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Three Steps to the Initial Configuration of your Windows 2008 Server After Installation

When Microsoft created Windows Server 2008, one of their many goals was to simplify the deployment process. In fact, you can perform a manual server installation with just a few mouse clicks. One of the side effects to such a minimalist approach to the installation process though, is that you may find yourself having to…

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Configure Instant Messaging in Exchange 2000

How to install and configure Instant Messaging on Exchange 2000? Step #1: Installing the IM service If you didn’t do so already, you must first install the IM service on the E2K server. Do so by running the E2K setup. When you get to the “Component Selection” page make sure you see a “V” on…

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Microsoft Updates A Little Bit of Everything for Azure

Microsoft has announced a significant number of updates to its Azure platform that includes everything from licensing terms to Azure stack.

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MSG.EXE replaces Net Send in Windows Vista

When using Windows XP and previous operating systems one could easily send messages from one computer to another by using the “Net Send” command from the command prompt. Typing a command like this: ​Net send Daniel “Please contact help desk immediately!” Would result in the computer searching for the location where the user Daniel has…

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The Enterprise Agenda: New Opportunities, Advanced Threats

The enterprise has many challenges ahead for 2016, but with proper planning and training, downtime and security alerts should be kept to a manageable state.

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Windows Server 2022 Now Available in Preview

Today Microsoft officially announced the availability of Windows Server 2022 in preview at its Ignite conference, which is running March 2nd to 4th. Windows Server Insider Preview build 20292 is a Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) release and which first appeared at the beginning of February. On the download page, the build was labeled ‘Windows Server…

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System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 SP1: Software Requirements

Check out the software requirements for Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 SP1, including VMM Database, VMM Library, and more.

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Managed Service Accounts: MSA Setup

Service account management can be pretty labor intensive, but there might be an alternative. In part 1 of this two-part series, Microsoft MVP Jeff Hicks goes over a feature called Managed Service Accounts (msa). In Part 2, Jeff will cover how to deploy the accounts.

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Microsoft Unifies Quality Updates in Windows 10 Version 1809

In this Ask the Admin, Russell explains the changes that Microsoft is making to full, delta, and express updates in Windows Server 2019 and Windows 10 version 1809.

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Windows Server 2019 Skips RTM, But What Does that Mean?

Windows Server 2019 is the first version of Microsoft’s server OS not to RTM. But what does that mean in practice?

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