Articles & Tutorials / Windows Server 2008

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Strategies for Monitoring Failover Clusters (Part 5)

Date - Jan 17, 2012

Author - Brien M. Posey

This article continues the discussion of failover cluster monitoring by showing the types of health information that System Center Operations Manager exposes for a failover cluster.

Strategies for Monitoring Failover Clusters (Part 4)

Date - Dec 06, 2011

Author - Brien M. Posey

This article demonstrates a method for displaying a cluster's health through SCOM. We will also explore some additional troubleshooting techniques for cluster monitoring.

Strategies for Monitoring Failover Clusters (Part 3)

Date - Nov 01, 2011

Author - Brien M. Posey

This article continues the series on monitoring your failover clusters by examining issues with deploying System Center Operations Manager agents.

Top 10 Reasons Why Group Policy Fails to Apply (Part 1)

Date - Oct 27, 2011

Author - Derek Melber

In the first part of this article the author takes a look at some of the most common, yet not that obvious reason why Group Policy might not be applying in your situation.

Strategies for Monitoring Failover Clusters (Part 2)

Date - Sep 29, 2011

Author - Brien M. Posey

This article continues the discussion of using System Center Operations Manager to monitor failover clusters by demonstrating the process for deploying management agents to the individual cluster nodes.

Advanced Group Policy Management (Part 6) - Templates and Migration

Date - Sep 27, 2011

Author - Mitch Tulloch

This article describes how to use templates and migrate GPOs using Advanced Group Policy Management.

Advanced Group Policy Management (Part 5) - Managing GPOs

Date - Sep 13, 2011

Author - Mitch Tulloch

This article describes how to withdraw, reject, roll back and restore controlled GPOs using Advanced Group Policy Management.

Strategies for Monitoring Failover Clusters (Part 1)

Date - Sep 01, 2011

Author - Brien M. Posey

This article explains how to use System Center Operations Manager to monitor your failover clusters.

Advanced Group Policy Management (Part 4) - Editing Controlled GPOs

Date - Aug 30, 2011

Author - Mitch Tulloch

This article describes how to edit, review and redeploy controlled GPOs using Advanced Group Policy Management.

Advanced Group Policy Management (Part 3) - Creating and Deploying Controlled GPOs

Date - Aug 16, 2011

Author - Mitch Tulloch

This article describes how to create, approve and deploy controlled GPOs using Advanced Group Policy Management.

Advanced Group Policy Management (Part 2) - Initial Configuration

Date - Aug 02, 2011

Author - Mitch Tulloch

This article describes how to perform initial configuration of your Advanced Group Policy Management environment.

Troubleshooting Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Startup Issues (Part 2)

Date - Jul 26, 2011

Author - Brien M. Posey

This article discusses five more methods that you can use to diagnose and repair service startup issues.

Active Directory Federation Services 2.0: Is it right for you?

Date - Jul 21, 2011

Author - Derek Melber

In this article the author explains Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) 2.0 in conjunction with an Office 365 deployment and across organizations in order to reduce Identity and Access Management headaches.

Advanced Group Policy Management (Part 1) - Introduction

Date - Jul 19, 2011

Author - Mitch Tulloch

This article begins a short series of articles on managing change control of Group Policy Objects using Advanced Group Policy Management.

Remote Search Solutions for Different Sized Organizations

Date - Jul 05, 2011

Author - Mitch Tulloch

This article describes some of the remote search solutions from Microsoft available and how you can use them for different types of scenarios.

Troubleshooting Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Startup Issues (Part 1)

Date - Jun 28, 2011

Author - Brien M. Posey

This article discusses the basics of troubleshooting failed system services, including verifying an error message and tracking down information in the event logs.

Configuring the Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (Part 7)

Date - May 31, 2011

Author - Brien M. Posey

This article continues the discussion of the Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services by discussing site link objects, inter-site replication, and some considerations for disaster recovery planning.

Configuring the Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (Part 6)

Date - Apr 28, 2011

Author - Brien M. Posey

This article continues the series on AD LDS by examining how to create a site structure that can be used by larger AD LDS deployments.

Configuring an ISATAP Router with Windows Server 2008 R2 (Part 2)

Date - Apr 07, 2011

Author - Deb Shinder

This article describes how you can use ISATAP on your network today to help you transition to a native IPv6 network.

