Petri IT Knowledgebase Team

Have a need for remote support software? Learn how DameWare Remote Support software by Solarwinds enables remote Windows administration, Active Directory Management, and more.

Our friends at TrainSignal are celebrating their 10th anniversary by giving away a free trip to VMware VMworld, TechEd, Citrix Synergy, or Cisco Live 2013. Read for details on how to enter!

Issues that prevent the use of Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) to manage servers can be a headache for any busy system administrator. In this article we’ll take a look at solving an RDP problem caused by some specific Windows security updates.

Learn how to grant DNSAdmins the right to view DNS event log entries remotely on Windows Server 2008 R2. Using a lab environment, we show you the steps to take when granting these rights, and what to do when an error occurs.

Don’t miss free, live webinars happening this month on Windows 8, IT security fundamentals, and how to build a successful IT career with the new generation of Microsoft certifications.

Are you debating whether or not to learn PowerShell? In this video, speaker and author Mark Minasi gives you his top three reasons for learning PowerShell — before it’s too late.

See how to install and configure Citrix XenServer 6 and XenCenter in this video tutorial from Citrx CTP Elias Khnaser. Elias starts by going over the minimum requirements, hardware capabilities, recommended specifications before jumping to the step-by-step installation process.

Take a look at our June list of free webinars for IT pros. This month our webinar lineup includes presentations on Windows Server 2012, Hyper-V, Security and Data Privacy, VMware Backup and more.

In this video post, VCDX & vExpert Jason Nash provides a walkthrough of the configurations you’ll need when creating a new vDS – vNetwork Distributed Switch, including settings for the main switch, uplinks, and port groups.

In this video post, Jeremy Moskowitz, Group Policy MVP and founder of PolicyPak software walks us through his Group Policy add-on, PolicyPak, and shows how you can deliver Group Policy settings over VDI to lock down applications.

Anyone who has relied on a hard drive or other storage device has probably lost an important file. It may be due to accidental deletion, data corruption, or merely a change of mind – “Shoot, I shouldn’t have deleted that file!”. The good news is that these files can almost always be restored. In this post, we walk you through a few simple steps to recover those lost files.

The purpose of a share (aka shared folder) is to expose a portion of a server’s file system to network users. The idea is to just keep portions of that file system available to users while allowing other portions of the server’s file system to remain private and unseen by network users. In this post, you will learn how to administer shares using Windows Explorer.