There are many reason why an organization would want to use a Core install of Windows Server 2012 R2 be it a smaller footprint, or attack surface or even reduced management overhead. Lets face it doing everything over command line just plain sucks and you would rather do it via GUI. If you are like […]
Being an IT admin, There is always a need to remote into desktops when users are in trouble or when you need to setup something on the users desktops after office hours & you cannot visit the Office during that time. Usually an IT admin will have at least 2 ways of remoting into computers. […]
If you want to be the best at something you gotta start somewhere, get stuck somewhere & find your way out. Today I am going to show you how to remove Exchange Server from a network when you are unable to uninstall it / You have created a new server & want to get rid […]
Ok so before we proceed into the more advanced services like Windows Server Failover Clustering (WSFC) I think its best that we do a post on FreeNAS. FreeNAS is a stripped-down version of FreeBSD it supports sharing across Windows, Mac and Linux. The latest version of FreeNas 8 includes ZFS which supports high storage capacities and […]
In this post we are going to cover how to install and configure Remote Desktop Services (RDS) in Windows Server 2012, this post will only cover how to get RD Licensing, RD Gateway & RD Session Host configured, we are not however going to cover Virtual Desktop Deployment or RemoteFX in this post. 1. We […]
As the title suggests, we are going to install WSUS (Windows Server Update Service) on Windows Server 2012. Follow the steps below to install WSUS: 1) Launch Server Manager. 2) From Manage menu select Add Roles and Features. 3) On the Before you begin page, Click Next. 4) Select Role-based or feature-based Installation. Click Next. 5) Select the server […]