Best to introduce Tier 1 to server side?
How would everyone recommend they introduce a tier 1 tech support employee to the world of vSphere, Windows server admin & potentially Cisco?I want to give enough access to log in and learn with...
View ArticleServer 2008 R2 Print server issue with remote subnet
I have a very frustrating problem with Server 2008 R2 used as a print server and printers that exist in a remote subnet. I cannot install a local print server for the sake of getting these remote...
View ArticleSetting up ADFS 2.0 for Box
Hey there;We are just starting a project to implement Box in our infrastructure. It sounds like a good idea to set up some kind of SSO solution to make it easier on our users to have access to files...
View Articlemonitoring per-user traffic on my file server 2003
Is there a way to monitor data read and written to my server 2003 in real time, per AD user, and if possible, per file? We have 2003 AD server.Something like Sessions and Open Files in Shared Folder...
View ArticleWindows 7 Ultimate Multiple Monitors RDP Remote Control 2008 R2
So, I have Googled it to death, and even went through a lot of this same issue in Spiceworks, but have not found the answer I am looking for.In our 2008 R2 RDP environment, if we select the "use all of...
View ArticleInstall SCCM Client in master Windows 7 image - Then deploy
Hi Everyone,We are migrating from windows xp to windows 7 soon. We will also be implementing SCCM solution after our migration. My question is , Is it possible to have sccm agent installed on our base...
View ArticleDFS Replication Question
Hello all. I will installing a new off site server that will be utilizing DFS. This server will replace the current site server (eventually). Can I do something like this? The site only has a 3M MPLS...
View ArticleRestrict Server Access by MAC?
IS it possible to restrict server access my MAC address? (Windows Server 2012). I want only certain computers to access a server
View ArticleDisk 2 has been surprise removed message.
I found this message on the Event Viewer of my Windows 2012 R2 Server today. I have no second disk in this box. I ran a chkdsk /f with no errors reported.Has anyone else seen this message before? If...
View ArticleServer 2008 R2 or Server 2012?
In light of MSFT's plan to discontinue support for Server 2003 by July of next year...I'm caught up with a dilemma. Do I upgrade to Server 2008 or straight to 2012 for a domain controller?
View ArticleDriver Management for MDT 2013
I'm deciding what direction to pursue in terms of driver management. Currently we're a DELL shop with 15+ models. Optiplex 330, 380, 620, 980, 990, 9010, Latitude E4300, E4200, E6220, etc...Should I...
View ArticleHow to create a task scheduler for specific Event
I want to create a task to send an e-mail when someone added a user to domain admins group.i created a task. it sends an e-mail when a user adds someone to any group. but i want for specifically domain...
View ArticleRemote Admin of WS2012r2
I've been stewing about this for some time now.I have just been RDPing to remotely manage servers. Am I missing something ?Which Win2012r2 Remote Management tool should I be using for just a few...
View ArticleServer 2008R2 stuck on Please wait for the User Profile Service
Server 2008R2 console is stuck on Please wait for the User Profile Service.This server runs AD, DHCP, DNS, and Hyper-V. The three virtual machines are all running fine (one of the virtuals is a second...
View ArticleRedirected Folders Madness again...
You might think that after all these years, I will know better not to get involved with Redirected Folders... Here is the new MS madness story of the year:I have migrated Windows SBS 2003 to Windows...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012R2 Active Directory not synchronizing between sites
Hi,a few weeks ago I started to upgrade our domain from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2012R2. In our main site everything worked fine. Then I migrated the first site in another location. What...
View ArticleIIS & Failover
Hi All,I am looking at getting our IIS server in a failover state, however as we use many websites that use session states and cookies we can't currently use NLB (without refactoring the apps to use...
View ArticleApplication server with two NIC's, restrict application to one NIC
I have a physical Server 2012 with 2 NICs that is running two different LOB applications, and I'd like to restrict each application to use one NIC. Each app needs a static IP address, hence using two...
View ArticlePrint Server Question
I have a situation where I have 6 locations, and I want to have just one print server "presence." However I know that I do need to have multiple print servers for redundancy. What I am wanting is...
View ArticleWDS Driver problem
We are using WDS (on server 2012 R2) to image our pc's.I want to integrate drivers in the Server instead of integrating them into the Image.I've added all of the drivers to the server and created...
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