Configuring the Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (Part 5)

Date - Mar 31, 2011

Author - Brien M. Posey

This article continues the discussion of the Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) by examining the logical structure of an AD LDS instance and discussing how that structure plays into the replication process.

Configuring an ISATAP Router with Windows Server 2008 R2 (Part 1)

Date - Mar 03, 2011

Author - Deb Shinder

This article looks at the importance of transitioning to IPv6 and the role that ISATAP will play in this transition.

Configuring the Active Directory Lightweight Directory Service (Part 4)

Date - Mar 01, 2011

Author - Brien M. Posey

This article continues the series on AD LDS by demonstrating the procedure for creating a replica of an AD LDS instance.

Building Test Labs with Hyper-V (Part 1): Base Configuration and Virtual Networks

Date - Feb 08, 2011

Author - Deb Shinder

This article discusses the history of building out test labs and how virtualization has made it much easier to create valid test labs that allow us to test software and services in a controlled environment.

Using Windows Server 2008 R2 to Publish Internal Resources

Date - Jan 11, 2011

Author - Deb Shinder

This article reviews the reverse NAT feature in Windows 2008 R2 RRAS.

Configuring the Active Directory Lightweight Directory Service (Part 3)

Date - Dec 23, 2010

Author - Brien M. Posey

This article continues the discussion of the Active Directory Lightweight Directory Service by demonstrating the procedure for creating an AD LDS instance and a corresponding application directory partition.

How to get certified on Microsoft System Center

Date - Dec 02, 2010

Author - David Davis

Learn the certification options and the best certification resources to get certified on Microsoft's flagship enterprise management product line - MCTS certification options.

Configuring the Active Directory Lightweight Directory Service (Part 2)

Date - Nov 16, 2010

Author - Brien M. Posey

This article continues the discussion of the Active Directory Lightweight Directory Service (AD LDS) by explaining some techniques that you can use to plan for the deployment process, and by showing you how to deploy the AD LDS service.

Setting up Wi-Fi Authentication in Windows Server 2008 (Part 2)

Date - Oct 26, 2010

Author - Eric Geier

This article continues with the configuration of the RADIUS functionality of Windows Server 2008, takes you through configuring your wireless access points (APs), and shows how to configure the client computers.

Configuring the Active Directory Lightweight Directory Service (Part 1)

Date - Oct 21, 2010

Author - Brien M. Posey

The Lightweight Directory Services, its uses and capabilities.

What’s New in Windows Firewall with Advanced Security in Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7

Date - Oct 14, 2010

Author - Deb Shinder

Taking a look at some of the new and cool WFAS features that are included in Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7.

Setting up Wi-Fi Authentication in Windows Server 2008 (Part 1)

Date - Oct 12, 2010

Author - Eric Geier

Why business should use the Enterprise mode of WPA/WPA2 encryption with 802.1X authentication for their Wi-Fi network, and begins setting up Windows Server 2008 to act as the required RADIUS server.

Four Reasons to Upgrade Your DNS Server to Windows Server 2008 R2

Date - Sep 28, 2010

Author - Deb Shinder

Several new features included in the Windows Server 2008 R2 server and Windows 7 DNS client that increase the security and performance of your DNS infrastructure.

What’s New and Cool in Windows Server 2008 R2 Networking

Date - Sep 16, 2010

Author - Deb Shinder

Taking a deep dive into the useful features of Windows Server 2008 R2.

AuthIP – Enhancing IPsec Capabilities and Functionality

Date - Jul 15, 2010

Author - Deb Shinder

How AuthIP contributes greatly towards enhancing IPsec capabilities and functionality.

Getting to Know the Windows Server 2008 R2 Name Resolution Policy Table (NRPT)

Date - Feb 18, 2010

Author - Deb Shinder

Taking a look at the Name Resolution Policy Table (NRPT) in Windows Server 2008 R2.

Using Windows Server as a NAT Router

Date - Dec 15, 2009

Author - Mitch Tulloch

This article walks you through the configuration process for using Windows Server as a NAT router for setting up an isolated test network that has Internet connectivity.

Running Windows Server 2008 R2 - Installing and Creating the Lab Domain Controller (Part 2)

Date - Nov 10, 2009

Author - Thomas Shinder

How to install and create the Lab Domain Controller on Windows Server 2008 R2.

