Reading Time: < 1 minuteMicrosoft released a new feature that can be found in it’s recent editions of Windows Server 2016, and the client OS, Windows 10. Though it has been available in Windows Server 2012, but we will be focusing on the usefulness Read More …
Category: Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012 based posts
Windows Search: Find Files Modified on a Specific Date
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt’s a rather small & interesting post regarding searching files by it’s modified date. To some extent this knowledge became essential when people are handling too many office files. So, on a specific date how do you search for modified Read More …
DNS Resource Record Types
Reading Time: < 1 minuteDNS resource records can be used to provide DNS-based data about computers on a TCP/IP network. Well I don’t know if there is a network other than TCP/IP network, other than the internal isolated lab network for engineering purposes. Anyway, Read More …
Windows Servers: DNS Ports
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe default DNS port is 53. You can view the dynamic port range on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 computer by using the following netsh commands: netsh int ipv4 show dynamicport tcp netsh int Read More …
Configuring PowerShell Web Access
Reading Time: < 1 minuteEver realized that Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 has the PowerShell feature that can be run from Web Browser? YES it has that feature. Following is a screenshot of that: Now first thing you have to do Read More …
.NET Framework Deployment Guides
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI needed these for an SCCM deployment to some CBS (Core Banking Software) front-end software installation testing and it gave me hard time to find all of these at one go. I had to run these through multiple search engines Read More …
Prepare to Deploy Active Directory – Checklist
Reading Time: 2 minutesNumber One – Hardware: Is your hardware ready for the AD? How good are your sizing for this? Are they (PDC, BDC) going to be virtualized or not? Well in my opinion theres no need for deploying a stand alone Read More …
What is ADSI?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteADSI stands for “Active Directory Service Interfaces” Editor which lets you edit & manage Active Directory Objects and it’s attributes, while working for ADDS. Quoting from TechNet “ADSI Edit (adsiedit.msc) provides a view of every object and attribute in an Read More …
Windows Server Schema Versions
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSince the introduction of Active Directory, Microsoft added new classes and attributes to the schema with each Windows Release which addedd more and more functionality to the AD. Here is the version table just to understand the versioning. Windows Read More …
Network Loop Prevention with STP 802.1d
Reading Time: 2 minutesI am sure most of you computer geeks out there knows about the Spanning Tree Protocol and how it works. So the basics here just for a heads up. STP is a network protocol standard set by IEEE. The purpose Read More …
Hyper-V Monitor Gadget
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA well developed gadget for the Hyper-V Monitoring. Lines from the writer: The gadget uses WMI to connect to the server so the user might need to follow John Howard’s guide remote WMI access on both the client and the Hyper-V server. Read More …
Plan the Solution (PoC): AD, Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, Office 365, SQL, Visual Studio TFS
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIf you are keen to do a PoC on Microsoft Technologies, please follow the link below for the solutions provided after the link. All documents available at the ready so that you can run the PoC at your own discretion. Read More …
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2012 R2 Preview Installation (PDF)
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAnd here is the file I have distributed earlier to my friends of net-workers. This pdf file explains the Installation of Active Directory, SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2012 and finally step by step installation of the Syctem Center Configuration Read More …
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview: Enable Active Directory Recycle Bin
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis is rather small video. Describes how to enable the Active Directory Recycle Bin under Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2. And how to restore deleted items from the Active Directory Administrative Center. Moderate workaround is shown. The Link for the Read More …
Software Implementation RoadMAP – A Four Year Plan
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis excel (Soft-ImplementationRoadMap–V-4) file took me a long time to prepare. As I was helping out people of same sort (IT), were looking for something like this….to check and balance their progresses in a Yes/No format and all those software’s Read More …
IT RoadMap Planning
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe following file I’ve been using for long time, have a look, it might help you out a bit….the biig and the new one will be posted in another post. Search for the “Soft-ImplementationRoadMap–V-4”, this file is seriously important can Read More …
