Remote Group Policy update in Windows Server 2012
Yep, you read it right. With Windows server 2012 we can perform a Group Policy update on remote computers at once, so the 90-120 minutes interval is gone. This can be done using the Group Policy...
View ArticleCloning Active Directory Domain Controllers with Windows Server 2012
With Windows Server 2012, you now have the option to clone domain controllers. You no longer need to install a fresh copy of an operating system, and run dcpromo. By simply using a PowerShell command...
View ArticleAdding and removing the GUI in Windows Server 2012
For those of you that use Server 2012 Core, I bet sometimes you want to have a management console to complete a bunch of tasks. Or if you have the full edition of server 2012 you want to remove the GUI...
View ArticleRestoring Exchange 2010 Mailbox Databases using DPM 2012
I know is bad when something in your infrastructure fails, and email is the worse one. All users start screaming, and calling that they can’t work anymore and can’t see their emails. Now, I like to...
View ArticleInstalling an Enterprise Certificate Authority in Windows Server 2012
A lot of things changed in server 2012 on the PKI model compared to his predecessors. We have version four certificates now, better security on the CA role service, you can install the AD CS role...
View ArticleManage Roles and Features remotely on Windows Server 2012
I’ve been expecting this for quite some time, to install/uninstall roles and features remotely on your domain member servers. All I have to do now is download the Microsoft Remote Server Administration...
View ArticleInstalling Exchange Server 2013
Looks like Exchange is getting easier and easier on every version, the installation anyway. Even so, I taught I’ll give it a try here for those that are new to this product, or want to play with it to...
View ArticleBulk import computers into the MDT Database using PowerShell
The story of every admins life; arrive in the morning and find out that new computers need to be deployed and the existing ones upgraded. So you start preparing the images and import them in MDT; you...
View ArticleCreating Fine-Grained Password Policies in Windows Server 2012/R2
Until not long ago if you wanted to assign different passwords policies to different users, you were forced to create a new domain in the forest. Starting with Windows Server 2008, Microsoft came with...
View ArticleEnabling the Active Directory Recycle Bin in Server 2012/R2
I don’t wanna be wrong here, but I think that one of the most common Active Directory disasters that administrators face is the accidentally deleted object(s). Even if you put a strong security in...
View ArticleInstalling and Configuring NFS on Windows Server 2012/R2
There are times when you need to access some Windows shares from Linux machines, or systems that have some Linux variations. A few methods exists on how you can do this, and NFS (Network File System)...
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Security is very important all over the internet but it’s also important in an organization, and it gets easier or harder to implement it depending on the size of the organization. Now I know, and you...
View ArticleStep-by-step Hyper-V Storage Live Migration
In this article you will learn how to do and configure Hyper-V Storage Live Migrations using no downtime with all the virtual machines online. You are going to use the Hyper-V Manager console, the...
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