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A Curious Change in Default Password Policies
After releasing the whitepaper on Remotely Managing Server Core boxes , I received a message from a colleague . He claimed the following sentence on page 5 of the Whitepaper to be faulty: After you first install Windows Server 2008, in either a full or Read More...
The Server Core Updates Estimation, Revisited
Microsoft touts the smaller attack surface as one of the biggest benefits of using Server Core, compared to a Full installation of Windows Server 2008. Because a Server Core installation is optimized, it doesn’t include most of the vulnerabilities found Read More...
Server Core Remote Management Whitepaper
When the Server Core installation option of Windows Server was introduced in 2008, not a lot of people saw the greatness. A few tried it once, some tried it twice and others got hooked! Fellow administrators often complain that it’s so hard to administer Read More...
Some Server Core Domain Controllers heading for a dead end street
You know, in terms of deploying servers in a smart way, so you can actually utilize them for as long as their economical lifecycle in a supported fashion without a need to reinstall them, I’ve made a stupid decision in advising IT Pros to deploy Server Read More...
How to tell whether it’s a Server Core Domain Controller
Server Core installations of Windows Server 2008 can be utilized in a variety of ways. I’ve written about using them as Web 2.0 Servers with IIS 7, PHP and MySQL , as Streaming media (reverse) proxies , as branch office servers, loaded with DFS, DNS, Read More...
SYSVOL FRS to DFS-R Migration Guide available
Microsoft has published a document titled “SYSVOL Replication Migration Guide: FRS to DFS Replication” to the Download server today. The 52-page 416KB weighing document outlines how to get from using File Replication Service (FRS) replication to Distributed Read More...
A New Vulnerability in Active Directory (MS09-018)
On Patch Tuesday for June 2009 (yesterday, June 9, 2009) Microsoft released security bulletin MS09-18 yesterday to address a vulnerability in Active Directory and Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM) that could allow remote code execution. It’s should Read More...
Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista and Server 2008 is here
Microsoft released Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 to the Download Center and Windows Update. The Service Packs are available in five languages (English, French, German, Japanese and Spanish). Localized packages in your favorite Read More...
Smart-X CoreConfigurator 1.3.0.1
I just realized I like Smart-X CoreConfigurator a lot . This is not just due to the improving quality of the tool, but also the way Smart-X copes with feedback and is able to provide feedback on my feedback. (Not a lot of companies know how to do the Read More...
Powering Server Core
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 came with built-in support for serial and USB connected Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) devices. From within the Power Options you could manage your UPS and the shutdown behavior of Read More...
5 areas of Microsofts vision on Systems Management
Microsoft products cover a multitude of technologies, and thus are managed by a multitude of management attitudes, vision and scenarios. In the past Microsoft products lacked a common vision on management, but Microsoft is slowly changing this. All Windows Read More...
Smart-X CoreConfigurator 1.2.0.2 … I’m impressed
Smart-X, the Israel-based company behind CoreConfigurator and former employer of Guy Teverovsky has released a new version of CoreConfigurator for Server Core installations of Windows Server 2008. And I must admit … I’m impressed!     CoreConfigurator Read More...
Antimalware on Server Core, a strategic choice
In the past I’ve mentioned a Server Core installation of Windows Server 2008 is less susceptible to attacks than a full installation of Windows Server 2008: It has less code on disk and in memory, resulting in a smaller attack surface It requires less Read More...
CoreConfigurator brought back to life by Smart-X
I remember pretty well when Guy Teverovsky shared his CoreConfigurator tool, to help Server Core Systems Administrators perform everyday tasks through a Graphical User Interface (GUI). I still remember the buzz it generated throughout the blogosphere, Read More...
Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 SP2 Beta Available
Mike Nash and Justin Graham announced the Customer Preview Program for Service Pack 2 Beta for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 on the The Windows Blog and the Windows Server Division Weblog earlier this week. While MSDN and TechNet Plus subscribers Read More...
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