How to make a normal domain user member of the Local Administrators group for the client computers in your domain How to make a local user administrator on the client computer in a domain. An admin that helps the domain administrator on daily tasks like installing new software or drivers on the client computers. local administrator, windows server 2016 essentials Read More
How to setup DNN or Access Anywhere with a free SSL certificate in IIS 8.0 Install a free SSL certificate in IIS 8.0 for DNN website or Access Anywhere in Windows Server Essentials. ssl certificate, dnn, access anywhere Read More
How to migrate from SBS 2008 Standard to Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials Install the new server 2012 R2 as a replica DC, Global Catalog and transfer all operations roles with Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole. Migrate Exchange Server 2010 mailboxes, public folders, DHCP, AD, DNS and printers, files, folders, and shares. After that, we demote and remove the old SBS 2011 (end-of-life) and cleanup Active Directory and DNS. migration guide for SBS 2008, SBS 2008 end of life Read More
Install and configure RSAT on Windows 10 and make it a management workstation that connects to a Hyper-V 2012 R2 core server in a workgroup Deploy Remote Server Administration Tools on a Windows 10 device and use it as a management workstation. Through Hyper-V management, you will be able to create and alter Virtual Machines. remote administration, rsat, hyper v Read More
How to install and configure Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 Install and configure Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 in order to run Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials virtualized. hyper v, virtualized Read More
Migrate data from one server to another with DFS Setup replication between shares from Source to Destination server on DFSR. Configure replication group and folder name, eligibility, primary member, topology selection, group schedule, and bandwidth. migration, replication, dfs, data, files and folders, permissions Read More
Uninstall Exchange Server 2010 from SBS 2011 From within Exchange Management Shell, we make changes with Remove-Publicfolder, Remove-OfflineAddressBook, Remove-PublicFolderDatabase, Disable-Mailbox to enable uninstalling Exchange Server. We run setup.com /mode:uninstall from an elevated command prompt migrate, uninstall, office 365 Read More
How the administrator can gain access to redirected folders owned by domain users and which are created by a policy using ‘grant the user exclusive rights’. Change permissions on redirected folders with 'Grant the user exclusive rights' set by a policy to grant access for administrator. We use Powershell for that. redirected folders, permissions, exclusive rights, powershell Read More
Email migration from SBS 2011 with Exchange 2010 to Office 365 and autodiscover settings in Outlook Autodiscover settings on the SBS 2011 must be changed for a successful migration to Office 365. Remove the 'autodiscover virtual directory' from Exchange with Remove-AutodiscoverVirtualDirectory office 365, autodiscover, outlook, migration Read More
Migrate Windows Server 2012 (R2) Essentials to new hardware We migrate to new hardware a server with Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials. After we have installed the new server as a replica DC and promoted it we move FSMO roles with ntdsutil and copy data using robocopy after updating policies and WMI filters. After that, we demote and decommission the old server. migration, demote, new hardware Read More
Migrate from SBS 2011 Standard to Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials Applies to: Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials. Migration from SBS 2011 Standard with Exchange Server 2010 to Windows Server Essentials 2012 R2 and Office 365 migration guide for SBS 2011, sbs 2011 end of life, office 365 Read More