Running Windows Server 2008 R2 – Installing and Creating the Lab Domain Controller (Part 1)

Date - Sep 24, 2009

Author - Thomas Shinder

How to install and create the Lab Domain Controller in Windows Server 2008 R2.

Windows 2008 Share and Storage Management Tool

Date - Aug 04, 2009

Author - David Davis

The Windows 2008 Share and Storage Management tool; Where to find it, How it can help you, and step by step examples of how to use it.

Backup and Recovery Issues with Windows Server 2008 (Part 2)

Date - May 26, 2009

Author - Brien M. Posey

Issues that you need to be aware of before you attempt to backup your Windows 2008 server.

Backup and Recovery Issues with Windows Server 2008 (Part 1)

Date - May 14, 2009

Author - Brien M. Posey

Issues that you need to know about before attempting to backup your Windows 2008 server.

Working With the Domain Controller Diagnostic Utility (Part 6)

Date - Mar 24, 2009

Author - Brien M. Posey

Discussing the remaining tests that you can perform against your domain controllers.

Working With the Domain Controller Diagnostic Utility (Part 5)

Date - Mar 12, 2009

Author - Brien M. Posey

More tests that the Domain Controller Diagnostic Utility can perform.

Configuring IIS 7 from the command line using Appcmd.exe (Part 1)

Date - Mar 05, 2009

Author - David Davis

How to use a new IIS 7.0 command line -AppCmd.exe- to query objects on your web server and return output in text or XML.

Working With the Domain Controller Diagnostic Utility (Part 4)

Date - Mar 03, 2009

Author - Brien M. Posey

Demonstrating some additional tests that Domain Controller Diagnostic Utility can perform.

Working With the Domain Controller Diagnostic Utility (Part 3)

Date - Feb 19, 2009

Author - Brien M. Posey

This article continues the series on working with the Domain Controller Diagnostic Utility by examining some of the individual tests that can be performed.

Working With the Domain Controller Diagnostic Utility (Part 2)

Date - Feb 10, 2009

Author - Brien M. Posey

This article continues the series on working with the Domain Controller Diagnostic Utility by examining some additional command line switches.

IIS 7.0 - FTP Publishing Service – Part 3: Securing an FTP site

Date - Feb 05, 2009

Author - Peter Schmidt

Different scenarios when enhancing security within the FTP server.

Network Access Protection, Revisited (Part 9)

Date - Jan 29, 2009

Author - Brien M. Posey

Completing the configuration process and demonstrating Network Access Protection’s functionality.

Working with the Windows Server 2008 Task Scheduler (Part 2)

Date - Jan 20, 2009

Author - Brien M. Posey

Creating tasks and seeing which tasks are scheduled to run on your system.

Working With the Domain Controller Diagnostic Utility (Part 1)

Date - Jan 15, 2009

Author - Brien M. Posey

This article explains how the Domain Controller Diagnostic Utility can be used to troubleshoot problems with the Active Directory.

Network Access Protection, Revisited (Part 8)

Date - Jan 06, 2009

Author - Brien M. Posey

Implementing some group policy settings that will allow client’s computers to interact with the Network Policy Server that we have already created.

Working with the Windows Server 2008 Task Scheduler (Part 1)

Date - Dec 09, 2008

Author - Brien M. Posey

This article series discusses the new and improved task scheduler that is built into Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.

Network Access Protection, Revisited (Part 7)

Date - Nov 27, 2008

Author - Brien M. Posey

This article continues the series on configuring Network Access Protection by examining the process for requesting a computer certificate and associating it with the VPN server.

Network Access Protection, Revisited (Part 6)

Date - Nov 20, 2008

Author - Brien M. Posey

In this article we will complete these server configuration procedure by creating a default authentication policy.

How to use the Windows Server License Manager Script - slmgr.vbs

Date - Nov 18, 2008

Author - David Davis

How to use the Windows Server License Manager Script - slmgr.vbs which is used to activate your Windows Server 2008 License.

Network Access Protection, Revisited (Part 5)

Date - Nov 11, 2008

Author - Brien M. Posey

This article continues the series on Network Access Protection by examining the process for creating authorization policies.

