A Drink of Technology for the Thirsty Mind
One of the first steps you will need to take during the initial configuration of a WSUS Server is to establish communication between WSUS Server and clients. As clients (endpoints) we assume that they can be either Windows clients or Windows Servers. The most fundamental task is to direct each client to communicate with WSUS Server to check for new updates instead […]
Read moreAfter the WSUS installation has been completed on Windows Server 2016, you are ready to configure the initial WSUS settings. This is a necessary step that you can not skip so that WSUS can be active. Depending on the infrastructure, you may need some further action on your part to ensure WSUS server communication with clients with the upstream server (eg […]
Read moreIf you do not have the media, you will need to download. See https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-server-technical-preview for the Technical Preview. You could also download from MSDN.MICROSOFT.COM or other subscription service. 1) Double-click the ISO file to mount it (or mount the ISO) and make note of the drive letter. In my case it is drive I: 2) Put in the USB Thumb Drive Key in the computer and […]
Read moreWith this PowerShell script you can get an email notification when your disk space is running low on your Windows Servers. PowerShell Script: function getDiskFreeSpace { Get-WmiObject Win32_Volume -computername $args -filter “drivetype = 3” | Select-Object _SERVER, Name, @{Name=”Size(GB)”;Expression={“{0:N1}” -f($.Capacity/1gb)}},@{Name=”FreeSpace(GB)”;Expression={“{0:N1}” -f($_.freespace/1gb)}},@{Name=”FreeSpacePerCent”;Expression={“{0:P0}” -f($_.freespace/$_.capacity)}} | Where-Object -FilterScript {$_.FreeSpacePerCent -lt 95} | Sort-Object -property “FreeSpacePerCent” | Format-Table } ForEach($s in Get-Content c:\Temp\serverlist.txt) { […]
Read moreWelcome to my guide on how to configure a single server Remote Desktop Services (RDS) deployment using server 2016. First install Server 2016 with GUI and get all the updates installed. Add the server to the domain as a member server, in this lab I call mine RDS2016. Login as a domain administrator. Server manager should automatically launch, click on […]
Read moreHere are some of the ways you can automate software package and modules installations in Server 2016, using some of the new package management cmdlets that come with PowerShell. With the introduction of services like NuGet, Choclatey, PSGet and Package Manager, Windows finally has a great way of delivering software packages and modules directly from the internet or through an […]
Read moreThe mystery: “The service did not start due to a login failure” One of our customers reported a very strange problem last week. After about a day of running flawlessly, their windows service would suddenly fail to start after a reboot. The error reported by the Event Viewer hinted at a problem with the service user’s account: Trying to start the service […]
Read moreServices and applications that are affected by high load require technologies to address this issue. Network Load Balancing is a technology that allows system administrators to configure clusters that distribute traffic between several servers. Suppose you have a website that receives a large number of requests and cannot be handled by one server. In this case you would configure a […]
Read moreRemote access role is a VPN which protects the network connection or your remote connection from one side to another and protecting both sides from attacks or data sniffing as VPN protocol uses a tunnel inside of a standard data connection. Note: You’ll need to open a TCP port 1723 on your firewall as this port is used for the VPN […]
Read moreNIC teaming is not something we got with Windows Server 2016 but I just find it interesting to review this functionality as we have it in the current iteration of Windows Server, as usual, touching a bit on basics and history of this feature. NIC teaming feature reached its maturity in Server 2012 R2 and there are (almost) no major changes in […]
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