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When you run the  Enable-ClusterStorageSpacesDirect cmdlet you may received the error  Feature S2D is not supported on node ' NodeName '. Run cluster validation, including the Storage Spaces Direct tests, to verify the configuration. This can occur if the operating system on the machine is Standard Edition. Storage spaces direct is only supported on Azure Stack HCI and data center editions of Windows Server.

When using Microsoft Cluster manager you see the error "The requested security information is either unavailable or can't be displayed" on the Cluster Permissions tab. This can occur if the following registry value is missing or corrupt. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Cluster\Security Descriptor REG_BINARY

When you try and configure a Cloud Witness in a Microsoft Failover Cluster you may find you receive the following error. An error occurred while validating access to Azure from cluster node ‘nodename’. Verify the Azure storage account name, storage account type, storage account key, and network connectivity over HTTPS. This error is very misleading as it can occur when there's an existing Cloud Witness in the cluster core resources.

When using the Win32_TPM class you can get the manufacturer name from the ManufacturerIdTxt property on Windows Server 2019 and above. For older operating systems you can convert the numeric ManufacturerId property to it's string value using the following PowerShell command as the value is actually an ASCII encoded string stored as an integer. $tpm = Get-CimInstance -Namespace "root\CIMV2\Security\MicrosoftTpm" -ClassName "Win32_Tpm" ; $bytes = [ System.BitConverter ]:: GetBytes( $tpm . ManufacturerId); [ System.Array ]:: Reverse( $bytes ); $manufacturer = [ System.Text.Encoding ]:: ASCII . GetString( $bytes );