Network Access Protection, Revisited (Part 4)

Date - Oct 30, 2008

Author - Brien M. Posey

In this article, we will continue the discussion of Network Access Protection by showing you how to configure the Network Policy Server.

Network Access Protection, Revisited (Part 3)

Date - Oct 28, 2008

Author - Brien M. Posey

This article continues the series on Network Access Protection by walking you though the process of configuring a VPN server.

Network Access Protection, Revisited (Part 2)

Date - Oct 16, 2008

Author - Brien M. Posey

This article continues the discussion of Network Access Protection by helping you prepare your network infrastructure for the implementation process.

Network Access Protection, Revisited (Part 1)

Date - Oct 14, 2008

Author - Brien M. Posey

This article series explains what Network Access Protection is, and guides you through the implementation process in a step by step manner.

How to Get the Most Out of the Windows 2008 and Vista Networking & Sharing Center

Date - Oct 09, 2008

Author - David Davis

Taking a look at what the Windows Server 2008 & Vista Networking and Sharing Center is, how to use it, and how to get the most out of it as a Windows Admin.

How to Configure Networking on a New Windows Core 2008 Server Using the CLI

Date - Sep 23, 2008

Author - David Davis

Windows Server 2008 Core has no GUI interface so you must know how to configure the basic network, unassisted, from the command line interface. Learn how to do it, step by step, in this article!

How to Install and Configure Windows Server 2008 DHCP Server

Date - Sep 09, 2008

Author - David Davis

How to install and configure DHCP Server in Windows Server 2008 to provide IP addressing and DNS server information to your end users.

10 Windows Server 2008 Netsh commands you should know

Date - Aug 26, 2008

Author - David Davis

Taking a look at ten Netsh commands that every Windows administrator should know.

How can Windows Server 2008 WinRM & WinRS help you?

Date - Aug 19, 2008

Author - David Davis

How WinRM & WinRS can help you, how to enable then, and examples of how you can use them.

How to install an SSH Server in Windows Server 2008

Date - Jul 23, 2008

Author - David Davis

How to install an SSH Server in Windows Server 2008.

IIS 7.0 - FTP Publishing Service – Part 2: Configuration

Date - Jul 03, 2008

Author - Peter Schmidt

Different IIS 7.0 FTP Publishing Service configuration scenarios.

How to connect Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista to an iSCSI Server

Date - Jun 17, 2008

Author - David Davis

How to connect your Windows 2008 Server & Vista PC to your iSCSI SAN, step by step.

How to configure a Telnet Server with Windows Server 2008

Date - May 29, 2008

Author - David Davis

The ability to telnet to and from your Windows 2008 Server is an important network feature that you can learn to configure in this article.

IIS 7.0 - FTP Publishing Service – Part 1: Installation

Date - May 27, 2008

Author - Peter Schmidt

This article will cover the basics of the new FTP Publishing Service for Internet Information Services 7.0 (IIS 7.0), along with a step-by-step guide on how to install the FTP Service.

Introducing the Vista and Windows Server 2008 Advanced Certificate Request Wizard

Date - May 22, 2008

Author - Thomas Shinder

How to use the MMC Certificate Request Wizard on a standalone Windows 2008 Server to request a certificate from a Windows Server 2008 CA. The certificate will then be used for machine authentication.

Which Windows Server 2008 Networking Services were removed and which should you use instead?

Date - May 15, 2008

Author - David Davis

A number of common Windows Server networking features were removed with Windows Server 2008. In this article, we will discuss what is removed and what new networking features you should be using instead.

Using Windows Server 2008 Powershell to perform common network commands

Date - Apr 29, 2008

Author - David Davis

How to perform 10 common networking functions using the Windows Powershell.

Deploying Data Protection Manager 2007 (Part 4)

Date - Apr 15, 2008

Author - Anderson Patricio

In this final article we are going to restore some protected data and manage the network bandwidth utilized by DPM and the clients.

Pre-Installation Steps for Installing Windows Server 2008

Date - Apr 08, 2008

Author - Robert J. Shimonski

The fundamental steps that should be taken to install Windows Server 2008 on an enterprise class server.

Using the new Windows Server 2008 Core OCList and OCSetup CLI tools to Add & Remove Server Roles

Date - Mar 13, 2008

Author - David Davis

What you need to know about the Windows 2008 Core Server CLI tools, OCLIST & OCSETUP. These are not available in the standard install of Windows Server 2008 and are the Core server utilities used to administer server roles.

