Cloud computing, Hardware, Servers, Windows
In a previous post, we talked about Windows Server 2008 end of life upgrade strategies and considerations that need to be made when choosing an ...
Cloud computing, Imaging, Servers, Windows
Windows Server 2008 End of Life upgrade strategies [GUIDE]
In case you haven’t heard, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 are reaching the end of all support on January 14, 2020. This means ...
Backups and recovery, Cloud computing, IT strategy, Servers, Virtualization, Windows
Storage Spaces Direct deployment best practices
Introduced in Microsoft Windows Server 2016, Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) is Microsoft’s new software-defined storage solution that allows enterprises to create logically defined storage volumes ...
Configuring Secure LDAP using a 3rd party Certificate Authority
Some of the documentation that is available out there for configuring Secure LDAP on a Windows server is rather sketchy at best, or in some ...
Company news, Hardware, Networking, Servers
Summer server racks for schools
Earlier this Summer, our friends at Newport Network Solutions asked if we’d be interested in taking 12 HP and NetApp server racks in nearly brand ...
Simplifying business operations with server virtualization
Organizations can gain numerous financial and operational benefits by employing a thoughtful server virtualization strategy. Today, we will focus on just a few of those ...
Adding functionality to the Active Directory Users and computers console
Frequently, I find myself and other IT support personnel need to quickly gain access to remote systems, run scripts against remote systems, or remote controlling ...
Finding and removing old computer accounts in your Active Directory domain
Any server administrator that works with Windows Server and Active Directory can tell you that it’s not uncommon for Active Directory to be littered with ...
Update Windows Server 2012 R2 KMS host to allow Win 10 activations
Ready to deploy Windows 10 on your domain but still need to update your Windows Server 2012 R2 KMS host so it can successfully activate the ...
Network resource availability and data integrity
Part 2 of our Network Remodeling / Redesigning / Restructuring services series In my previous post Active Directory Design, Optimization, and Automation we discussed how ...
The quirks of Windows Server 2012 R2 in-place server upgrades
There are basically two approaches when it comes to server upgrades for going to Windows Server 2012 R2 – performing an in-place upgrade, or creating ...
Using PRTG to monitor Windows Server backup
While PRTG (available at http://www.paessler.com) has many cool sensors available out-of-box for monitoring valuable network and server related data, unfortunately, it doesn’t have an easy ...
Active Directory design, optimization and automation
Part 1 of our Network Remodeling / Redesigning / Restructuring Services series Active Directory is the central repository for nearly all networks today. Some of the ...
Network remodeling / redesigning / restructuring services – overview
This multi-series blog post will be an overview of Source One Technology’s networking support services. This series will give you insight into the network management ...