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Server Manager: Manage multiple servers just got easier.

  • Written by MITPro
  • October 10, 2012 at 1:36 am

One of the things I love about Windows Server 2012 is the ability to manage multiple servers from the same Server Manager console. In this video I will perform the following steps: Add a second server to be managed to the Server Manager console Add roles and features to the remote server Configure the remote [...]

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From Server Core to GUI to… MinShell?

  • Written by MITPro
  • October 2, 2012 at 3:15 pm

In Windows Server 2008 we were introduced to a revolutionary way to install Windows Server: Server Core. Server Core may look boring – there’s nothing to it except the command prompt – but to an IT Pro it is really exciting for several reasons: It requires fewer resources, so in a virtualization environment you can optimize [...]

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Linux Integration Services for Hyper-V 3.4

  • Written by MITPro
  • September 11, 2012 at 12:02 am

Microsoft has been taking tremendous steps to prove that Hyper-V is not simply the best hypervisor for Windows users and administrators, it is also a viable option if you have Linux servers as well.  Last week Microsoft released the Linux Integration Services v3.4 for Hyper-V.  Integration Services are the tools that you need to get the [...]

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