How To Take A Windows Server Offline For Repair
There are two primary ways to take a server offline for repair, as outlined in this Microsoft article. You can use either Windows Admin Center or Windows PowerShell. Both involve nearly the same steps to pause the server’s actions and temporarily move data to other machines so that service isn’t interrupted while the server is down for repairs. We’ll go through those steps here. Windows Admin Center Windows Admin Center is the easiest way to power down for a data center server repair. 1. Select the server using the Windows Admin Center interface. Go to Tools > Storage > Disks and make sure the Status reads Online. 2. Check Storage […]