Install Desktop Experience Feature in Windows Server 2012 & R2
Reading Time: < 1 minuteJust a simple note, people being asking a lot that in a testbed solution they were unable to experience desktop features like Media playing capabilities, recording features, Ink services and similar services. In a production server you do not need Read More …
Creating a First Windows Server 2012 Domain Controller- Last Part
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis article was printed on “Computer Bichitra” on August 2013 Edition on Page 38 and the last part of the installation. This publication is also available in this blog. All you have to do is to search for it. Original Read More …
Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Preview Installation on Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (Visual Only)
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA new video is uploaded to my YouTube channel few hours back. The Exchange Server 2013 Preview Installation is somewhat recorded earlier with some presence of friends. Audio is omitted because we were chatting about features of Exchange Server 2013 Read More …
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Domain Controller Installation (Visual Only)
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis video demonstrates how to create your first Domain Controller under Microsoft Windows Server 2012. YouTube Link for the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM2dcym0Ulo
Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Installation on Windows Server 2012
Reading Time: 6 minutesSo, what are you waiting for? Let’s Start Installing Microsoft Exchange Server 2013! It is understood that you have already installed Windows Server 2012, and promoted the server as a domain controller, and the DC needs to be the Global Read More …
Active Directory (Windows Server 2012): User’s Last Login Data
Reading Time: 2 minutesNetAdmin’s gets tired of the request from operations to get the last logon time for a particular user time and time again. And the job is sometimes tiresome and monotonous. Network Administrator’s normally uses the “lastlogontimestamp” on daily basis to Read More …
Windows Server 2012 R2: Upcoming Features
Reading Time: 2 minutesRecently I was watching a video from TechEd 2013 by Ben Armstrong…..and according to his projection of Windows Server 2012 R2 which is getting released soon; coming with a boat load of new features. At first the one new improvement Read More …
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Upgrade Path
Reading Time: 2 minutesDomain controllers that run 64-bit versions of Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2 can be upgraded to Windows Server 2012. You cannot upgrade domain controllers that runs on Windows Server 2003, 32-bit versions of Windows Server 2008. To Read More …
Community Connect: Microsoft Windows Server 2012 and Exchange Server 2013 Technical Overview Deep Dive
Reading Time: < 1 minuteYup and this free event occurred on February 28th 2013. This event was organized by Microsoft PS accounts and was held at Microsoft Office Conference room. And a picture follows: Audience was 26.
Creating a First Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Domain Controller
Reading Time: 7 minutesHello folks, and welcome back to a dissertation for a domain controller that we will be creating under Microsoft Windows Server 2012. Creating a Domain Controller which will hold all of your organization information regarding users, computers and other devices Read More …
Windows Server 2012: Creating a NIC TEAM for Load Balancing and Failover Configuration by PowerShell
Reading Time: 3 minutesHello folks, hope you guys are doing great with your busy schedule. Today I am going to talk about NIC Teaming, and how to configure that using PowerShell. So, first select you server on the Server Manager right click on Read More …
Hyper-V: Moving virtual machine storage with no downtime.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn this post I will try to explain this feature of Windows Server 2012 as simply as possible. Windows Server 2008 R2 allowed you to move a running instance of a virtual machine using live migration, but did not allow you to Read More …
Using Netstat to see which service is using which port
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs you might have already know that we use netstat for locating ports that was used by executable files or services. Normally we need to use this for debugging or even to learn more about the service. A help request Read More …
Core Infrastructure Optimization Model Levels
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis document is designed for IT professionals who are responsible for planning, deploying, and operating IT systems and data centers, and who want to implement the technology and procedural concepts of the Core Infrastructure Optimization Model. In the Assess phase Read More …
Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 6.0 is Available
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMicrosoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit The Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit makes it easy to assess your current IT infrastructure for a variety of technology migration projects. This Solution Accelerator provides a powerful inventory, assessment, and reporting tool to simplify Read More …