TechEd Bloggers Windows Server

Fixes to ConfigMgr Task Sequence Template Error Handling

Michael Niehaus — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:37:15 GMT

Michael Niehaus writes, "...there was one problem in the setup in MDT 2010: the error was caught and the cleanup steps would run, but after that the task sequence would appear to complete successfully. No dialog would be displayed indicating that there was a failure, and the status messages sent to the server would indicate that the task sequence was successful too . If you were watching the result..." more

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:37:15 GMT

Windows Server AppFabric

Somasegar — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:43:51 GMT

Somasegar writes, "...Microsoft's plan is to over time offer a symmetric set of capabilities across the cloud and the on-premises environments so that developers will be able to take advantage of these capabilities wherever they want to run their applications...If you are running a Windows Server 2008 (SP2) or Windows Server 2008 R2, you are already licensed to use Windows Server AppFabric in production. Additionally..." more

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:43:51 GMT

To Troubleshoot Windows Deployment Services it's Crucial to Know the Architecture

Kurt Roggen — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:15:07 GMT

Kurt Roggen writes, "..To be able to troubleshoot the Windows Deployment Services, it is crucial to first understand the overall WDS architecture, since you can activate logging at most levels in the architecture...[diagram]" more

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:15:07 GMT

Server Installation Options for ASP.NET MVC 2

Jon Galloway — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:13:41 GMT

Jon Galloway writes, "...I’ve answered several questions about installing ASP.NET MVC 2 on a server lately, and since I didn’t find a full summary I figured it was time to write one up. Here’s a look at some of the top options: WebPI, Bin deploy, Run the full AspNetMVC2_VS2008.exe installer, Command-line install with aspnetmvc2.msi, WebPI..." more

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:13:41 GMT

Indexing Service for Windows Server 2008 R2

Steve Schofield — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 23:04:06 GMT

Steve Schofield writes, "...I was tinkering around with Windows Server 2008 R2 and ran across the Indexing Service search service..." more

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 23:04:06 GMT

How to Enable DSRM on Windows Server 2008 R2 By Default

Eric Denekamp — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 21:01:31 GMT

Eric Denekamp writes, "...the Directory Service Restore Mode option have disappeared from the F8 options. Instead you have to either enable and disable it through MSConfig.exe, or by using the BCDEdit command line utility...You can however create an extra option in the Boot menu..." more

Thu, 01 Jul 2010 21:01:31 GMT

Unix: Run the Windows Explorer GUI

Roy Wood — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 22:26:31 GMT

Roy Wood writes, "...Here are a few easy ways to invoke the Windows Explorer GUI, which displays certain parts of the directory/folder tree depending on given syntax. I also threw in a few other miscellaneous items..." more

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 22:26:31 GMT

How to Change Printer Driver in a Windows 2008 R2 Cluster

Robert Smit — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 21:34:50 GMT

Robert Smit writes, "...we need to go to the Failover Cluster Manager Go to the Printer Services & app then choose manage printer..." more

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 21:34:50 GMT

Comprehensive Patterns & Practices Security Guidance Resource

JD Meier — Fri, 28 May 2010 23:46:54 GMT

JD Meier writes, "...This is a [VERY] comprehensive roundup of our patterns & practices security guidance for the Microsoft platform...This is a simple map. organized by “guidance type”..." more

Fri, 28 May 2010 23:46:54 GMT

Technical Reference on Netsh Utility

Desmond Lee — Thu, 20 May 2010 21:08:22 GMT

Desmond Lee writes, "...netsh provides functionality that are typically exposed in Microsoft Management Console (mmc) snap-in and more!...Certain network functionality and client technologies can only be accessed through netsh. Some examples include...to learn more about netsh..." more

Thu, 20 May 2010 21:08:22 GMT

Code Sample Managing Users with WSO2 Identity Server Open API

Prabath Siriwardena — Thu, 20 May 2010 17:33:47 GMT

Prabath Siriwardena writes, "...Following code sample illustrates following tasks and you can download the complete Eclipse project for the sample from here..." more

Thu, 20 May 2010 17:33:47 GMT

How to Disable Password Complexity/Expiration on Windows Server 2008

Sahil Malik — Tue, 18 May 2010 16:11:31 GMT

Sahil Malik writes, "...Windows Server 2008 comes with a password policy that expires my passwords every 90 days, and requires me to pick complex passwords, can’t reuse passwords etc. etc. Well here is how you disable password policy on a Windows Server 2008 machine..." more

Tue, 18 May 2010 16:11:31 GMT

One-Liner Lists all Workstations in the Domain and Beyond

Dmitry Sotnikov — Wed, 05 May 2010 22:31:25 GMT

Dmitry Sotnikov writes, "...The initial one-liner the customer was using was retrieving all Member computers but then using Where to filter...Using cmdlet parameters makes sure that filtering is done during the object retrieval which is more efficient. And, as you can see, OSName parameter – as most parameters in QAD cmdlets – supports multiple values..." more

Wed, 05 May 2010 22:31:25 GMT

Error Fix for EntLib 5 Install - Sys Admin has set Policies to Prevent this Installation

Stan Spotts — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:43:20 GMT

Stan Spotts writes, "...I got this when I tried to install the source code on Windows Server 2008 R2, and this was an issue with EntLib 4.0 as well. The solution is the same now as it was then, but..." more

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:43:20 GMT

How to Inject Services into Entities

Jimmy Bogard — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:29:17 GMT

Jimmy Bogard writes, "...I have found that optional dependencies seem to fit just fine with entities. For example, if I want to integrate logging into my operations, I can fairly easily implement the Null Object pattern, and allow my entity to be used without..." more

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:29:17 GMT

Latest and Most Complete to Date Starter STS Sample

Nicholas Allen — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:56:15 GMT

Nicholas Allen writes, "...the completed StarterSTS sample that demonstrates how to write, configure, and use a realistic security token service...it’s much more complete than most of the existing samples available..." more

Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:56:15 GMT

InDepth Comparison of RPC, WMI and WinRM for Remote Server Management with PowerShell V2

Jose Barreto — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 21:08:15 GMT

Jose Barreto writes, "...three different ways to gather information about services on a remove server...looking deeper at some the most significant differences between them...[will] help you understand your choices so you can select the best option for your specific case..." more

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 21:08:15 GMT

OS Support for Locks

Asaf Shelly — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:59:43 GMT

Asaf Shelly writes, "...I'll start with saying that locks are bad and should mostly be used by infrastructure. The operating system support for locks is mostly by allowing the system to clean up a MUTEX that was locked by a thread and the thread terminated without unlocking...The best implementation would be..." more

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:59:43 GMT

Why Parallel Code Might Run Slower

Parallel Extensions to the .NET Framework — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:34:08 GMT

Parallel Extensions to the .NET Framework writes, "Why is the speedup not X on my X-way machine? Or, why does my parallel code run slower? Less than ideal speedup can typically be attributed to two things: Sequential costs. It’s often the case that parts of a particular algorithm must be executed sequentially..." more

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:34:08 GMT

How to Create a Domain-Join Account

Stefan Schörling — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:40:36 GMT

Stefan Schörling writes, "...First of all you need to create an account for it in this example I named min svc-sccm-domainjoin and then locate the OU where your computer accounts will reside in. And then right click on it and set the security rights...you need to set the following rights on the OU and with the setting Apply to:..." more

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:40:36 GMT