Recently, I deployed a new SCCM 2012 R2 environment on a Server 2012 R2. Everything was humming along. After finishing the initial configuration of WSUS and the Software Update point I had to reboot the Server for updates. No problem. I rebooted the server and then it happened, a service, the net.pipe listener adapter service, failed to start. Ok, I thought I will just restart it. After several attempts and a couple of reboots, nothing. The service would just not start.
I will be honest I have not had this particular issue before. I was reading a number of forums and tried a couple of dozen ideas, all which did not result in resolving my issue. My main concern was WSUS, the Application Catalog and other services using IIS were no longer working. I began to see errors popping up in my new deployment. I thought now I have to call Microsoft. I called them and after two hops, we were able to resolve it. I have posted the solution below. I hope this helps someone else who is facing the same issue.
Solution: Go to Add Roles and Features. Under .Net Framework 4.5 Features> WCF Services, Select All Features; Http Activation, Message Queuing, Named Pipe Activation, TCP Activation, TCP Port Sharing.
After installing these features the Net.Pipe Listener Adapter service started again without issue.
Hope this helps someone else.
