Platform Services (IaaS + PaaS) in 2026. How are organizations balancing AI scalability, cybersecurity, hybrid cloud governance, disaster recovery, Kubernetes/container...
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    UK Class Action vs Microsoft Cloud Licensing: Windows Server Prices on Rival Clouds

    Microsoft is heading into a UK courtroom fight that could reshape how the market thinks about cloud licensing, platform leverage, and the real price of running Windows Server outside Azure. A London tribunal has now allowed a class action to proceed that alleges Microsoft charged higher...
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