Tag: GURU-Tip
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How To Create Windows Server for Remote Desktop (RDP) To Be Used While Port 3389 is Blocked-Azure VM Step-By-Step PLUS Anywhere Access Configuration
You could of course manually configure RDP to listen on different ports to allow connection from other standard or non-standard ports. In my case, I need to be able to RDP to an Azure Virtual Machine from a local school or customer office where the IT department has blocked port 3389. There is a new…
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How To Move or Migrate SQL Server Workload to Azure Cloud Services – All version of SQL Server – Step-By-Step
There are many options for migrating SQL databases to Azure. With the latest technology you can move just the database and log files, or you can move the entire system. You could move to Azure SQL Database or you could migrate to a VM running SQL Server. The methods that you chose to move will…
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How to Fix Login Failed for User (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 18456) Step-By-Step – Add SQL Administrator to SQL Management Studio
In this post (and video), I will teach you how to determine what user has administrative rights on the server as well as walk you Step-By-Step how to configure SQL Server to allow other users to login as Administrators to SQL Server. The generic message “Login Failed for User (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 18456)” means…
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How To Allow Remote Desktop Services RDP and Ping ICMP Through Windows Firewall–Step-By-Step
Create Firewall Rules in Windows 7 thru Windows Server 2012 R2 to allow RDP and ICMP traffic for you have to open “Windows Firewall with Advanced Security” control panel applet. You can get here by typing “firewall” in the search box near the start button and selecting it from the list (likely on top) or…
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A Message of Congratulations to New Technology Graduates
I am proud of you!!! I know your family and friends are proud of you to. You should also be proud of yourself and the accomplishment of graduating. It takes drive and commitment to continue your education. You made it this far. This accomplishment marks the beginning of a very exciting though sometimes scary part…
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How To Enable Snipping Tool, Windows Media Player and more Desktop Experience Tools on Windows Server 2008-2012 R2
Are you annoyed that you cannot play videos or use some of the cool windows tools like snipping tool with windows server? Well, you can, they just have to be enabled before you can use them. Below are instructions for enabling these features in Windows Server 2008 and in Windows Server 2012 (slightly different instructions)…
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How To Get The Most Out Of Your Keyboard And Mouse – Shortcuts Galore
How do you navigate in a touch world without a touch device? I am glad you asked. This post will address that question in great detail but we will also look at all the other great things you can do with keyboard and mouse shortcuts. Read It, to understand what you have been missing. Bookmark…
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Getting Started With Windows Azure–Step-By-Step Free Cloud Server Hours!
Using the 4 easy steps provided in this article, you’ll be able to activate a FREE Windows Azure Trial Subscription, suitable for building your Lab in the Cloud for Windows Server 2012 R2 or Linux without the need for local on-premises lab hardware. This trial subscription provides a tremendous opportunity to gain hands-on experience with…
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Adding Tags Dropdown List To Windows Live Writer–Step-By-Step
If you are a blogger, you probably know how important it is to add tags to your blog posts. So why in the world does the best blog editor (Windows Live Writer) not have a place to enter tags? Well, it does, you just have to enable it. Different blog engines will use different fields…
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Advanced Memory Management in a Virtual World – Not All Memory Management is Equal #VMWOrMS #VirtExpert Step-By-Step
Welcome to another of our series of “VMware or Microsoft?” articles. Hyper-V 3 which is built into both the Free Hyper-V Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 (Standard and Datacenter) which you can evaluate for free (free ISO, free VHD), has some really awesome capabilities. You can read more about Hyper-V in the overview of…
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Automatically Deploy System Center 2012 in Just a Couple Hours; Need Hardware, Use Azure #MMS2013 All FREE!
First off, if you do not have System Center 2012, you can download a free evaluation from System Center 2012. You will need Windows Server 2012 which you can also download (ISO, VHD) for free. If you do not have hardware to put it on, let me recommend that you also start a Free Windows…
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Migrating Servers, Including VMware Virtual Machines to Hyper-V Easily and Automatically Many Tools Available including MVMC Automation Toolkit (MAT)
Do you have VMware servers that you would like to migrate to Hyper-V. Well, that is easy. There is a “Solution Accelerator” that makes it very easy. the Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter (MVMC) is a simple GUI tool that gets a list of VM’s from vCenter and allows you to select a machine for conversion. …
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Hyper-V LIVE! TechNet Radio, ITProGuru vs. And Virtualization Series Experts #VirtExperts brings you Hyper-V LIVE (Part 2 of 2)
TechNet Radio, ITProGuru vs and Become a Virtualization Expert with 20 + Days of Server Virtualization #VirtExpert (part 6b of 20+) have teamed up to bring you Hyper-V Live! Dan Stolts and Microsoft MVP Rob McShinsky are back for part 2 of their Hyper-V Live series and in today’s episode they demo for us Live…
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Hyper-V LIVE! TechNet Radio, ITProGuru vs. And Virtualization Series Experts #VirtExperts brings you Hyper-V LIVE (Part 1 of 2)
Are you up to speed on Hyper-V Live? TechNet Radio, ITProGuru vs and Become a Virtualization Expert with 20 + Days of Server Virtualization #VirtExpert (part 6a of 20+) have teamed up to bring you Hyper-V Live! Dan Stolts welcomes Microsoft MVP Rob McShinsky to the show as they discuss the new “Live” features found…
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Hyper-V Replica Step-By-Step #VirtExpert Virtualization Experts (Series Part 22)
Hyper-V 3 which is built into both the Free Hyper-V Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 (Standard and Datacenter) which you can evaluate for free (free ISO, free VHD), has some really awesome capabilities. You can read more about Hyper-V in the overview of the Server Virtualization Expert Series: Hyper-V Basics. In this article, we…
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Solution To UEFI issue Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012 installation may fail with error message The product key entered does not match any of the Windows images available for installation. Enter a different product key (Unable to install OS)
In the coming weeks, I will add step by step instructions and a video walk-though as well as more information as to what is going on and why. For now, I just want to get the information out in the wild. The quick fix to this problem is use Evaluation media which can be…
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How To Backup or Export your Blog powered by Telligent – TechNet, MSDN, or Other Blog Site Step-By-Step
If you haven’t exported your MSDN/TechNet theme (with all of the customization you’ve done) then you could spend a bunch of time recreating it if there is a problem. You might be thinking that Themes are just standard stuff, but they actually hold your widgets, settings you’ve selected, and content in some cases like “Generic”…
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How to Change The Size of Virtual Memory (pagefile.sys) on Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012
On the Keyboard Press the WindowsKey + X then click System in the popup menu Tap or click Advanced system settings. You might be asked for an admin password or to confirm your choice. On the Advanced tab, under Performance, tap or click Settings. Tap or click the Advanced tab, and then, under Virtual…
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Shared Tools – Toolbox – Step By Step – You Will Want This Free Tool
Shared Tools – Toolbox – Step By Step Any interest in adding a cool Windows 8 UI download toolbox to your blog or website? Make your blog or website the place people go to find the latest downloads 🙂 I put together some resource pages that I am using on my blog and wanted to…
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How To Subscribe To RSS Feed Using Outlook 2010 or Internet Explorer IE9 Step-By-Step Detail with Video
You can download the video from: How To Subscribe To RSS Feed Using Outlook 2010 or Internet Explorer IE9 Video Click video link above, it should open your default reader… if not, right-click above link and save target as. Then you can run it from your local drive. How to use RSS feeds in…