Monthly Archives: September 2009
Some Server Core Domain Controllers heading for a dead end street
You know, in terms of deploying servers in a smart way, so you can actually utilize them for as long as their economical lifecycle in a supported fashion without a need to reinstall them, I’ve made a stupid decision in advising IT Pros to deploy Server Core Domain Controllers in the last two years.
How to tell whether it’s a Server Core Domain Controller
Server Core installations of Windows Server 2008 can be utilized in a variety of ways. I’ve written about using them as Web 2.0 Servers with IIS 7, PHP and MySQL, as Streaming media (reverse) proxies, as branch office servers, loaded with DFS, DNS, DHCP and secured with BitLocker Drive Encryption and of course using them […]
Delivering the keynote at the “Meer dan Beheer” event
Together with Maarten Goet, MVP for System Center Operations Manager, I will be delivering the 1-hour keynote for the “Meer dan Beheer” (which means More than Maintaining) event. This event takes place September 17, 2009 at the Microsoft Innovation Center in Barneveld , the Netherlands.
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 is here!
One of the reasons I held back on deploying Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 centrally is the lack of supported deployment solutions from Microsoft. I outlined my deployment checklist here. One of my major objections, however, just got solved; Microsoft has released the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2010 solution accelerator version 5.0.1641.0.
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