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How to use robocopy to copy data from one drive to another: In this example, we will copy all files and folders under E\users to Y drive201user$ with Security (/s) and waiting time one second if retry (/W:1).

Passthrough Disk in Hyper-V Cluster: Having a problem with how to correctly pass a disk to the child VM from the host's SAN disks with the Hyper-v hosts being clustered.

How to convert VMWare image to Hyper-V images: Now that Hyper-V seems to be working for us, we have several vmware image that I would like to convert over. Is this possible?

Convert one computer image to another computer:  I have some old apps running on my XP computer. The computer has some hardware issue and I want to transfer all pass to a new computer but I don't have the software disk to re-install them.

Exchange 2010 High Availability Setup - Best Practices?  We have a single Exchange 2010 SP1 server running mailbox, client, and hub roles.

NLB configuration on Webservers:  We have 1 SQL server, 1 MOSS Farm server & 2 WFE's servers. (all Windows server 2008)

How to monitor modusGate and Vircom for troubleshooting email issues: In a case you have email issues, you may be able to find very useful information from the modusGate and Vircom Monitor

How to add a Retention Policies in Barracuda Backup: In some cases you may want to have different retention policies on different servers. To add a retention policy, please follow these steps: 

How to schedule to run SCCM Distribution Package: Navigate to Site Database>Computer Management>Software Distribution>Package>Advertisements.

How to add collected computers to SCCM Distribution package: In a case, you ran a distribution package to install software on some computers. Now, you want to install the same software to more collected computers. here are how to.
How to Create and schedule to run  SCCM distribution the package: In the left pane, navigate to Site Database>Computer Management>Software Distribution>Packages.

How to delete a site on SharePoint Services server: In the address bar, type the name of the Web site that you want to delete. The name will be prefaced with the name of the application-tier server.
 
How to create a site in SharePoint:  Open a SharePoint site to which you have site member or owner permissions. This will be the parent site to the site you create.

How to enable Anonymous Users in SharePoint: Navigate to Application Management>Authentication Providers>Edit Authentication.

How to assign permissions to Anonymous Users in SharePoint: This article is based on SharePoint 2007.

How do I know our OWA internal and external URL: To find out your OWA internal and URL, run exchange Management Console. Navigate to Server Configuration>Client Access

Can I use Windows 2008 backup to backup Exchange: Our Backup software has a problem to backup our Exchange 2010. So I use Windows 2008 backup to backup the Exchange.

It is recommended to separate disk for Exchange data and log:  Each Exchange 2010 mailbox database comprises two main parts:

How to increasing the Size of a Volume on EqualLogic SAN: You can expand the size of a volume on EqualLogic SAN without interrupting service or shutdown the production server. Here is how.

Hyper-V R2 VM CPU Limits:  I have a Windows Server 2008 R2 box with the Hyper-V role. The machine has dual quad core Xeon X5500 chips. Since the X5500 series has hyper threading, this shows up as 16 cores.

Hyper V Processor Allocation:  If I have two Xeon Quadcore E5506 Processors, how many virtual processors can I allocate to the VMs?

How to extend Volume in Windows 2008: You can extend a disk in Windows 2008 Disk Management.

How to enable/disable circular logging in Exchange 2010: In Exchange 2010, circular logging is disabled by default. By enabling it, you reduce drive storage space requirements.

How to check the backup status in Exchange 2010: You can check the Exchange backup status in exchange management console. Here are how to.

Winsxs Folder size increased to 60 GB - Windows server 2008:  I know this article (http://social.technet.microsoft.com/For ... 11a642c96c ) was marked as resolved...but it's truly not!!!

How to disable TCP Offload options:  Because of network performence problems I have to disable "TCP Large Send Offload" and "TCP Checksum Offload" at the NIC of the Hyper-V manager (not at the physical NIC).

Move a vhd, not the VM:  i have a VM that i have attached an extra vhd for exchange data (drive D ind the VM)

Folder "Winsxs" size more than 6.5 gb: i have a installed windows vista few minutes ago, when i checked the space of my C drive, vista took nearly 3 gb, but now i check and it occupied 7 gb, there is a folder Winsxs whose size is more than 6.5gb ... can anybody tell me why is it so and what is the solution of it, please help me.

How can i use my vhd to make a Hyper-V VM: i want to move my server as a VM on my new server which supports Hyper-V tech.

Attaching an existing VHD that is not in SCVMM libraries:  When you create an additional disk drive to a VM, you can attach to this drive an existing VHD from the SCVMM library or create on-the-fly a new VHD and attach it.

How to disable third-party add-ins in Outlook 2003: Deselect the checkbox for each third-party add-in in this list.

