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Manage group accounts with Windows Server 2008 R2 Group Policy
Techguide Windows Server 2008 R2 Group Policy permits administrators to audit status changes to user accounts. Here's a look at this feature.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Server platforms, group policy setting, Event, account management, group policy, auditing, Ohio, Rick Vanover, Server
Update Windows scripts using these handy PowerShell commands
Techguide It may be time to upgrade batch files to PowerShell for automating the role of administering a Windows Server.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Server platforms, Microsoft Windows PowerShell, batch file, Computer, remote server, Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows
Determine processes running on a remote server
Techguide The Sysinternals PsList tool can save you a trip to a server. Find out how to run the tool against a remote computer.
Tags: Servers, Server platforms, Remote management, Microsoft Windows PowerShell, Sysinternals PsList, Computer, Information Technology, Tool, performance monitoring, remote server
What Windows 7 means to Windows server administrators
Techguide Scott Lowe shares 10 items that Windows server administrators need to know in order to adequately support Windows 7 clients.
Tags: Servers, BranchCache, DirectAccess, VPN Reconnect, BranchCache BranchCache, AppLocker Like DirectAccess, Windows XP Mode, Windows Deployment Services, Client, Scott Lowe
Managing service accounts is easier in Windows Server 2008 R2
Techguide Windows Server 2008 R2 offers a new type of account that helps with endpoint administration of service accounts.
Tags: Servers, Microsoft Server 2003, Server platforms, Service Account, Microsoft Windows PowerShell, Active Directory Schema, Builtin Organizational Unit, Windows Server 2008 R2, Information Technology, Organizational Unit
Red Hat and Microsoft support mixed virtualization
News It is now possible to deploy supported virtualization environments that combine Red Hat Linux with Microsoft Windows Server, the two companies have announced.
Tags: Virtualization, Microsoft Corp., Red Hat Inc., Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows, Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Slow site? Yahoo open-sources an app for that
News Sure, rivals could profit from Yahoo's release of Traffic Server as open-source software. But overall, Yahoo bets it'll gain more than it loses by giving it away.
Tags: Web sites, Web servers, Yahoo! Inc., Open Source, Google Inc., Apache Software Foundation, Traffic Server, Microsoft Corp., software, Web sites
A good server naming convention eases IT workload
Techguide Frisky? DC1? Bozo? Pluto? ESX1? These are all server names. Which ones make the most sense? Scott Lowe discusses server naming in this article.
Tags: Servers, Infrastructure/architecture management, Server platforms, Convention, Firewall, Printer, Infrastructure/architecture management, Scott Lowe, Information Technology, Server platforms
Intel seeks new 'microserver' standard
News Intel doesn't want to be the only one touting eensy-weensy servers aimed at Web site hosting companies. It's trying to standardize its design.
Tags: Servers, Intel Corp., quad-core processor, Computer, Hosting Company, Server, processor, computer industry, blade server, Web Site
Patching Windows Server 2008 Core Edition
Techguide Every version of Windows Server needs a patching strategy. Find out some options for patching a Windows Server 2008 Core installation system.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Server platforms, Security Management, Network security, Virtualization, Tool, Ohio, Rick Vanover, Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Making the choice between virtual and physical servers
Techguide "Virtualize everything" is a popular M.O. in IT these days, but there are times when physical servers make more sense.
Tags: Servers, Server platforms, Virtualization, Database, Microsoft SQL Server, Scott Lowe, Virtual Environment, Storage, Server, Hardware
Perspectives provides out-of-band verification for SSH
Techguide There is more to Perspectives than the Firefox extension for TLS/SSL validation.
Tags: Network security, PC security, Data security, Perspectives, SSH Protocol, Security, SSL, network, OpenSSH, SSH
Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 provide DirectAccess to resources
Techguide Learn how Microsoft's DirectAccess feature allows an employee to access Windows Server 2008 R2 resources from anywhere.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Server platforms, Microsoft Windows 7, Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, VPN, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows, Internet, IPv6
Worldwide server sales continue to fall
News IBM and Dell manage to gain a hold in market share, amid a carnage in declining sales revenues, leaving Sun as the weakest link.
Tags: Servers, Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., International Data Corp., Unix, Unix server, Sales, Sun Microsystems Inc., Server, Servers
File Server Capacity Tool helps scale file server sizing
Techguide Rick Vanover reminds Windows administrators that Microsoft's new File Server Capacity Tool isn't a storage silver bullet.
Tags: Storage software, Microsoft Windows, File servers, Server platforms, File Server, Microsoft Corp., Common Internet File System, Server platforms, Storage software, File servers
