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The things that are better left unspoken

a blog by Sander Berkouwer

April 2008 - Posts

Remotely managing your Server Core using RSAT
A little while ago I showed you how to perform some of the common management tasks on your Server Core installation using the Microsoft Management Console Snap-Ins , available through Computer Management (compmgmt.msc). Last week I showed you how to install Read More...
Handling Server Core Roles and Features
Server Core is proving to be a versatile infrastructure platform. After installing your basic Server Core installation, configuring network interfaces, activating, enable remote management (through RDP or WinRM) and changing the look and feel it might Read More...
For beta or for worse
I've been beta testing a lot of unfinished software products in the past years. Not surprisingly most of these were Microsoft products. (and mostly unknowingly also many products from other vendors...) Let's dive into the world of alphas, betas, release Read More...
Upgrading your Active Directory to Windows Server 2008
Last time we discussed how to transition your Active Directory to Windows Server 2008 , which was something a lot of you were interested in. This time I'm talking in-place upgrading Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 R2 Domain Controllers to Read More...
Remotely managing your Server Core using Compmgmt.msc
Remote management of Server Core installations helps you. It prevents you from having to struggle with the command line interface on the console of your Server Core installation, while at the same time benefit from a lot of the new stuff Windows Server Read More...
Activating Server Core
For years now Microsoft is using Windows Product Activation to protect its intellectual property from piracy. Windows Vista en Windows Server 2008 both sport Volume Activation 2.0 . Although Server Core does not sport a full fledged Graphical User Interface, Read More...