Service Pack 3 Rollup solves 20 security bugs
Microsoft’s Exchange team released Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2007 SP3 this week, with 20 fixes for customer-reported issues since the release of Rollup 3 in April. Meanwhile, Exchange 2010...
View ArticlePowershell Remote control: one to one,and one to many
When I first started using PowerShell (in version 1), I was playing around with the Get-Service command, and noticed that it had a -computerName parameter. Hmmm … does that mean it can get services...
View ArticleHow to analyze Windows 2008 Server history
Typically, learning about a server’s history involves scanning the event logs. Unfortunately, event logs often contain either a limited amount of information or so much information that it becomes...
View ArticleThe quorum in Windows Server 2008 clustering
If you’ve ever wondered about quorum and the quorum drive in Windows Clustering, think for a minute about what probably happens every week at your local Kiwanis meeting. The rules of parliamentary...
View ArticleHow to use Windows Server Backup for Hyper-V
In my work with Hyper-V beta and with the release candidates, I have needed to recover virtual machines (VMs) that we tested. Most vendor products — even Microsoft Data Protection Manager — did not...
View ArticleWindows 2008 server core persistent inaccuracies that have limited its...
Microsoft’s Server Core installation option for Windows Server has been around for a few years now, receiving its latest update in Windows Server 2008 R2. It’s more than likely that this GUI-free...
View ArticleHow to manage and automate Active Directory tasks with Powershell
Introduction Active Directory PowerShell has come as a boon that makes managing and automating AD tasks quicker and infinitely simpler. Over the past few years a command line interface that is...
View ArticleHow Microsoft improves Remote Management in Windows Server 8
Windows hasn’t traditionally been good at allowing remote management, so this means that you’ve probably had to invest in third-party tools. Or, you managed the servers in location A from location A,...
View ArticleUpgrade or not to Windows 2012
Windows Server 2012 feels like, and probably is, the most ambitious Windows Server release to date. Now available to volume license customers — and to retail customers in September — this is the time...
View ArticleWhat`s new in RSAT of Windows Server 2012
As server hardware moves out of the back room and into the cloud as a virtual resource, remote management becomes the default. Many of us are already used to that. We’ve managed remotely hosted...
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