Windows Server 2008 Domain Services - Part 2: Active Directory Federation Services

Date - Mar 05, 2008

Author - Peter Schmidt

This article continues where we left of in Part 1 of the series and will cover Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Federation Services.

Introducing Windows Server 2008: Top 10 Reasons to Upgrade

Date - Feb 28, 2008

Author - Thomas Shinder

Dr. Tom Shinder gives a detailed introduction to Windows Server 2008 and shares the top 10 reasons why any Windows admin should upgrade.

Managing Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2007

Date - Feb 21, 2008

Author - Anderson Patricio

How to work with Data Protection Manager 2007.

Using the new Windows Server 2008 Servermanager.exe CLI tool to Add & Remove Server Roles

Date - Feb 06, 2008

Author - David Davis

How to use the ServerManagercmd.exe Windows 2008 command line utility to add and remove Server Roles.

Group Policy Extensions in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, Part 7

Date - Jan 23, 2008

Author - Brien M. Posey

Group policy settings in Vista focusing on Vista’s diagnostic capabilities.

Understanding the new Windows Server 2008 Network Policy Server

Date - Jan 17, 2008

Author - David Davis

What the Windows Server 2008 Network Policy Server (NPS) is, how it has replaced IAS, how to load NPS, and how it can help you.

Group Policy Extensions in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, Part 6

Date - Jan 08, 2008

Author - Brien M. Posey

This article continues the discussion of new group policy settings in Vista by talking about settings related to Vista’s diagnostic capabilities.

Windows Server 2008 Domain Services - Part 1: Active Directory Domain Services

Date - Jan 02, 2008

Author - Peter Schmidt

An introduction to Windows Server 2008 Domain Services covering the basics of all the new features of Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Domain Services.

Understanding Windows Server 2008 – Windows Server Virtualization (WSV)

Date - Dec 20, 2007

Author - David Davis

What you need to know about the new Windows Server 2008 Virtualization (WSV), how to install it, and how it compares to VMware ESX.

Deploying Data Protection Manager 2007 (Part 3)

Date - Dec 12, 2007

Author - Anderson Patricio

How to create protection groups in DPM 2007.

Group Policy Extensions in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, Part 5

Date - Dec 04, 2007

Author - Brien M. Posey

This article goes over the group policy settings that are designed to help to control workstation hard drives.

Installing IIS 7.0

Date - Nov 14, 2007

Author - Peter Schmidt

This article will cover the basics of installing Internet Information Services 7.0 and the different installation modes available, when they can be used and what benefits they have.

How to Configure Windows 2008 Advanced Firewall with the NETSH CLI

Date - Nov 08, 2007

Author - David Davis

How to configure the new Windows 2008 Server Advanced Firewall from the Windows command line interface (CLI) using the netsh utility.

Group Policy Extensions in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, Part 4

Date - Oct 25, 2007

Author - Brien M. Posey

This article continues the series by discussing more User Account Control settings.

Windows Server 2008 - First Look

Date - Oct 11, 2007

Author - David Davis

In this review of Windows Server 2008, we take a look at the features and benefits of Microsoft’s newest and most advanced server Operating System. What is new, why should you try it out, and how can it help you?

Deploying Data Protection Manager 2007 (Part 2)

Date - Oct 09, 2007

Author - Anderson Patricio

How to install Agents and add disks to the DPM Storage Pool and a high-level overview of the five areas in the DPM Administrator Console.

Deploying Data Protection Manager 2007 (Part 1)

Date - Sep 27, 2007

Author - Anderson Patricio

A high-level overview of Data Protection Manager 2007 beta 2 and how to deploy it.

Introduction to Internet Information Services 7.0

Date - Sep 19, 2007

Author - Peter Schmidt

The basics of Internet Information Services 7.0 also known as IIS 7.0. IIS 7.0 is the web server role in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.

Group Policy Extensions in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, Part 3

Date - Sep 13, 2007

Author - Brien M. Posey

Group policy settings that are unique to Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista.

How to configure the new Windows Server 2008 advanced firewall MMC snap-in

Date - Aug 30, 2007

Author - David Davis

The new features of the Windows Server 2008 Advanced Firewall and how to configure this powerful host-based firewall using the new MMC snap-in.

