Active Directory domain join This PowerShell snippet above connects remotely to the computer NAMEHERE, attempts to join it to the domain domain.here and then afterward restarts it. No more logging on computers and clicking around. This method not only speeds up joining a domain on a single machine...
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April 16, 2017 nkcode
Windows Server 2016, Windows Servers
n a nutshell, Nano Server is a new installation option for Windows Server 2016 that is designed and fully optimized for cloud-born applications, containers, or specific services you want to run on a small footprint. You can use it as a host for Hyper-V VMs, a DNS server,...
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April 16, 2017 nkcode
Windows Server 2016, Windows Servers
For this installation, I will be installing SCVMM 2016 on Windows Server 2016 (with UI) and on a virtualized machine within a Hyper-V (2016) environment. There is no fancy storage here, so I will omit that for this configuration/blog post. Prerequisites, you will need some service accounts: SCVMM...
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April 1, 2017 nkcode
Windows Server 2016, Windows Servers
Finally, Microsoft/System Center team published the much awaited Management Pack for SCOM 2016 and Hyper-V 2016. Here is the link to download and get Hyper-V 2016 monitored in your environment. LINK.
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April 1, 2017 nkcode
Windows Server 2016, Windows Servers
Storage replica (SR) technology is a little bit different from DFS. As you know DFS uses only asynchronous replication and has usually high latency. DFS has been designed to work for low bandwidth networks as it minimizes a bandwidth usage. But has no real performance needed for fast...
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March 6, 2017 nkcode
Windows Server 2016, Windows Servers
Microsoft launches Windows Server 2016 at Ignite conference in Atlanta. This is the newest release of server operating system released by Microsoft. Windows Server 2016 was first released as Tech Preview version where the users could evaluate the OS. The latest release of Windows Server 2016 comes packed...
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January 26, 2017 nkcode
Windows Server 2016, Windows Servers
Roles of the Active Directory Domain Controllers Active Directory uses a multiple-master model, and usually, domain controllers (DCs) are equal with each other in reading and writing directory information. However, certain roles cannot be distributed across all the DCs, meaning that changes can’t take place on more than...
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March 14, 2014 nkcode
Windows 2008R2, Windows Server 2012R2, Windows Server 2016, Windows Servers
Once you have installed Windows 2008 R2 on all Domain Controllers and the Forest Functionality mode is set to Windows 2008 R2, the Recycle Bin is an available option. However, it is not automatically enabled. In order to use it, it has to be enabled first. Here’s the Powershell...
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January 5, 2013 nkcode
Windows Server 2012R2, Windows Server 2016, Windows Servers
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August 2, 2012 nkcode
Windows 2008R2, Windows Server 2012R2, Windows Server 2016, Windows Servers
