Sticky notes was discontinued after Windows 7. It is available in the app store for regular workstation versions but not for server versions.
Starting Server 2012 (Windows 8 end user experience), sticky notes are not available.
For that reason you'd need to look at a 3rd party options. An example of such software is http://www.zhornsoftware.co.uk/stickies/
First we recommend to double check with the vendor that the software is compatible with your version of Windows server. Being that this is your own domain, we don't support the installation. You can try looking up the steps to do so.
7 Sticky Notes setup will give you a choice between the standard installation and a portable one, which will extract all the necessary files to a single folder, ready to be run from a USB. Pressing Windows+C will show all notes on top of any other window. To stack notes on top of each other, use the context menu’s “Send this. There is no way to update the Sticky Notes program. It's true that the version of Sticky Notes in Windows 10 is different, but it does still support many of the things you listed. For example if you write down a stock symbol, phone number, or web link, it becomes a clickable link for that item.
- It’s a new Windows Server 2008 active directory feature which allows to take AD database snapshots for offline use.
- Snapshot can be mounted and accessed through LDAP in a read-only mode on a non standard LDAP port.
- By using snapshot you can check historical AD object attribute value or import it into running AD instance (restore).
- Restore is not available out of the box. You need to export interesting objects or attributes and then import them manually.
Create snapshot:
- CMD > Ntdsutil > activate instance ntds > snapshot > create
- Task scheduler command: ntdsutil “activate instance ntds” snapshot create quit quit
- Don’t forget to perform a housekeeping if snapshot creation is scheduled
List snapshots:
- CMD > Ntdsutil > activate instance ntds > snapshot > list all
Delete snapshot:
- CMD > Ntdsutil > activate instance ntds > snapshot > delete 1
Mounting snapshot:
- CMD > Ntdsutil > Snapshot > List all > Mount 3
Connecting to the snapshot:
Sticky Notes App Windows Server 2016
- CMD > dsamain -dbpath “C:$SNAP_201611131251_VOLUMEC$WindowsNTDSntds.dit” -ldapport 10289 [your path will be different]
Browsing mounted database:
- Use any of the native tools like ldp.exe, dsa.msc, adsiedit.msc to browse your mounted database. Don’f forget to provide port number.
Disconnecting:
- Ctrl + C at dsamain console
Unmounting:
- unmount 3 at ntdsutil console
Windows Server 2016 Sticky Notes Windows 10
Restore object attribute from snapshot (PS script):
$ADSnapshot = “dc01.lab01.local:10289”
$ADProduction = “dc01.lab01.local”
$Userdn = “CN=User3,OU=TMP_OU,DC=LAB01,DC=local”
$UsrProduction = [ADSI](“LDAP://$ADProduction/” + $Userdn)
$UsrSnapshot = [ADSI](“LDAP://$ADSnapshot/” + $Userdn)
$UsrProduction.Description = $UsrSnapshot.Description
$UsrProduction.setInfo()