Windows Server - Can't Turn on Network Discovery

If you Turn on Network Discovery, click Save Settings, then review it again and it's Off again then you need to check the following 4 Services. Set them to Automatic and then start the Services. You'll hopefully find that turning on Network Discovery now stays on!!

For network discovery, it's a common issue.

Open Services and make sure the following services are all running:

  • DNS Client
  • Function Discovery Resource Publication
  • SSDP Discovery
  • UPnP Device Host

After that turn network discovery on again and it should stay enabled.