‘ Windows Server 2008 Core ’ Category

Server Core - What’s in it for me?

No Comment // May 13 08 // Microsoft, Windows Server 2008 Core
Server Core - What’s in it for me? Server Core, it's sweet isn't it? Well, it seems there's a few of us who actually believe it is. There seems to be a huge misunderstanding that it's hard to configure, hard to use and that it has to defend ...
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Server Core - Cheating is allowed

No Comment // Apr 02 08 // Microsoft, Windows Server 2008 Core
Server Core - Cheating is allowed If you're having problems configurating your Server Core-box, here's the rescue: http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/guyt/archive/2008/03/22/windows-server-core-coreconfigurator-to-the-rescue.aspx And you can download the tool from: http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/files/folders/guyt/entry68860.aspx That's of course if you don't have the guts to go command line all the way...
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Server Core Cluster - How it’s done

No Comment // Apr 02 08 // Microsoft, Uncategorized, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Core
Server Core Cluster - How it’s done Having received a bunch of emails (what's wrong with the comment-section?) about the failover-cluster construction, I've decided to explain it in a little bit more detail. The basic network layout looks something like this   After that setup in Hyper-V I installed Starwind ...
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Part 3 - Windows Server 2008 Core - Failover Clustering with iSCSI

2 Comments // Mar 23 08 // Microsoft, Video, Windows Server 2008 Core
Part 3 - Windows Server 2008 Core - Failover Clustering with iSCSI Finally a video with sound. Albeit I have a terrible cold and sound like John Wayne, but at least there's some audio... Have seen some comments on the net on my silence, but at least now you know that I ...
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Part 2 - Windows Server 2008 Core - Initial Configuration

No Comment // Feb 22 08 // Microsoft, Video, Windows Server 2008 Core
Part 2 - Windows Server 2008 Core - Initial Configuration Here's part 2 of the Windows Server 2008 Core-series. This movie deals with the initial configuration of the server: Hostname Ip-settings and DNS Joining a domain If you're wondering over more commands and want a head start you could always read the old "article" ...
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Upgrade paths

No Comment // Jan 23 08 // Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Core
Upgrade paths After receiving the question from a customer about upgrading, a process I haven't done in about five years I had to do some research.  The following table shows the valid paths, and there are a few caveats: No cross-platform (32 bit to ...
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Windows Server 2008 Escrow RTM

No Comment // Jan 09 08 // Microsoft, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Core
Windows Server 2008 Escrow RTM Last night Microsoft released Windows Server 2008 Escrow RTM. If all TAP members sign off on this one we'll probably see the RTM around the 16:th if one is to believe the rumours. This whole process is like watching a ...
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Part 1 - Windows Server 2008 Core - Installation

2 Comments // Jan 09 08 // Video, Windows Server 2008 Core
Part 1 - Windows Server 2008 Core - Installation Have been quite absent over Christmas and New Years, sorry about that. Renovating at home, a new wallpaper and a lot of repainting. But now it's actually done so it's back to business. Today I (quite proudly) present the first in ...
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