Installing and Configuring DFS-R on Windows Server 2012 R2
The Distributed File System on Windows Server 2012 R2 consists of two components, Distributed File System Namespaces and Distributed File System Replication. In this blog…
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Installing and Configuring DFS-N on Windows Server 2012 R2
The Distributed File System on Windows Server 2012 R2 consists of two components. Distributed File System Namespaces and Distributed File System Replication. In this blog…
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Installing Remote Desktop License Server on Windows Server 2012 R2
In this blog post we will look at how to install and activate a Remote Desktop License Server on Windows Server 2012 R2. We will also review the two different types of CALs,…
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Installing and Configuring WDS in Windows Server 2012 R2 Part II
In the previous blog post we looked at how to install Windows Deployment Services on Windows Server 2012 R2, and we also looked at how to configure WDS server properties. In…
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Windows Deployment Services is a server role, included with all versions of Windows Server since Server 2008, that can be used for network-based installation of Windows…
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Implementing DHCP Failover in Windows Server 2012 R2
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…
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Windows Server 2012 R2 Installation Options
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…
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Configuring NIC Teaming in Windows Server 2012 R2
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…
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Fine-Grained Password Policies in Windows Server 2012 R2
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…
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Installing Active Directory on Windows Server 2012 R2
This is a step-by-step guide on how to create the first domain controller in a new Windows Server 2012 R2 forest. If you are going to perform a test lab of any kind,…
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