Probably we all use virtualization which in past few years has become new holy grail of personal computing and not only. We all use them (VMs), basically those of us who are working as developers, consultants or sys admins can't live without them. So it is only good about virtualization … ? It is cheap, … Continue reading "Virtualization – is it only a sweet?"
Looking for .Net and Powershell on Server Core?
Look no further. Quest Software’s Dmitry Sotnikov has got .Net Framework 2.0 and Powershell 1.0 running on Server Core installation of Windows Server 2008. I know this is something a lot of people have been asking for, but the best way to describe my feelings at this moment is ambiguous.
Backward Compatible Networking with Server Core
It's more likely you're going to implement your Server Core boxes inside a legacy environment, than implement them inside a new Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 only environment. I'll try to explain the 'Next Generation IP Stack' which was introduced with Windows Vista and is also present in Windows Server 2008, both in Full and … Continue reading "Backward Compatible Networking with Server Core"
Monitoring Server Core from the command line
A server running a Server Core installation of Windows Server 2008 could behave flaky from time to time. Monitoring it gives clues towards this behavior and/or provides insight in why it behaves flaky. I've taken a closer look at monitoring Server Core boxes from the command line and want to share my experiences with you … Continue reading "Monitoring Server Core from the command line"
Installing Windows Server 2008
There are a couple of ways to install Windows Server 2008. When you're lucky enough to get your hands on a physical copy of a Windows Server 2008 DVD you can use that, but what if your target system doesn't have a DVD player? What if you want to install it in a different way? … Continue reading "Installing Windows Server 2008"
Remotely managing your Server Core using RSAT
A little while ago I showed you how to perform some of the common management tasks on your Server Core installation using the Microsoft Management Console Snap-Ins, available through Computer Management (compmgmt.msc). Last week I showed you how to install Server Roles and Features on top of your Server Core installation. This time I want … Continue reading "Remotely managing your Server Core using RSAT"
Handling Server Core Roles and Features
Server Core is proving to be a versatile infrastructure platform. After installing your basic Server Core installation, configuring network interfaces, activating, enable remote management (through RDP or WinRM) and changing the look and feel it might be time to install additional roles and optional features.
Steal this post … just like Deepak
… You want to have Your own blog with fresh content … on different topics … just steel this post like Deepak Gupta is doing. Lately he wrote about maximum limits in AD, just like I did. He wrote also about Hyper-V new features, exactly as Natasha did on her blog. Maybe I should be … Continue reading "Steal this post … just like Deepak"
How far You can actually push AD?
Have you ever wondered how many objects You can create in Your DIT (actually this was showed some time ago by ~Eric) ? Or how many DC is to many in a domain? For some time now on one of MS internal distribution groups group of folks were discussing document which describes such limits related … Continue reading "How far You can actually push AD?"
How to handle time …
Handling time is somehow challenging task. It can;t be stopped so far so we have to live with schedules and clocks. But this won't be about time physics but more mundane thing. One of my friends has asked me question how to translate pwdLastSet attribute value to some more readable value. My first answer was … Continue reading "How to handle time …"