Virtual Domain Controller Cloning in Windows Server 2012
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…
Windows MultiPoint Server 2011
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 Release Date
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 announce Windows SBS has no future
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…
Rolling out Flash Player – Another Update
In previous posts we detailed how to roll out Flash Player through Group Policy with an update to include 32-bit and 64-bit versions. Now Adobe have decided to combine the 32-bit and 64-bit installers (since v11.3). The new download link…
Windows PowerShell Web Access
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…
Windows 7 Cannot Access Shadow Copies in SBS 2003
When you connect to a share hosted on SBS 2003 and you select “Restore previous versions” or the “Previous Versions” tab under properties of the share/folder, you get a view that shows snapshots with the incorrect time, that could be…
Windows Server 2012 – A low cost disaster recovery game changer
There is lots, and I mean 100s, of new features in Windows Server 2012, but without a doubt the one I'm really looking forward to deploying is Hyper-V Replica. http://blogs.technet.com/b/uspartner_ts2team/archive/2012/06/14/windows-server-2012-virtualization-hyper-v-replica.aspx {youtube}iFsG10PgoLI{/youtube}