A big part of configuring Windows Server is installing the roles and features that are required for whatever task the server is going to be performing. Although it is easy enough to accomplish this ...

If you want to enable or disable Windows Search service in Windows Server, this step-by-step guide will help you do that. You can turn on or off the Windows Search service in Windows Server 2025/2022 ...

Update 9/22: Microsoft today announced that the Project "Honolulu" technical preview is now available for download. Microsoft offered a bit of surprise by signaling that it's solidly behind producing ...

Sometimes you become the accidental DBA, or you are the DBA by choice. Either way, you can choose to spend time working in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) to look at things such as backups or the ...

Tom shows how to set up an iSCSI target using both the GUI (Server Manager) and PowerShell, and then adding it to his ESXi server. When setting up a new VMware Horizon environment, I needed someplace ...

I’m a firm believer that PowerShell knowledge is required if you work in Windows administration. That’s become especially true over the last three to four years as Microsoft has invested a good deal ...

In a wide-ranging stream of announcements this week, Microsoft has added substance to its plans for the future of Windows Server and formally launched a new scripting engine, PowerShell. The ...

You had to see this one coming. After all, I wrote a book about it. However, I’m still amazed at the number of people that don’t know what PowerShell is. So, here is my pitch, hopefully people take ...

Microsoft will remove PowerShell 2.0 from Windows starting in August, eight years after announcing its deprecation and keeping it around as an optional feature. The 14-year-old command processor ...

If you want to install Hyper-V in Windows Server, this detailed step-by-step guide will help you. You can enable and use Hyper-V in any Windows Server without any ...

Microsoft Windows Server 2019 brings a number of new capabilities plus updates and performance improvements to its server operating system. The question for most IT administrators will be whether to ...

In what could be seen as a turn in direction, Microsoft said it's behind once again producing graphical user interface (GUI) tools for managing Windows Server. This notion is being ushered in with ...