Notes of an IT Pro
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 post we will review Distributed File System Replication, and then look at how to install…
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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 post we will review Distributed File System Namespaces, and then look at how to install…
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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, and how to install CALs on the…
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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 part two of this two part series, we will…
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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 operating systems. The deployment of standard or custom images to servers and workstations can…
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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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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, involving Windows servers, you will most certainly…
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