Group Policy Extensions in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, Part 2

Date - Aug 14, 2007

Author - Brien M. Posey

Group policy settings that are unique to Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.

Group Policy Extensions in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, Part 1

Date - Jul 19, 2007

Author - Brien M. Posey

Some of the more useful new group policy settings included in Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista.

An Introduction to Network Access Protection (Part 7)

Date - May 30, 2007

Author - Brien M. Posey

How to configure a Vista client and how to test your NAP server.

Introducing Windows Server 2008 - Chapter 7: Active Directory Enhancements

Date - May 24, 2007

Author - Mitch Tulloch

A special preview of the new book Introducing Windows Server 2008 from Microsoft Press - exclusively on WindowsNetworking.com!

An Introduction to Network Access Protection (Part 6)

Date - Apr 24, 2007

Author - Brien M. Posey

Creating a default authentication policy.

An Introduction to Network Access Protection (Part 5)

Date - Mar 27, 2007

Author - Brien M. Posey

The process for creating authorization policies.

How Vista will interact with Longhorn Server

Date - Feb 21, 2007

Author - Brien M. Posey

The advantages of using Longhorn Server in environments where Vista has been deployed.

An Introduction to Network Access Protection (Part 4)

Date - Feb 13, 2007

Author - Brien M. Posey

How to configure the Network Policy Server.

An Introduction to Network Access Protection (Part 3)

Date - Jan 16, 2007

Author - Brien M. Posey

Continues the discussion of installing Network Access Protection on Longhorn Server.

An Introduction to Network Access Protection (Part 2)

Date - Jan 10, 2007

Author - Brien M. Posey

Major components needed for implementing Network Access Protection.

A First Look at Microsoft’s Data Protection Manager, Version 2

Date - Jan 04, 2007

Author - Brien M. Posey

How version 2 of Microsoft’s Data Protection Manager will fill some of the voids left by Data Protection Manager 2006.

Working with the Windows System Resource Manager (Part 2)

Date - Jan 02, 2007

Author - Brien M. Posey

How to allocate resources to an application defined within the Windows System Resource Manager.

An Introduction to Network Access Protection (Part 1)

Date - Dec 20, 2006

Author - Brien M. Posey

An introduction to Network Access Protection and how it works.

Working with the Windows System Resource Manager (Part 1)

Date - Dec 14, 2006

Author - Brien M. Posey

How to use Windows System Resource Manager to gain better control over your server’s resources.

An Overview of Link Local Multicast Name Resolution

Date - Nov 29, 2006

Author - Brien M. Posey

How link local multicast name resolution works.

How Longhorn Server’s Server Manager will Change Server Management (Part 3)

Date - Nov 28, 2006

Author - Brien M. Posey

Two other features included in the Troubleshooting section; the Service Control Manager and the Performance Diagnostics utility.

Managing Group Policy ADMX Files in Longhorn Server

Date - Nov 07, 2006

Author - Brien M. Posey

This article explains how Microsoft has replaced the ADM file format with the ADMX file format in Longhorn Server and Windows Vista.

How Longhorn Server’s Server Manager will Change Server Management (Part 2)

Date - Nov 02, 2006

Author - Brien M. Posey

This article focuses on troubleshooting by showing Server Manager’s new Event Log interface.

Offline file caching in Longhorn Server

Date - Oct 26, 2006

Author - Brien M. Posey

This article takes a look at some of the ways that Longhorn Server facilitates offline file caching.

How Longhorn Server’s Server Manager will Change Server Management (Part 1)

Date - Oct 12, 2006

Author - Brien M. Posey

This article introduces the Server Manager and also discusses its capabilities and which Windows Server 2003 management interfaces it replaces.

Creating a core Longhorn server

Date - Sep 19, 2006

Author - Brien M. Posey

This article explains what a core server is and shows how to deploy one.

Windows Longhorn: Using Group Policy to Control Device Management (Part 2)

Date - Aug 31, 2006

Author - Brien M. Posey

This is the second part of this article series on how to control access to devices via group policy in Longhorn Server.

Windows Longhorn: Using Group Policy to Control Device Management (Part 1)

Date - Aug 09, 2006

Author - Brien M. Posey

In this article I will show you how to control access to devices via group policy in Longhorn Server.