servers
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Windows
Set Audit Policy Powershell
Scripting mundane setup tasks is essential in today’s world of server/workstation provisioning in the fast paced Virtualization environments we as system administrators manage. Â If you are like me, you may have googled “set audit policy powershell” to find a quick…
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vSphere 6
Upgrade ESXi 5.5 Dell Server cluster to ESXi 6 with VUM
In the post today I would like to go through the process to update a Dell ESXi 5.5 cluster to 6.0 using VUM. Â Updating a Dell Server cluster running ESXi 5.5 to version 6 is really no different that updating…
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Windows
How to find your DNS settings on your computer
Basic Internet troubleshooting often requires troubleshooting DNS settings on a computer. Â DNS provides the means for all the user friendly URLS we use to surf the Internet are properly translated into the IP addresses the computers and servers understand in…
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Servers
Blade Servers Saving Money and Transforming Modern Business Computing
The computer network of any organization could be considered the backbone, whether it be large or small. Having the right equipment along this network could improve the organization’s efficiency in profound ways. Efficiency doesn’t have to mean the actual throughput…
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ActiveDirectory
Finding Global Catalog Servers in Domain
Have you ever been in need of identifying all the global catalog servers in a Windows domain? What are the ways we can determine which domain controllers house the global catalog? Most are familiar with the common method of launching…
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Running multiple SSL IIS sites IIS7 and 7.5
Starting with IIS 7, Microsoft made major changes to IIS. The look and feel of the entire interface is way different than what administrators were used to with IIS6. All in all most of the changes have been a good…