How to disable third-party add-ins in Outlook 2007: Select Active Application Add-Ins and click Go in COM Add-ins.

How to move VM on Microsoft Virtual server to Hyper-v: we are runnng some VMs on Microsoft Virtual Server 2005. How can we those virtual machines to a Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V environment?
 
Installing Windows Server 2008 on a bootable USB:  Start a command line utility called diskpart. This can be done directly from start/run or from a command prompt. Comments are between

How to Configure Hyper-V Pagefile manually: To disable automatic system pagefile management, run this command line:

How to check current Windows pagefile stats To check current pagefile stats, please run this command line:

Create HA storage for cluster using WSS 2008:  I am looking for a solution that would allow me to create a clustered WSS 2008 which would provide HA storage to other Windows clusters (say an SQL server cluster).

TS licensing server high availability on Windows 2008 cluster:  We have terminal server licensing server sitting on Windows Server 2003 box and want to put on Windows Server 2008 Enterprise machines that have already 2 node cluster setup.

IPSec in Clustering:  I was reading the Changes in FailOver Clustering document, and I noticed that IPSec was supported in Windows Server 2008 clustering, but I am having trouble getting extended information. Can anyone supply links to further data ?

How do I use Windows Startup Repair:  windows Startup Repair is a Windows recovery tool that can fix certain problems, such as missing or damaged system files, that might prevent Windows from starting correctly.

Optimizing Backup and Server Performance in Windows 2008 R2:  You can use the Optimize Backup Performance dialog box to improve the performance of backups for full volumes, which can improve server performance

How to get the Volume GUID for the cluster volume:  I'm working with an application which needs the Volume GUIDs of the cluster Storage resource

How to map SharePoint Folder as a network location: Right click on the central pane and select Add a network location.

How to configure Round Robin DNS for Exchange 2010 CAS: Round Robin is cheaper and easy method a to load balance for  Exchange Client Access Servers (CAS). Round robin works by assigning multiple IP addresses to the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of a resource

Configure NLB for Exchange 2010 - unicast or multicast: What is best to use for NLB, multicast or unicast? We have 2 x Windows 2008 servers each have 4 port nics.

How to reset Media Set in Symantec Backup Exec: In our example, we will reset Media set from Retired Media to 3 day Media.

Backup Exec How to

How to configure a Radius Server Polices in NPS Windows 2008:I am hopping this is a good enough location for my question as it is NPS related....

Setup NPS using certificate to Authenticate wireless devices: Looking for instructions to setup NPS on windows 2008 r2 server running on Vmware server.

How to remove a Server Certificate in IIS 7: Under the Server Certificates, you will see all installed certificates. Highlight the certificate and click Remove.

How to back up Microsoft SCCM: Navigate to Site Settings>Site Maintenance>Tasks.

How to attach an email in Outlook: In Outlook, click New and then click Attach Item

Find out which device is using public IP address: the client has over 30 public IP addresses. They can ping all IP addresses, but they don't think they use all of them. They would like to find out which devices are using them.

What's Microsoft SCCM Software Distribution:  The Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 software distribution can create, modify, and distribute software packages to any domain computers.

Create a new RADIUS Client in NPS: Install RADIUS Client by navigating to Server Manager>network Policy and Access Services>NPS (Local)>RADIUS Clients.

How to handle terminated user account: What’s the best practice to handle this situation to prevent the terminated user to access the network and emails?

How to register NPS in Active Directory: Run Server Manager and select Roles. in the Server Roles, check Network Policy and Access Services to install NPS.

How to install and configure NPS in Windows 2008 R2: Run Server Manager and select Roles. in the Server Roles, check Network Policy and Access Services to install NPS.

How to use vSphere Web Access: In the Application Virtual Machine, you can see all VMs, host information such as processors, memory, datastores. You can create a new VM, add a VM to the Inventory, edit VM startup and shutdown settings.

How to install ESX 4.1: If you have existing ESX installed before, you can preserve the existing VMFS datastore.

How to install a Guest OS image in ESX 4.1: There are many options to install a guest OS in VMware ESX. Here are some example.

How to map a vSphere client device in ESX: In our example, we will connect to a iso image in the  local drive of vSphere client.

How to Monitor Memory Usage in Microsoft SQL server: If you have a low-memory condition, you may want to monitor

How to verify Global Catalog Readiness: To verify Global Catalog Readiness, use Ldp.exe or Nltest.exe to view this value.

How to verify AD replication is functioning: To check if replication is working, at a command prompt, type the following command and press ENTER:

How to rebuild SYSVOL share and NETLOGON share: use net share command to check the Sysvol and Netlohon share out

How to check  Active Directory Health: After installing a new DC or migrating a domain, you should verify the Active Directory work properly.

