Active Directory

Retrieve FSMO Roles from the command line

To retrieve the FSMO roles from the command line we can use dsquery command: dsquery server –hasfsmo Schema (Schema Master) dsquery server –hasfsmo Name (Domain Naming Master) dsquery server –hasfsmo Infr (Infrastructure Master) dsquery server –hasfsmo PDC (PDC Emulator) dsquery server –hasfsmo RID (RID Master)

Windows Server 2008 R2

Planning a Windows Server® 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Services infrastructure

The Microsoft Infrastructure an Planning guide for Windows Server 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Services Infrastructure leads the reader step by step through the process of planning a Windows Server® 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Services infrastructure. The guide addresses the following fundamental decisions and tasks: Identifying which applications and which desktops will be delivered by Remote …

Windows Server 2008 R2

Core Configurator 2.0 released

Download it here: http://coreconfig.codeplex.com/ We are pleased to announce the latest version of Core Configurator built and designed for Windows Server 2008 R2 Core edition! It is completely open source so it can be amended and change to fit your requirements, this version has been a year in the making and has been written in …

Virtualization, vSphere (ESX 4.0)

VMWARE ESX 4.0 Update 1 released

http://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere4/doc/vsp_esx40_u1_rel_notes.html What’s New The following information provides highlights of some of the enhancements available in this release of VMware ESX: VMware View 4.0 support – This release adds support for VMware View 4.0, a solution built specifically for delivering desktops as a managed service from the protocol to the platform. Windows 7 and Windows 2008 …

Training/Certification

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ESXi 4.0, Windows Server 2008 R2

Vmware Vsphere 4.0 ESXi 2008 R2 Server hanging

I recently experienced a problem when i was deploying 2008 R2 Servers on a VMWARE Vsphere ESXi 4.0 platform the server would hang after a few minutes of use. The problem to resolve this was to change the NIC type: After doing this no lock ups experienced 🙂