[Exchange Tutorial] How to create mail enabled contact?
Contact is ideal when you want user to communicate with non-Microsoft mail system and external SMTP addresses. It is know as recipient in older exchange environment, now in Exchange 2003, …
How to Run Windows XP in Windows 8
Windows 7 gives option to run Windows XP mode, and this feature is not included to Windows 8. So if you want to run Windows XP in a virtual machine …
Windows Server 2012 Essentials: Access the Server Remotely
While Windows Server 2012 Essentials provides excellent connectivity to your content and other server resources from within the local network, many users will be disconnected from that network much of …
Windows Server 2012 Essentials Tip: Enable and Configure Media Sharing
While Windows Server 2012 Essentials is most obviously an update for Windows Server Essentials 2011, it also includes some features that make it an excellent next server for Windows Home …
Windows Server 2012 Essentials
Windows Server 2012 Essentials is complete and ready for sale, I’d like to step back for a moment and explain its major features and capabilities. As you’ll come to see, …
How do I ping a specific port on a remote server?
Question: How do I ping a specific port of a remote server? I need to find out whether the port on the remote server is open. Answer: ping utility does …
Restoring Windows Server to Bare Metal
This article demonstrates how to restore a backed-up Windows Server 2008 R2 installation to a bare metal system that has no operating system installed on it. Introduction Successful disaster recovery …
Windows 2003 Terminal Services (Part 1)
Terminal Services, known to some as an Admin’s best friend, uses RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol), relies on TCP/IP, and falls under the application layer of the ISO 7-layer model. It …
Windows 2003 Terminal Services (Part 2)
Welcome to part two of my Windows 2003 terminal services article. This section will be of interest to terminal server administrators and clients. It includes a step-by-step guide of how …
Deploying Microsoft Windows Server Update Services
What is WSUS? Simply put, Microsoft Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) is the Microsoft provided solution for enterprise patch management. Using WSUS, network administrators can manage and deploy software updates …