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New Server Core Guide
Just saw over on the Server Core blog that Andrew posted some links to a couple excellent resources.  The first one is what I consider to be the Server Core Bible .  It has just about everything you can think of when it comes to configuring...
Microsoft Clustering Resources
This has to be the mother of all resource collections on Microsoft clustering and high availability.  I’ve copied over the links directly from the MS Cluster blog so that I have quick access to them in the future. General Resources Cluster Team Site...
Windows Server 2008 Server Core Default Services
Quite a few people have asked recently about services in Server Core. They want to know what’s running and what’s not running. Below you will find a listing that intended to help those out that need to know the status of Services on Server...
Restartable AD DS and DSRM Logon Behaviors
Ever since Windows 2000's implementation of Active Directory (AD) we have had a method to restore AD objects that were removed. Although it hasn’t been as easy as hitting CTRL-Z to undo a mistakenly deleted object or to try to restore from the...
Admin's Guide to Server Core Commands
Repost from AdminPrep.com…I will be moving several of the articles over to this blog. Before all this starts, credit must go where credit is due. I did not come up with all of the info within this article. A lot of people have felt my pain and...
Display Your Computer Name on Server Core
In my Administrator’s Guide to Server Core Commands article on AdminPrep I showed you how to display the time on the command prompt of your Server Core command window.  I just read that Daniel Petri has some other cool shortcuts on what you can display...
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What I Love About Server Core
Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words…
Posted: Tue, Aug 26 2008 14:07 by BrianM | with no comments
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Process Explorer on Server Core
While I’ve always been a fan of Task Manager but lets face the facts…its has its limitations.  Mark Russinovich has rolled up his wonderful Sysinternal Troubleshooting Utilities into a single download that can be found here . In there you will find...
Posted: Mon, Jun 9 2008 14:10 by BrianM | with no comments
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Administrator's Guide to Server Core Commands
Server Core has been a popular topic for me over the last year as it is something completly different from what i'm used to working on. I love the GUI but I know there are times when I have to do things via the command line. Well if you are going...
Installing Active Directory on Server Core with an Answer File
Last week I spent some time at my former employer taking a Server 2008 upgrade course . Shame on you if you haven't checked them out for training because their Hard Hat courses are hands down the best out there. I spent a lot of time in that course...
Server Core CoreConfigurator
I know i'm late on this but I've got to blog about it. Fellow Directory Services MVP Guy Teverovsky has created the coolest tool yet for Server 2008 Server Core. It is the Server Core CoreConfigurator . After you copy the four files to your Server...
DNSCMD Reference
Fellow Directory Services MVP Mark Minasi has a great table that shows a ton DNS commands using dnscmd. For those of you getting ready to use Server Core here is yet another list of commands that will come in handy. All I can say is WOW!!! Function DNSCMD...
Server Core Commands
It's been quite awhile since my last Server Core blog so I feel obligated to share some of the other findings that I have. I've been asked several times how to configure TCP/IP settings on a Server Core server. To configure the IP address we will...
Windows Server 2008 Reviewers Guide - Reviewed
After spending a bit of time on Amazon I noticed that books, movies, and other random things you can buy all had customer reviews. I started to think, why don't white papers and technical documents have the same? Today I've decided to take action...
Screencast - Windows Server 2008 Password Caching
I was just doing some catching up on some blog reading and saw that Keith Combs from Microsoft has an excellent screencast on Windows Server 2008 Password Caching on Domain Controllers. In fact he just doesn't show you how to set it up he takes it...
Windows Server 2008 Component Posters
Back in January of 2007 I posted that TechNet Magazine had a really cool poster that showed Active Directory as a Jigsaw puzzle. I noticed in my latest copy of TechNet Magazine that it included two new posters. One of them was another Active Directory...
Update to Server 2008 Roles and Features
Jose Barreto just informed me that he has an excellent list of what has changed between Server 2008 Beta 3 and Server 2008 June CTP. The link shows what changed with Enterprise Edition and Server Core. What I really enjoy about this list is that: It is...
IIS7 Included in Server Core
Bob Muglia mentioned in the keynote at TechEd 2007 (really wish I could be there) that IIS7 was in fact going to be included in Server Core . I know that a lot of hosting providers have been screaming for this and rightfully so. While this sounds like...
Installing Server Roles and Optional Features on Server Core
After the initial install of Server Core the "Wow" factor ends fairly soon. The main reason for this is because the server is really not doing much. Like any server if you want to start using a feature of it you have to install it…Server Core is no different...
How to Activate Server Core
Just because you're running Server Core doesn't mean you can get around Activation. No more going to the Start Menu -> Programs option. In Server Core you can Activate the server in two ways, one locally and the other remotely. Both ways use the Software...
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