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In this article, MVP Daniel Petri provides a solution for service providers that need to connect to multiple customer locations (using different protocols, according to customer requirements) and want to provide a single access point through which all outgoing traffic is routed.

As some of you know, a few Microsoft employees have been spotted working with a cool tool called VMRC Plus, which is an improved version of the VMRC client that is deployed together with Virtual Server 2005. This tool used to be an internally available app, but not anymore. I was recently informed of this…

Windows Server 2003 – Standard Edition is a fully-featured server OS, but does it have all the features you need? Read our overview to find out.

Petri.com was recently asked by Cayosoft to conduct a survey amongst our audience regarding Active Directory (AD) downtime and disaster recovery strategies. Petri.com’s extensive experience in the marketplace, coupled with our standing as a representative voice for IT Professionals, allows us to bring distinct insights into prevailing trends and their evolution over time. The survey,…

ObserveIT is a software that is designed from the ground up to be deployed in multi-server enterprise environments and provides visibility into all user activity such as Microsoft Terminal Services, Citrix (ICA) including published applications, Remote Desktop (RDP), PC-Anywhere, VNC and NetOP…

It was once common practice to turn off Firewall in Windows as part of a PC or server build. Learn why you shouldn’t disable Windows Server Firewall on your PC.

In this article, Daniel explains how to download and use RDCMan (Remote Desktop Connection Manager) to more efficiently manage multiple remote desktop connections.

In this article, Daniel Petri introduces Visual Core Configurator 2008, a free tool used to configure and manage Microsoft Windows 2008 Server Core using a GUI.

How can this help Exchange administrators? It’s often simple to not routinely keep an eye on our Exchange server as we attend to other tasks during our workday. Then, the phone rings, and it’s not good news. Fortunately, there is a simple tool that allows us to keep an eye on the server and potentially…

Daniel Petri shares three different ways to enable the helpful Telnet client for Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 to meet your IT needs.