Stephan Wibier

Server 2012 DirectAccess: Useful NETSH Commands 2

Dec

17

2012

Tweet During DirectAccess deployments, you can use several netsh commands as part of the initial deployment testing from a DirectAccess client. In the event of problems, this will often include the use of additional advanced netsh commands which are more troubleshooting focused. The netsh tool is immensely powerful, and the following commands provide a good starting point to assess, understand and ...

Windows Server 2012 KMS Service Activation 7

Dec

10

2012

Tweet So we have Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 RTM and want to activate them with our KMS server. For this to be successful we need to update our KMS Service, with is currently servicing out Windows Server 2008 R2 servers and Windows 7 clients. When we try to activate a Server 2012 server ...

RoboCopy switches 1

Dec

7

2012

Tweet So I was busy with the most fabulous copy tool ever – RoboCopy. I always forget the exact switches, so for reference use here they are: /S Copies subdirectories (excluding empty ones). /E Copies all subdirectories (including empty ones). /LEV:n Copies only the top n levels of the source directory tree. /Z Copies files ...

Microsoft System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection Cookbook

Nov

2

2012

Tweet Hi, I have done a book review on the Microsoft System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection Cookbook which I wanted to share with you. The auther, Andrew Plue, has done a great job on explaining the latest and greatest anti-virus and anti-malware product of Microsoft, Endpoint Protection. The book was published by Packt Publishing and can be found here! ...

Report Builder 2.0 is not installed as a click-once application on report server – SCCM 2012

Aug

21

2012

Tweet When you click on Monitoring > Reporting and you want to create a new custom report, you could get a prompt with the message that Report Builder 2.0 is not installed as a click once application. Do not type in the url in to Internet Explorer and start downloading and installing the Report Builder 2.0. ...

Data Deduplication in Windows Server 2012

Jul

29

2012

Tweet With Windows Server 2012 Microsoft introduces a built-in software based data deduplication solution. Where some deduplication solutions provide their services file-based, the deduplication in Windows Server 2012 is block-based. Deduplication in Windows Server 2012: Only available in Windows Server 2012. Deduplication is cluster aware. Based on a filter driver per volume. Not supported on boot- or ...

IIS for Microsoft App-V 4.5 Management server

Jul

22

2012

Tweet IIS requirements for Microsoft App-V 4.5 Management server: From Server Manager go to Add Roles to start the Add Roles Wizard. Select Web Server (IIS). When prompted, click Add Required Features to add the dependent features. In the Add Roles Wizard, on the Select Role Services page: Application Development: ASP.NET Add Required ...

SCCM 2012 – ConfigMgr on a SQL 2008 R2 Named Instance 1

Jul

21

2012

Tweet When you install ConfigMgr 2012 on a separate box with a separate SQL 2008 R2 Server in a named instance remember that ConfigMgr cannot handle Dynamic Ports used by SQL! Furthermore note the prerequisites needed for SQL on a ConfigMgr installation: A dedicated SQL server or Instance for each site with Configmgr 2012. The ...

Microsoft SQL Server versions 3

Jul

21

2012

Tweet Hi, Once in a while I get the question What version of SQL Server am I running, or what version is my SQL instance running? Here is an overview of the SQL versions for SQL Server 2005, 2008, 2008 R2 and 2012. I also provided direct links to the various Service Packs (SP) and ...

Exchange connector in SCCM 2012

Apr

22

2011

Tweet Hi, for mobile device management in ConfigMgr 2012 we need the Exchange connector. The Exchange connector is transfers the mobile device administration from an Exchange administrator to SCCM. This gives: – Inventory and reporting possiblities – ActiveSync policy – Remote Wipe capability – On-premise or Hosted Exchange are supported – Support for all Exchange ...