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Improve SQL Server performance via disk arrays and disk partitioning
Tuesday, 21 Dec, 2010 – 8:31 | No Comment

As a DBA, much of your focus is on performance tuning SQL Server. But have you spent time to tune the hardware supporting your SQL Server system? Are you using the optimal disk array configuration? …

How To Add a User, Group, or Computer to the Password Replication Policy
Tuesday, 14 Dec, 2010 – 10:46 | No Comment

Password Replication Policies are new in Windows Server 2008. Password Replication Policies define the accounts a read-only domain controller (RODC) is permitted to cache, as well as the accounts it is not permitted to cache. When an RODC is originally deployed, the Password Replication Policy must be configured on the writable domain controller (DC) that will be its replication partner.

How To Enable the Global Catalog Role on Windows 2008 Domain Controller
Friday, 10 Dec, 2010 – 14:00 | No Comment

In every Active Directory Domain Services forest, at least five operations master roles are assigned to one or more domain controllers (DCs). Forest-wide operations master roles, schema master and domain naming master, exist once in …

Managing Internet Calendar Sharing in Exchange Server 2010
Friday, 26 Nov, 2010 – 17:09 | No Comment

Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1 release brought a lot of new features to the table (by the way, this article is based on the Beta version available on the Internet) and in …

How to Manage Multiple Mailboxes
Tuesday, 19 Oct, 2010 – 8:17 | No Comment

The other day I was using one of my email accounts to respond to a forum that I don’t use very often. And then later in the day I needed to switch to another email account that I use to purchase products. That’s how I started thinking about the number of email accounts I use for various purposes and how often I sometimes have to switch back and forth between them.

How to configure Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) to use BranchCache
Friday, 24 Sep, 2010 – 7:49 | No Comment

What is branchCache? BranchCache™ is a new feature in Windows® 7 and Windows Server® 2008 R2 that can reduce wide area network (WAN) or bandwidth utilization and enhance network application responsiveness when …

How To Recover Windows Password With Windows Password Unlocker Professional
Tuesday, 14 Sep, 2010 – 7:22 | No Comment

Windows Password Unlocker Professional is designed to help users recover forgotten Windows local account password (including administrator password and other user password) by burning a bootable CD/DVD/USB flash drive. If you’ve …

Reporting Services 2008 R2: Geospatial Visualization – Part II
Saturday, 11 Sep, 2010 – 18:04 | No Comment

This is the continuation of my previous article: Reporting Services 2008 R2: Geospatial Visualization – Part I. Part I discussed the  main characteristics related to the Map Report Item, Data sources for spatial data, how …

Using the Microsoft Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool Version 2.1 with WSUS (Part 2)
Friday, 10 Sep, 2010 – 15:55 | No Comment

Introduction
In Part I of this article, you were introduced to the Microsoft Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool, Version 2.1, and how it can help you to resolve the problem of updating offline virtual …

Configuring Remote Administration & Delegation in IIS 7
Friday, 20 Aug, 2010 – 6:51 | No Comment

Introduction

IIS 7 (IIS 7.0 on Windows Server® 2008 or IIS 7.5 on Windows Server 2008 R2) provides administrators and developers with a new configuration system that is accessible, extensible and distributable. The new XML-based …