Combining multiple hard drives using Windows Storage Spaces is a convenient way to create a single, unified storage pool with enhanced data protection and flexibility. Whether you want to expand your storage capacity or improve data redundancy, Storage Spaces provides a user-friendly solution.
Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI) has become a popular protocol for establishing and managing connections between IP-based storage devices. Using iSCSI, you can link storage resources over IP networks, making them appear as locally attached drives. One significant advantage of this approach is the ability to centralize storage resources, thereby streamlining management and potentially saving costs.
Just because you don’t have a GUI on your Windows Server 2012 doesn’t mean you can’t install roles and features at will. Use PowerShell, and the job gets easy.
If you’re trying to install SharePoint 2013 on Windows Server 2012 R2, and you’re getting caught in a reboot loop (or other weird behavior), stop.
This guide is intended to provide basic systems administration instruction for hardening “out-of-the-box” installations of Windows Server. Even though current versions of Windows Server provides a better security model than previous versions of Windows servers, the attack surface area can be reduced further.
When you are installing Windows Server 2008 (or R2), besides the licensed version options you have the option of install full or core. How many of you use core? Why would you use core?
So, you’ve built your first Server 2008 (or R2) core server. What now? It’s sitting there, authenticating itself from time to time, now it’s now to add some roles to it! Let’s get that box working! Read on to learn how to install the DNS server, File and Print services, Streaming Media Services, and IIS on Windows Server… Read More »
Recently, I had occasion to upgrade the RAM in one of my servers from 32 GB to 96 GB. Cool, huh? One minor problem, though. The installed operating system is Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard. What’s the big deal, you say? Win2k8 Standard only supports up to 32 GB. After installing the RAM and booting the machine, I… Read More »
Windows Server 2008 contains a plethora of new features associated with Terminal Server. A new key component is Terminal Services Web Access, a Citrix Web-Interface-like interface that provides web-based access to applications published via Terminal Services RemoteApp.
Terminal Services Web Access (TS Web Access) is a role service in the Terminal Services role that enables users to connect from a Web browser to the remote desktop of any server or client computer where they have the appropriate access.