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Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) in the community technology preview (CTP) of System Center 2012 SP1 provides the following new features: Network virtualization VHDX support Support for file shares that use the Server Message Block (SMB) 2.2 protocol Live migration enhancements Network Virtualization VMM in the CTP release of System Center 2012 SP1 provides support for the network virtualization capabilities available in Windows Server “8” Beta. Network virtualization provides the ability to run multiple virtual network infrastructures, potentially with overlapping IP addresses, on the same physical network. With network virtualization, each virtual network infrastructure operates as if it is the only…

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PowerShell 2.0 is installed by default in Windows Server 2008 R2. However, the PowerShell ISE is not… Turns out that the ISE is not installed by default and needs to be added as a Feature. This is different to a manual install of PowerShell 2 on Windows 2008 (or 2003) where the ISE is included as part of the Windows Management Framework Install. You can get this feature installed via the following PowerShell commands: Import-Module ServerManager Add-Windowsfeature PowerShell-ISE

As a consultant and instructor I use my virtual labs every day for developing, testing and doing demos. My virtual lab has 2 Domain Controllers and and a member server for each role or version of a product that I need in my lab. Most of my member servers has a lot of snapshots, so I can “travel” back and forward in time if I need to test stuff over and over again. Or if I’m testing a beta product where I get get new builds, so I don’t need to configure all the pre-requirements over and over again. If…

From time to time I spend time on troubleshooting Active Directory and SYSVOL replication at my customers. The built in replication schedule are great, but some time it’s nice to force replication on all Domain Controllers to minimize the waiting time… This script will force an instant replication on all domain controllers. ReplicateAD.vbs Option Explicit Dim objDSE, strDN, objContainer, objChild, sCommand, WshShell Set objDSE = GetObject(“LDAP://rootDSE”) strDN = “OU=Domain Controllers,” & objDSE.Get(“defaultNamingContext”) Set objContainer = GetObject(“LDAP://” & strDN) sCommand = “%COMSPEC% /C ” Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject(“WScript.Shell”) objContainer.Filter = Array(“Computer”) For Each objChild In objContainer WshShell.Run(sCommand & “repadmin /syncall “…

The list of Active Directory Schema versions: Windows 2000 RTM = Schema version 13 Windows Server 2003 = Schema version 30 Windows Server 2003 R2 = Schema version 31 Windows Server 2008 = Schema version 44 Windows Server 2008 R2 = Schema version 47 Windows Server 2012 =  Schema version 56 Windows Server 2012 R2 =  Schema version 69 Windows Server 2016 =  Schema version 87 Check the schema version in the Registry: HKLMSYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesNTDSParameters<Schema Version>

Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 comes with allot of new great features. One of them is BranchCache that is designed to reduce WAN link utilization and improve application responsiveness for branch office workers who access content from servers in remote locations. Branch office client computers use a locally maintained cache of data to reduce traffic over a WAN link. The cache can be distributed across client computers or can be housed on a server in the branch. Download the BranchCache Early Adopter’s Guide here, and be ready to adopt this cool new technology, when the product ships. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a9a1ed8a-71ab-468e-a7e0-470fd46e46b3&DisplayLang=en…

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This guide helps you become familiar with Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 by providing instructions for creating a virtual machine and configuring virtual networks. For more information about Hyper-V Server 2008, see the Microsoft Web site (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=129170). Download: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=26426203-de3c-4d74-851e-4e1388a81d5f&DisplayLang=en

This online book describes the fundamentals of TCP/IP in Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003. This online book is a structured, introductory approach to the basic concepts and principles of the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) protocol suite, how the most important protocols function, and their basic configuration in the Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 families of operating systems. This book is primarily a discussion of concepts and principles to lay a conceptual foundation for the TCP/IP protocol suite and provides an integrated discussion of both Internet Protocol…