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With Windows Server 2012, the default option when installing is Server Core. Server Core is not a new function it was also included in Windows Server 2008 R2 but if you installed Server Core there you had no option to upgrade to “full GUI” if you wanted to change.In 2012, you have full options to […]

Veeam has recently (as of yesterday 11.02.2013) released a new product called Backup and replication Cloud Edition.This product allows you to setup backup to a public cloud provider. For instance, you can now setup a backup plan to store your backups on a blob in Windows Azure. Veeam will can also define how much backup

If you have a large infrastructure with Configuration Manager, you have a lot of power at your disposable. Deploying software to maybe 100.000 computers spreading over different sites and geographical areas. However, in many cases you will not be alone with that responsibility and everyone once in a while you always have someone that is

Seeing that many are goggling on this site for how to troubleshoot Configuration Manager deployment in one or many forms, I decided to write a post of the common toolkit that you can download which can be used in many cases (and make it easier) to troubleshoot within Configuration Manager. Now in many cases there

A Quick postWith System Center 2012 the CAS role was introduced ( Look at my previous post à https://msandbu.wordpress.com/2012/05/30/sccm-2012-cas/ )Since this is the role sits on top of the hierarchy it needed to sync its SUP/WSUS point directly with Microsoft Update. In many cases, the CAS role might not even be connected to the internet

After installing Windows 7 and Windows 8 a couple of times you get tired of running Microsoft update for the hundred time to run through a bunch of security updates (Which in many cases will leave your clients in a vulnerable state until they are finished patch) and OS bug fixes. Since your deployment (install.wim)

Many people are looking towards moving many of their services to the cloud (either it is applications, virtual machines or just data)The key factors for this approach is multiple reasons* Agility* Availability* Economy The ability to quickly expand and scale-up if the service or application needs more processing power in order to meet the demand

Ever wished that you could redirect the application approval request that appears in the SCCM console into an e-mail or perhaps an leader (Which doesn’t have much to do inside the SCCM console) ?This is possible with the Application Approval Workflow Accelerator from Microsoft à http://bit.ly/VoP5hp AAW uses System Center 2012 – Orchestrator between Configuration

NOTE: This post is just a little google translation of my previous post written in Norwegian J Today, there are a wealth of options when it comes to backup, the focus has shifted to a large extent from being able to backup only physical machines to be able to back up the physical, virtual and

Ever had the issue with some users (that are mostly working remote) come in to the office, trying to login with his/hers computer and can’t logon?Many have a policy and a script that is being used to remove computers from the domain that haven’t authenticated for a while (let’s say 60 days)So what happens ?