Notes of an IT Pro
The DHCP failover feature was introduced in Windows Server 2012. Prior to Server 2012, you had various options to implement fault tolerance for the DHCP server service, but they all had their drawbacks, and could not ensure DHCP server service availability…
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In Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2, you could not switch between the Server Core and Server With A GUI options, post-installation. If you chose to install Server with a GUI (called Full Installation in 2008/2008R2) or Server Core, you…
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By utilizing NIC Teaming, also known as load balancing and failover (LBFO), you can combine multiple network interface adapters to create a single logical NIC to provide fault tolerance or bandwidth aggregation for your network connections. Adapters that are members of…
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The fine-grained password policies feature was introduced in Windows Server 2008. It allowed organizations to define more than one password and account lockout policy in a single domain, and apply those policies to different sets of users. Prior to Windows…
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If you want the SCCM 2012 R2 clients to remain fully managed, you need to ensure that they remain healthy. Fortunately there are mechanisms in SCCM 2012 R2 that will help you to evaluate client health, and if health problems…
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The Configuration Manager 2012 client software provides full management capability for users and devices. It is used to interact with the Configuration Manager site servers, and it consists of different agents that you can enable or disable. You use the…
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Site System Roles are roles that can be installed to support management operations at a Configuration Manager 2012 R2 site. Any computer hosting a site system role is referred to as a site system server. You can assign multiple roles…
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Before you can start managing a device with Configuration Manager, you must install the client software on it. The Configuration Manager 2012 client software is used to interact with the Configuration Manager site servers, and it consists of different agents that…
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After completing the installation of SCCM 2012 R2, you will have to perform some initial configuration before you can start assigning clients to the site. Discovery can be used, to locate potential clients prior to installing client software on those…
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This is a quickstart installation guide for installation of SCCM 2012 R2. In this guide, we will quickly go through the prerequisites neccessary for installing SCCM 2012 R2, and then we will go through the actual installation process for quickly…
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