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• Remote Administration of Windows Server 2008 or 2008 R2 from Windows 7

  I’ve been asked numerous times about how one would manage Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 servers from a Windows 7 client computer. Evidently, we (Microsoft) have not done a good enough job in getting the word out that there are a set of tools – Remote... Posted Apr 06 2011, 03:19 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Active Directory, Group Policy, Management, Virtualization, Technology Speak, Just for Fun, Service Pack, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Hyper-V, Windows Server 2008 R2

• Backup Applications and Strategies for Exchange and File Servers

  Over the years, I’ve had many a discussion on Backup applications as well as strategies for how often to backup.  As a follow up to the series of posts I did regarding upgrading to current Microsoft technologies, I thought I would put forward my... Posted Feb 21 2011, 08:43 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Active Directory, Exchange Server, System Center, Management, Technology Speak, Backup, Just for Fun, Windows Server 2008 R2

• First Hand Experience with Upgrade (Part 4 of 4)

  The final step of the upgrade process was to decommission all the old servers. The first thing I did was power off all the old servers to make sure nothing else in the environment was still referencing them. I had my friend test everything that they would... Posted Feb 18 2011, 08:01 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Active Directory, Exchange Server, Virtualization, Technology Speak, Just for Fun, Windows 7, Hyper-V, Windows Server 2008 R2

• First Hand Experience with Upgrade (Part 3 of 4)

  The third phase of the upgrade involves Exchange. As with most small companies, Tailspin Toys uses a single Exchange server as well as Public Folders. They had been using the IMF along with the different filtering options available with Exchange 2003... Posted Feb 17 2011, 09:44 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Active Directory, Exchange Server, Virtualization, Technology Speak, Just for Fun, Windows 7, Hyper-V, Windows Server 2008 R2

• First Hand Experience with Upgrade (Part 2 of 4)

  Once the workstations were working decently well, we tackled the server side of the upgrade. Since we were only working during the weekends while I had time, we decided to break this into two components – Active Directory and File & Print Servers... Posted Feb 16 2011, 01:01 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Active Directory, Exchange Server, Virtualization, Technology Speak, Just for Fun, Windows 7, Hyper-V, Windows Server 2008 R2

• TechNet Events Follow Up from September 9 – 11, 2009

  I’m sorry that I’m a bit behind in posting my follow up from the TechNet Events that I delivered in Southern California from September 9th through 11th. I had only three questions that came up during the presentations and they are as follows: What happens... Posted Oct 03 2009, 06:36 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Active Directory, TechNet Events, Virtualization, Technology Speak, Just for Fun, Windows 7, Screencast, Windows Server 2008 R2