Enable Windows Server 2016 Active Directory Recycle Bin
In our last post, we talked about the Active Directory Administrative Center in Windows Server 2016. Â ADAC is a great way to interface with Active Directory with a task oriented…
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Windows Server 2016 Active Directory Administrative Center
A lesser known feature in Windows Server beginning with Windows Server 2008 R2 is the Active Directory Administrative Center that allows administrators what basically looks like Server Manager to administer…
Setup Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V VM Replication
Setting up Hyper-V replication allows you to replicate a virtual machine from one Hyper-V environment over to another. Â The nice things about replication in the Microsoft Hyper-V hypervisor world is…
Install Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V Nano Server in VMware ESXi
One of the exciting features of Windows Server 2016 is Nano Server which is basically a headless operating system that really does strip out just about everything but the necessary…
Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V Server Core Uninstall Programs
If you are working with Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V Server Core and need to uninstall programs, there is no GUI or built in menu to do this with the sconfig utility.…
Windows Server 2016 Server Core the machine is already joined to the domain
In working a lot recently with Windows Server 2016 Core in a lab environment, I ran into an issue after rolling back a snapshot on a Hyper-V Server Core install.…
Windows Server 2016 Lower Forest and Domain Functional Level
In my home lab environment, I had the need to change the functional levels of my forest and domain to do some testing work with Exchange 2010. Â I was running…
Windows Server 2016 DNS Policy Deny Subnet Access to Zone
In the previous post, Controlling Home Lab DNS Resolution with Windows Server 2016, we looked briefly at the benefits of running Windows Server 2016 DNS server in a home lab environment…
Add Local Storage in Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V
One of the tasks you may need to accomplish when working with a Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V host is adding local storage to the host. Â Often, VMs will be housed…
Copy ISO file to Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V
For those coming from the VMware world of doing things and wanting to get their feet wet with Hyper-V, one of the nagging little things that you might run into…