Migrating from FRS to DFS-R for sysvol
Migrating from FRS to DFS-R is required when moving from older Domain controllers (such as Server 2008 R2) to newer Domain controllers (such as Windows server 2016 or 2019)
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How to Check & Repair Mailbox Corruption in Exchange?
The Exchange environment has thousands of users mailbox data can be stored, this article will help in finding the corrupt mailbox stored in the Exchange database and repair the database
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Use VBScript to Silently Remove Empty Folders
This code will silently delete all empty folders in the given start folder using VBScript.
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Standalone RD Gateway Server without RDS Infrastructure
In this article, will demonstrate how to deploy standalone RD gateway server on 2012 R2 server without deploying RDS infrastructure. RD Gateway is a built-in windows server role and allows RDP to internal servers from the internet through the Https tunnel.
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Servers Sharing Services
Know what services you can and cannot, should and should not combine on your server.
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Share One TLS Certificate for Remote Desktop Services and SQL Server
How to leverage one TLS certificate to encrypt Microsoft SQL traffic and Remote Desktop Services, versus creating multiple tickets for the same server.
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Windows boot event logging and monitoring with PowerShell
The article will show you how you can maintain a simple logfile of all Startup and Shutdown events on Windows servers and desktops with PowerShell. The script can be easily adapted into doing more like gracefully silencing/updating your monitoring system upon planned maintenance reboots etc.
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Windows Versions and Roaming Profiles
Since the demise of Windows XP each version of the operating system (client and server) have their own unique way of using user profile information. This information applies to all windows operating systems not just the operating systems outlined in the sourced articles
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Windows Server 2012 Editions Unleashed
Understanding the various editions available is vital when you decide to purchase Windows Server
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Microsoft "Saved Games" Folder - How I Despise Thee
Many of us in IT utilize a combination of roaming profiles and folder redirection to ensure user …
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Most Common Mistakes made by Exchange Administrators/Engineers when deploying Exchange Mailbox Servers
People frequently reach out to me to assist with outages in their Exchange environments. It's …
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Generating a certificate signed by our local Enterprise CA
So you have already heard all the reasons why self-signed certificates are not ideal, and you are …
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Windows File Server - Folder ownership problems and resolution
Article outlines windows shared file / folder access issues because of folder ownership problems and demonstrates how to fix it with utilities like Takeown, Subinacl and SetACL
The article also outlines best practises to setup shared folder share and NTFS permissions
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Windows 2008 R2, Trouble with Connecting to a Buffalo NAS Device
Issue: One Windows 2008 R2 64bit server on the network unable to connect to a buffalo …
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Application Install Alerts with SCCM and Orchestrator
A while back I was asked by our Software Asset Manager if they could be alerted on specific …
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How To install and configure HyperV manager on Win7 machine
If I am using HyperV - Core edition as hyper visor then what options are available to manage VM …
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HOWTO: iSCSI with Multi-Path in a Windows Server Environment
A step-by-step introduction to multipathing, what it is, and how to set it up using iSCSI initiators with MPIO in Windows Server or desktop operating systems.
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SCCM 2012 Application Approval workaround
SCCM 2012 Application Approval Process Problem
I am not sure how many of you use the new …
I am not sure how many of you use the new …
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Installing a Windows Server 2012 Domain Controller
This tutorial will go through the steps required to promote a Windows 2012 server to a domain …
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Windows Server 2012 Restart / Shutdown Methods
This tutorial will walk through a few ways to restart / shutdown Windows 2012 servers, we will also go through the charm and start options.
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The Microsoft Server topic includes all of the legacy versions of the operating system, including the Windows NT 3.1, NT 3.5, NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 and Windows Home Server versions.