Tag: How To
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How to build a FREE Private Cloud using Microsoft Technologies
Chris Avis is a friend and colleague. He created a pretty detailed blog post on how to create a private cloud. I was planning on writing a similar post but found this one and decided to link to his. I hope you find his post helpful. He goes through …
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SCOM Part 6 Bonus Opening Firewall port for SCOM DB Server (SQL Server)-Managing and Monitoring SharePoint 2010 using System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2
Managing and Monitoring SharePoint 2010 using System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Part (6) BONUS of 5+
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SCOM Part 5 Keys To Success Next Step – Managing and Monitoring SharePoint 2010 using System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2
Managing and Monitoring SharePoint 2010 using System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Part 5 of 5+
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SCOM Part 4 Responding to Alerts – Managing and Monitoring SharePoint 2010 using System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2
Managing and Monitoring SharePoint 2010 using System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Part 4 of 5+ Part 4: Responding to Alerts
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SCOM Part 3 Review Management Packs – Managing and Monitoring SharePoint 2010 using System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2
Managing and Monitoring SharePoint 2010 using System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Part 3 of 5+
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SCOM Part 2 Installing Management Packs – Managing and Monitoring SharePoint 2010 using System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2
Managing and Monitoring SharePoint 2010 using System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Part 2 of 5+
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SCOM Part 1 System Center Operations Manager Overview – Managing and Monitoring SharePoint 2010 using System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2
Managing and Monitoring SharePoint 2010 using System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Part 1 of 5+ Has SharePoint become a vital part of your infrastructure? Do you fear the day that it goes down? In this series we will show you how to keep your vital infrastructure humming. You will learn how to “Monitor” (and…
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Boot2VHD-Part 4-BCDEdit is the Magic – Deep Dive Boot Configuration Manager
Native Boot To VHD (Boot2VHD) – Everything You Need To Know Part 4…
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Boot2VHD-Part 3-Load OS on VHD With OS Already Installed on Metal
Native Boot To VHD (Boot2VHD) – Everything You Need To Know Part 3… In this multi-part video series we will dive deep into a the new virtualization feature built into Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7. It is called Native Boot To VHD (AKA: Boot2VHD). This is the one virtualization platform that allows virtualization…
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Boot2VHD-Part 2-Load OS to VHD On Bare Metal
Native Boot To VHD (Boot2VHD) – Everything You Need To Know Part 2… In this multi-part video series we will dive deep into a the new virtualization feature built into Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7. It is called Native Boot To VHD (AKA: Boot2VHD). This is the one virtualization platform that allows virtualization…
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Boot2VHD-Part 1-Overview of Native Boot To VHD
Native Boot To VHD (Boot2VHD) – Everything You Need To Know… In this multi-part video series we will dive deep into a the new virtualization feature built into Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7. It is called Native Boot To VHD (AKA: Boot2VHD). This is the one virtualization platform that allows virtualization inside of…
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Setting Up Live.com Pop and SMTP Internet Email Account Settings for Outlook 2010
Setting up the POP SMTP settings for your live.com ID is not difficult but it does not use “default” settings so making this post to show you how to do it and give you the details of what the settings should be. This post will walk through all the settings you will need. I start…
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How To Pin An Internet Website Address or Other Application To The Windows 7 Task Bar
Covered in this article: Pin Website to Windows 7 Taskbar Using IE9 Pin website or application to Windows 7 Taskbar without IE9 Pin Multiple websites to a single IE Icon on the Taskbar
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How To Add SCSI Controller To Hyper-V Guest Server
How to add a SCSI controller to a virtual guest on hyper-V We add the controller, add a drive to it, start the VM and initialize and format the drive. You can download the video below if you prefer that over the embed http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/inetpub/danstolts/video/ITPROGuru-2011-06-Adding-SCSI-Controller-To-Hyper-V.wmv The procedures to do this using SCVMM would be…
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How To Open Firewall Port 1433 for SQL Server Database Engine For Use With SCOM (or anything else)
In this very short video, I walk you through the step by step process of opening the 1433 firewall port for SQL Server. I am doing it because I am setting up a new System Center Operations manager server but the procedures would be the same for any other application that uses SQL Server for…
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Network Trashed on My Lenovo W510 And The NIC Driver Will Not Install–So SIMPLE If You Know The Secret
Thanks to Keith Combs for his post as it provided me the solution. Install the Intel Ethernet driver from 6irf24ww_764. You are running the installer but it does not really install it. However, it does put the driver on disk so you can manually select it later. Start | type Device Manager | Press ENTER…
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How to Solve Connectivity Issues Connecting To SCOM, SCVMM, AD or Any Other Service–Here is the Easy fix
I have been in the technology industry for more than 25 years now and I have dealt with my fair share of connectivity issues. In the last decade or so a good 85% or more of the issues I have encountered have been DNS issues. There is a very easy solution to fix the problem…
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How To Merge a Chained Differential VHD Disk So It Can Be Extended and Expanded
In my post Out of Disk Space on Drive C–How To Increase Space on Drive C of a Virtual Machine Running Windows Server 2003 I showed how to expand a drive but these instructions do not work if you have a differencing disk or chain of disks. If you want to expand a disk, you…
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How To Install IIS 7 on Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 For Use With SCVMM 2008 R2 SP1
I am starting with a sysprep’d Windows Server 2008 R2 Server. I have allocated 2 processors and 512mb memory to the guest using dynamic memory. Once I get the system up and running, I will bump up the memory to be close to what I actually need but I will leave it dynamic. I need…
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How To Hot Add Storage To A Hyper-V Guest–Super Simple And No Service Interruption
Hot Add Storage was added to Hyper-V at version 2008 R2. From the Hyper-V Manager Right-click the machine you want to add storage to, select Settings. This will bring up the settings window. Click On SCSI Controller in the left pane. If you do not have a SCSI Controller, you will have to turn the…