http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/default.aspx Editor’s Note: Choose your Upgrade Let’s talk about upgrade plans! Windows 7 is undoubtedly one of the most polished Microsoft client OSes to hit the market in years. by Jeff James System Center Configuration Manager: SQL Server Reporting Services and System Center Configuration Manager Combining SQL Server Reporting Services with System Center Configuration Manager …
Preparing Active Directory for Exchange 2007 installation
To prepare an Active Directory domain for an Exchange 2007 installation we have to perform a number of steps before we go ahead with the installation. 1) Prepare the Schema This must be run on the Schema Master in the forest and you must also be a member of schema admins to run. D:\>setup /prepareschema …
Hyper-V Resource Page
If you’re after one page full of Hyper-V resources this is it!! Check it out here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/dd565807.aspx
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)
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 …
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 …
Retrieve time zone information through Powershell
For this we can use get-wmiobject to query WMI: get-wmiobject -class win32_timezone | format-list Bias : 0 SettingID : Caption : (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time : Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London
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 …
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Exchange 2010 Help File
Download from here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=8071C31F-45BE-48DC-BFCA-E1FB51F544D2&displaylang=en