How to use ADSIEdit to remove failed Domain Controller: OU=Domain Controllers,DC=domain,DC=local

Windows SBS 2008 and 2011 How to: Windows SBS 2008 Overview

How to join a client to SBS 2008 Domain: SBS 2008 Connect website helps you to join a computer to the SBS 2008 domain and preserve existing user data. Here are step by step to join a workstation to SBS 2008 domain.

How to add a certificate to RADIUS Remote Access Policies: In our example, we will add go Daddy Certificate to RADIUS Remote Access Policies.

Certificate and SSL How to: After a certificate expired or replaced, it is still in the Certificates. In some cases, you may need to delete it

How to delete expired/archived certificate in Windows: Now, navigate to Certificates (Local Computer)>Personal>Certificates.

How to install certificates in IAS manually: Continue until you are in File to import and browser the certificate file.

How to add Delegates Outlook Calendar:
You will have 3 delivery options: 1) My delegates only, but send a copy of meeting requests and responses to me; 2) My delegates only; 3) My delegates and me.

Move old 2003 Domain Controller to new 2008 Server:  I would like to move this domain controller to a new server that is running Windows server 2008 enterprise edition R2 64bit

Upgrade Windows 2003 Standard DC to Windows 2008 R2:  I currently have a single DC, single domain running Windows 2003 Standard (32-bit) which I am planning to migrate to Windows 2008 Standard R2 (64-bit)

2008 R2 domain migration with Exchange 2003 SP2: I have a 2003 Native mode domain in a 2003 Functional Level Forest, and have Exchange 2003 SP2. I would like to introduce a 2008 R2 domain controller

Exchange 2010 and Active Directory 2003>2008 Migration: Currently we are running Windows Server 2003 R2 standard as our main DC and have a 2nd DC running exactly the same. On a separate box we have Exchange 2010 Standard running on Server 2008 R2 standard

Exchange 2003-2010 and AD 2003 to 2008 R2 Migration:  I need to complete a transition from Exchange 2003 to 2010, but for some good reasons, I'll need to migrate Active Directory from 2003 native mode to AD 2008 R2 in the same time. Today, I've several Exchange servers in multiple subdomains (2003 functional level)

Active Directory Migration Question: Would it be recommended to perform a reconstruction style transition and build out a new 2008 R2 AD from scratch and then use ADMT 3.2 to move objects over to the new environment?

Windows 2003 multi-domain to 2008 single-domain migration:  Is there "Best practice" way to migrate from a multi-domain to a single-domain environment while upgrading to Windows 2008 or any alternate documentation for this scenario ?

Migration from 32-bit Windows 2003 to 64-bit Windows 2008:

Exchange 2003 SP2 and 2008 domain

How to restore previous backup using Barracuda:  The client tries to restore a Exchange mailbox. He doesn't see the option to restore two day ago backup

Setup DHCP for a modem without DHCP feature:  We have 11 public IP addresses from our ISP. WBBM will come here to use one of IP address without firewall, but the device uses DHCP only and our modem doesn't have DHCP feature. How can we do?

Understand Windows 2003 and 2008 TS/RDS Licensing:  Is it possible to migrate the 2003 TS licensing role on the new windows 2008?

A way to audit which computer and user delete them: My question is there is a way to audit or find out which computer and user delete them?

How to add port to Windows Firewall using Group Policy: In this example, we will add port 2701 and 2702 for SCCM Remote Tools

Can I create 2 VLANs in RVS4000 and access each other: If we create two VLANs on the router without another router, can we access each other in these two VLANs?

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SharePoint How to: Windows SharePoint; System requirements for SharePoint Services 3; Top 5 Benefits of SharePoint Services; Connecting SharePoint to UNC Network Shares

How to Enable SSL on IIS 7.0 Using Self-Signed Certificates
Create a new Self Signed Certificate; Enable HTTPS Bindings for a Web Site;
Test out the SSL Site

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Configure Host Header Names in IIS 5.0 To configure host header names in IIS, start the Internet Service Manager (Iis.msc)>the Properties of the web, select IP address that the site will use and TCP Port that should be used (usually 80). Click Advanced>Multiple identities for this Web Site list, select the identity that you want to use. Click Edit, and then add the desired host header name like web1.domain.com. Register the host header name with the appropriate name resolution system. If the accessed web is on an intranet register it with the intranet's name resolution system, such as WINS and internal DNS. If the access web is on the Internet, register the host header name with DNS, which is administered by InterNic.

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