There has been plenty of times in the past where I used to dread reviewing the Programs and Features’ View installed updates window in search for a hotfix that I need to remove: This is especially the case with older operating systems when a seemingly
Problem You have a new server installed with Windows Server 2012 R2 and need to install .NET Framework 4.5 with other roles and features so you mount the Windows Server 2012 R2 media, launch Windows PowerShell then execute the following cmdlet: Add-WindowsFeature RSAT-ADDS,NET-Framework-45-Core, NET-WCF-HTTP-Activation45,Windows-Identity-Foundation,Web-Static-Content,Web-Default-Doc,Web-Http-Errors,Web-ASP-NET,Web-ASP-NET45,Web-Net-Ext,Web-ISAPI-Ext,Web-ISAPI-Filter,Web-Http-Logging,Web-Log-Libraries,Web-Http-Tracing,Web-Windows-Auth,Web-Filtering,Web-Stat-Compression,Web-Dyn-Compression,Web-Mgmt-Console,Web-Scripting-Tools,Web-Client-Auth,server-media-foundation,MSMQ-Server,MSMQ-Directory -Source
I’ve recently worked a client who wanted to implement a Two Tier PKI Hierarchy Deployment with Microsoft Certificate Authority services to secure services such as RDP, iLO, VMware and Lync to check off an item on their security auditor’s list during the next visit and
I’ve recently had to perform a file server migration from a Windows Server 2003 to a Windows Server 2008 R2 server which contained users’ Active Directory redirected folders. It’s been awhile since I’ve had to move redirected folders and I realized how I forgot the
I’m not sure why I haven’t written a quick blog post demonstrating how to set up a Windows Server 2012 NPS (Network Policy Server) server to allow Cisco 4400 Series Wireless LAN Controller as a RADIUS client for authenticating users with Active Directory authentication so
Problem You’ve recently updated your Mac OS X to Mavericks version 10.9.1: … and noticed that if you attempt to map a SMB share on a Active Directory file server via: smb://<ipAddress or Name> You would receive the authentication challenge prompt: … credentials would be
Problem You’re migrating an old Windows Server 2003 print server to Windows Server 2008 R2 and have decided to build new and manually install the printer drivers as the old Print Migration Tool is not recommended for 2003 to 2008 R2 migration. The x64 driver
While the problem outlined in this post isn’t specific or caused by VMware View but rather Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, it was an issue I encountered today that threw me off for a few minutes until I was able to determine the cause. Problem
I recently had to configure a Directory Sync feature between a cloud based SPAM filtering service and a client’s Active Directory and came across the option of either syncing via regular LDAP port 389 (unecrypted) or LDAPS over SSL port 636. While the service account
Problem You’re installing Microsoft SQL Server 2012 on Windows Server 2012 but notice that the install fails with the error: Error while enabling Windows feature : NetFx3, Error Code : -2146498298 , Please try enabling Windows feature : NetFx3 from Windows management tools and then
