We're expanding our IT team and we're looking for a couple of people. You are expected to install, enhance, configure and support the network infrastructures offered by Focused IT to its customers, these mainly comprise of Microsoft Windows Server based…
"Convert-WindowsImage is the new version of WIM2VHD designed specifically for Windows 8. Completely rewritten in PowerShell, this command-line tool allows you to rapidly create sysprepped VHD and VHDX images from setup media for Windows 7/Server 2008 R2 and Windows 8/Server…
We love Windows Server 2012 and all the new features, SMB3, Hyper-V Replication, NIC Teaming but....There is one feature I'm sorry to see disappear and that's the ability to 'Remote Control' or 'Shadow' another session on a Remote Desktop Session…
Another great feature of Windows Server 2012 is Virtual Domain Controller Cloning, it doesn't quite solve all our needs as there are still restrictions on having PDCs around, which is understandable: Requirements There are a few base infrastructure requirements to…
We've been very hectic over the past couple of months on various projects, one of which was a deployment of Microsoft Windows MultiPoint Server 2011 for Helvetia House School. Windows MultiPoint Server is aimed directly at the classroom, with the…
Windows Server 2012 will be released in September: http://blogs.technet.com/b/windowsserver/archive/2012/07/09/windows-server-2012-final-release-timing.aspx We can't wait for this relase as it will make a real difference to the way we deploy solutions as well as decreasing the cost of them, something that should be…
Microsoft has offically announced that there will be no future version of SBS Standard So the future of SBS is Windows Server 2012 Essentials with Cloud based email and SharePoint, read Office 365 or Windows Server 2012 Standard with Exchange…
Over the next year PowerShell is set to come to the forefront of server managment, we already use it to simplify and standarise our server setups, but with Windows Server 2012 it will be the main way we work with…