Hello World , If you remember, we have described the slightly changes that have been introduced in the Promotion/demotion of a Domain controller within a Domain. You can find more information in the following posts : Promoting a Domain Controller Demoting a Domain Controller Demote;Promote Domain controller & Ds Role
Hello World, In part I of this post, we have seen how you could install the Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter (MVMC) software. As described in the previous post, you could install the application on a standalone windows machine or if you prefer to centralize the operation from your vSphere client, you can choose to install the
Hello World, Today, we will quickly talk about the importance of the DS role Server service in Windows 2012 Server. It's by pure coincidence that I've met the DS Role Server service on windows 2012. I was working on an environment where strong hardenning have been applied to the server. I started the dcpromo operation and it
Hello World, This week we will continue exploring the Promotion/demotion Process in Windows 2012. In my current assignment, we are performing a lot of these operations. We needed to test and document the process for other teams. This post will describe quite quickly the demotion process. Note : You can read the post about how to promote a
Hello World, We will start this new year 2013 with an easy post. We will describe how to promote a Domain Controller when using Windows 2012 Operating system. Windows8/windows 2012 are officially out and available for customers. It's time for us to prepare deployment of new domain controllers within customers premises. In my
Hello World, Today, we will be speaking about WSUS or Windows Server Update Service. WSUS helps administrators to deploy hotfixes and updates to your IT infrastructure. By using WSUS server and configuring your group policies accordingly, you can protect and keep all the computer presented on your network up to date. You can also decide
Hello World, This would be a short post. In Windows 2012 Server, when you try to install .net framework 3.5 from the Server Manager console (and you do not have internet connection), the installation will fail. Installing .net 3.5 Framework This situation happen to me some time ago (didn't got time to blog about it). I was trying to
Hello World, This is a really short post about Windows 8 and Upgrade possibilities offered by Microsoft. If you want to have more information, you can always have a look at the following location. Overview I've learned recently that Microsoft would allow people to upgrade from Windows XP up to Windows 7 to Windows 8 Pro for only 40 $.
Hello World, As you probably know, Windows 8 server is on its way and it's time for us to see what new feature come with it. If you remember, in a previous post, we talked about the possibility to convert a Windows 2008 R2 Server into an ISCSI server and this for free. To achieve this, you would need to download an additional
Hello World; Since I have installed a Windows 8 Server (beta) version, I can do some test right away. One of the first things I like to do is to customize a little bit my operating system. In general, we change the logon background and the desktop background in order to provide a corporate identity within our IT infrastructure. Today, we
