Tag: IT Pro
- Awesome Must Have System Tools – Windows Sysinternals (Every IT Pro should have in their toolbox)At the Windows Server User Group in Waltham MA this week we talked about system tools that IT Pro’s use to make their life easier. Many ...
- Virtualization Webcast for All IT Pros – Online Training – What You Need To Know About The Hottest Virtualization TopicsOur team of IT Pro Evangelists including: Kevin Remde, Matt Hester, Chris Avis, Chris Henley, and Yung Chou is getting ready to start delivering a 20-part ...
- Installing and Managing Group Policy Preferences on a Windows Server 2003 DomainIt is possible to run Group Policy Preferences on a Windows Server 2003 Domain. This post will step you through the process so you can get ...
- Microsoft Community Leaders Ready To Help With Community Driven Events And Training OpportunitiesMicrosoft IT Pro Evangelists are ready to help. With the many staffing changes over the last 8 months or so Microsoft has increased the number of ...
- Tips and Tools for Deploying Windows 7 Part 4-Desktop DeploymentLike everyone else, you love Windows 7 and can’t wait to get it deployed throughout your organization. Let’s take a look at the many tips and ...
- Out of Disk Space on Drive C–How To Increase Space on Drive C of a Virtual Machine Running Windows Server 2003Revised 4/2/2011 to add merge change instructions link and link to simple way to do this using diskpart. I documented the process at: How To Expand ...
- How to Install PowerShell on Windows Server 2003 and Enable Remote PowerShell Management–All Servers Should Have This DonePowerShell is an incredible tool that will allow you to run scripts or commands on your server. PowerShell is included with Windows Server 2008 R2 but ...
- Tips and Tools for Deploying Windows 7–Part 5- Managing and Securing Your Clients and Critical Server InfrastructureTips and Tools for Managing and Securing Your Clients and Critical Server Infrastructure Like everyone else, you love Windows 7 and can’t wait to get it ...
- Remote Desktop Services–How To Change Settings For All UsersHave you ever wanted to change some settings for all users in a Terminal Server or Remote Desktop Services Session environment? Do you know there is ...
- Cloud For The Masses–The ITProGuru Answers Is the Cloud a Fad or a New ParadigmThe buzz with the cloud is it is that the Cloud is going to be huge. Much, much bigger than virtualization is/was. One has to say ...
- Blue Screen Booting to VHD–You May Be Out Of Space On The Underlying DriveWhen you are using Boot to VHD you must have enough capacity on the underlying disk to fully expand the VHD. If you do not have ...
- How To Hot Add Storage To A Hyper-V Guest–Super Simple And No Service InterruptionHot 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. ...
- How To Install IIS 7 on Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 For Use With SCVMM 2008 R2 SP1I 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 ...
- How To Merge a Chained Differential VHD Disk So It Can Be Extended and ExpandedIn 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 ...
- System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) Best Practices Poster Rule and Monitor TargetingYou can download the PDF from go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=125048. The poster will help you understand the process and best practices for setting up rules and targeting. System Center ...
- 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 ...
- How To Add SCSI Controller To Hyper-V Guest ServerHow 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 ...
- Announcing TechNet “Accelerating Your IT Pro Career with Private Cloud” Events in US East RegionWe are kicking off our TechNet event series, Accelerating Your IT Pro Career with Private Cloud, in the US east region. Here’s the registration information: State ...
- How to build a FREE Private Cloud using Microsoft TechnologiesChris 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 ...
- Almost Everything You Need To Know About Microsoft Private Cloud (Including, Hyper-V, Networking, HA, SCVMM, SCOM, SCO, The Rest of System Center and MORE)Some of my friends and peers in the Central Region of the US have collaborated to put together a great blog series [Cloud on Your Terms: ...
- Installing System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) 2008 R2 SP1I am walking through the installation of SCVMM 2008 R2 SP1 on a new server that I just setup in my demo environment. Hope this is ...
- Launch (Run) Internet Explorer From Command Prompt or Batch FileIt is super simple to launch IE from a command prompt. But hey, if you do not know how, it may not be so easy to ...
- 70-659 Certification Series – 1.1.4 Enable Hyper-V RoleSeveral Ways to Enable the Hyper-V Role…
- Free TechNet Webcast Series–Private CloudFree TechNet Webcast Series – Private Cloud kicks off today!
- Live IT Time Private Cloud Chat–Get Your Questions About Cloud or Virtualization Answered By THE ExpertsHave you built your first cloud yet? If not, now is a great time to build out a lab. Go ahead, grab a server (or laptop) ...
- How to Run Any Program Including PowerShell with Elevated Privileges (aka Administrator Permissions)To run any application with elevated privileges (as Administrator) simply right-click on that program from the menu and select Run as Administrator. An example of this ...
- Part 2 – Build a Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Cloud Foundation Test Lab in Less Than an Hour–BIOS SettingsStep 1: Part 1 – Build a Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Cloud Foundation Test Lab in Less Than an Hour (includes sysprep images) You should ...
- Part 3 – Build a Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Cloud Foundation Test Lab in Less Than an Hour–Enable Hyper-V RoleSeveral Ways to Enable the Hyper-V Role… Command Line: DISM /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Hyper-V Startup ocsetup Microsoft-Hyper-V PowerShell: Add-WindowsFeature Hyper-V GUI: Start – Server Manager – Add ...
- Free Technology Training from TechEd NA 2012 Available NOWTechNet 2012 – North America has wrapped and what a great show it was. I was able to attend but had to work so I did ...
- How To Mount VHD Image From Windows 7 or Greater Step-By-Step Without Any Third Party Tools–The Easy Way1) Click Start – Right-Click Computer – Select Manage {Authorize the elevation if prompted} 2) Expand Storage – Select Disk Management – Right-Click Disk Management – ...
- More Windows Server 2012 Launch Event – IT Camps ScheduledPlease join us at a Microsoft IT Camp for a deep dive into Windows Server 2012. Here’s your chance to learn all about Windows Server 2012 ...
- Early Experts Study Lab Setup Process“Early Experts” Windows Server 2012 Challenge Study Lab Setup Process To setup your own study lab for the Windows Server 2012 “Early Experts” Challenge, you’ll need ...
- Early Experts Windows Server 2012 ChallengeThe Windows Server 2012 “Early Experts” Challenge provides a FREE online study group with certification exam preparation materials for quickly learning about the latest version of ...
- VMware or Microsoft? – The Complete Series–There really is a difference between virtualization platforms!You asked for it, so here it is! Here is the list of articles in our “VMware or Microsoft? series, as submitted by our team of ...