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Hyper-V Licensing Considerations

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Many organizations virtualize their servers to help save money on hardware costs. What you may not realize is though, is that virtualization can save you a bundle on licensing costs too. In this article, Brien Posey explains why.

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Fine Tuning Service’s Startup for Speed on Windows 7

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

The Windows 7 operating system makes use of dozens of system services, each of which rob your system of resources that could potentially be used to deliver better performance. In this article, Brien Posey shows you some of the services that are safe to disable, so that you can get some of your system’s resources back.

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Defragmenting the Active Directory Database

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Performing an offline defragmentation of the Active Directory database is a great way to reclaim lost disk space if the system volume on your domain controller begins to run low on space. In this Article, Brien Posey shows you how the process for doing so has changed in Windows Server 2008.

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Creating Custom Event Views in Windows Server 2008

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

The Event Viewer is one of the few components that has changed very little since the days of Windows NT. This tired interface received an overhaul in Windows Server 2008, and now includes the option of creating custom views. In this article, Brien Posey shows you how to use this new feature.

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A Guide to Windows 7 Network and Sharing Center

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

As with Windows Vista, most of Windows 7’s network configuration tasks are performed through the Network and Sharing Center. In this article, Brien Posey takes you on a tour of the Windows Sharing Center’s latest incarnation.

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Setting Virtual Machine Boot Options in Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Rebooting a host server containing virtual machines can be a big job, because the virtual machines also have to be rebooted. Thankfully, Brien Posey shows you how to minimize the amount of work involved in these types of reboots by setting some automatic startup options.

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Using Templates to Create Exchange Recipient Objects, Part 1

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

The process of creating new Exchange Server mailboxes can be tedious, boring, and prone to errors. However, Brien Posey explains how you can use recipient template objects to make the mailbox creation process quicker, easier, and less prone to error.

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Setting Up System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM)

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft’s System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) really improves an administrator’s ability to manage virtual machines in the enterprise. In this article, Brien Posey shows you how to install this handy management tool.

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Low Budget Exchange Server Deployments; What Do You Really Need?

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

In the midst of the current economic situation, it may be more important than ever to keep close tabs on IT spending. Unfortunately though, deploying an Exchange Server organization is rarely cheap. In this article, Brien Posey explains why this is the case, and talks about some of the things that you can do to reduce the cost of your deployment.

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Windows 7 Performance Tweaks

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

In an effort to atone for Windows Vista’s excessive resource consumption, Microsoft has designed Windows 7 to perform better than Vista on comparable hardware. Even so, Brien Posey explains that there are still things that you can do to improve the way that Windows 7 performs.

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Planning for an Exchange 2007 Migration, Part 2

Last Update: Sep 17, 2024

In the first part of this article series, I talked about a few of the things that you should do to begin planning for an eventual migration to Exchange Server 2007. In this article I want to conclude the series by discussing some other aspects to the planning process. Prepare the Active Directory Exchange Server…

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Testing Exchange 2007 Migration Readiness

Last Update: Sep 24, 2024

Lately, I have had a lot of people contacting me because they are interested in bringing Exchange 2007 into an existing Exchange Server organization. The topic has become so popular that I spent last week in Las Vegas speaking on the topic. After my presentations, one of the questions that kept coming up is how…

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