Top 10 reasons to upgrade to Windows Server 2008 R2
Friday, December 19th, 2008As you may know, Microsoft is developing new and improved version of Windows Server 2008, which will be called Windows Server 2008 R2. This version should hit the market in the middle of the 2009 (as far as I know), and it will bring us some cool new features and improved old functions. There is [...]
Windows Server 2008 R2 new features
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008Michael Pietroforte from http://4sysops.com wrote a series of articles about Windows Server 2008 R2 new features. Windows Server 2008 R2 will hit the market very soon, providing new and improving old technologies. I won’t copy-paste all articles here, but here is the list of the most interesting (for me) features: Hyper-V Live Migration Virtual Desktop [...]
Installing role in Windows Server 2008
Thursday, June 26th, 2008In this post I’m going to explain you how to install Domain Name System (DNS) role in Windows Server 2008. You can use this tutorial to install all other roles, procedure is almost the same, just for every other role you have different options to choose. So, here we are, in Server Manager window, and [...]
Playing with Windows Server 2008
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008Today I spent few hours in computer lab at my college playing with Windows Server 2008. I wanted to enable access to internet in guest operating systems. Since I don’t have Integration Components installed yet, I had to install Legacy network adapter, so I have “normal” network adapter and emulated one. First choice was to [...]
Terminal Services Log
Sunday, June 15th, 2008Few days ago, during one lecture on my university, I found out about a software product called Terminal Services Log. I know the owner of company that made this product, Frane Borozan. Frane says: Terminal services log is first and only application that will provide exact information for your users activity on terminal servers, showing [...]
Adding virtual network to Hyper-V
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008Finnaly, I have found a solution for my problem, and everything works now. First, you have to create new network adapter (I’m using external). Then, you have to add Legacy network adapter to your virtual machine (machine must be turned off). Why? This is because the Beta release of Hyper-V does not contain Integration Components [...]
My experience with Hyper-V
Saturday, June 7th, 2008Yesterday I installed Windows Server 2008 on the server at my college, as part of my final work. My task was to install Windows Server 2008, Hyper-V and few virtual operating systems, and to enable communication between those systems so my colleague can install IPSec between OSs, as part of her final work. I downloaded [...]
Why should anyone use Server Core option?
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008In previous post, I explained you what Server Core option is. As you can see on screen shot, there are no windows, and maybe you are wondering and asking yourself: Why should I use Server Core, why should I go back in time to old DOS systems? There are few got things about Windows Server [...]
Windows Server 2008 Core option
Monday, May 19th, 2008One new and great option in Windows Server 2008 is Server Core. Server Core is “windows without windows“. When you start operating system you get only this: As you can see, no Start button, no Internet Explorer, no Windows Media Player, no… Only Command prompt. You may ask: Why should I use Core installation option [...]
Windows Server 2008 roles
Sunday, May 18th, 2008As I promised in last post, in this post I’m going to give you the list of all Windows Server 2008 roles. As you can see in table, when you buy Windows Server 2008 Enterprise or Datacenter edition, you get all roles, when you buy Standard edition you have some limitations with few roles and [...]
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