Tag: Windows 2008

RODC Password Replication Policy

The Password Replication Policy (PRP) indicates which user credentials will be cached on the Read Only Domain Controller (RODC) based on Windows Server 2008 o Windows 2008 R2. This is necessary when we have delegations in our company and we want to put an RODC in the delegations with the functions that we are interested in and also allows users to authenticate in these DCs and the authentication process is faster since no traffic is generated by the WAN with this type of traffic.

New in Windows 2008 R2: Managed Service Account

One of the new features brought by Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 is the 'Managed Service Accounts', which are user accounts that we may assign to our services. It is well known that in our Active Directory we have assigned password expiration policies and we always have a service that does not start with a local system account or SYSTEM, with more privileges. To avoid this hassle of managing accounts with expiring passwords, or that they are vulnerable since the password is always the same and can allow someone to take advantage of that, Microsoft has released this new feature, Of course, to be able to use it, our Active Directory has to be in “Windows Server 2008 R2”.

Using Windows AIK for Windows Deployments 7 and Windows 2008 R2

We can use Windows AIK (Windows Automated Installation Kit) to easily and quickly display Windows images 7 and Windows 2008 R2. With this, We will be able to create an image from a team that we have prepared for our organization and apply it to all the teams (being able to put drivers, Applications, Configurations…). This document will look at the use of response files to prevent interaction during the installation of the operating system and thus perform unattended installations, creating and using a Windows PE CD for booting the pre-installation environment and network imaging deployment, as well as the use of scripts to avoid our intervention as much as possible.

How to Migrate a Print Server to Windows Server 2008

Today, In this document, we'll look at how to migrate a print server from a Windows 2003 to a Windows Server 2008 or directly between Windows servers 2008. It's pretty simple, since the new printer server will allow us to export configurations and import them into the new server, carrying drivers if they are compatible and sharing print queues, it will configure the destination server as the source server was.

Installing Windows Server Functions and Features 2008 Command Line

In this document, describes what parameters we can use with the Windows Server ServerManagerCmd command 2008 to add, Remove or view functions or features. Since it will always be more comfortable to use the command line to install some functions or features, or directly generate a response file with the parameters we need in case we are always mounting the same type of servers. All thanks to ServerManagerCmd.exe.

Migrating a File Server Between Any Windows Server Version

Very good, In this brief document we will see how to migrate a file server in the simplest way between any version of Microsoft Windows Server (Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows 2003 o Windows Server 2008). It's just cool and fast, that will allow us a hot migration. In this document we saw how with the Microsoft FSMT utility (File Server Migration Toolkit) could help us with a file server migration (HTTP://www.bujarra.com/?p=961), but if what we want is to avoid installing software, The following will be interesting.

Setting up Microsoft Exchange 2007 with SCC (Single Copy Cluster) on Windows Server 2008

In this document, we will see how to set up a high availability cluster for our Microsoft Exchange mail server 2007 Server with the Microsoft Windows Server operating system 2008, in this case we will set up a cluster system called SCC (Single Copy Cluster o Clúster de Copia Única). In this previous document the rest of the possibilities that we would have are described, we may be more interested in one system than another (HTTP://www.bujarra.com/?p=2362). As discussed above, SCC is the cluster that we can know from previous editions of Microsoft Exchange, is a shared storage failover cluster system, This is, we will have several nodes with the 'Mailbox function' one of them being active and the rest passive. Storage must be shared, Databases must be in an array or remote storage system, iSCSI, fibre... When the active node fails, One of the nodes in a passive state […]

Upgrade the Windows Server Edition 2008

It's pretty simple, but necessary on certain occasions, When we should update our server edition, be Windows Server 2008 Standard a Windows Server 2008 Enterprise or Windows Server 2008 Datacenter, or Windows Server 2008 Enterprise to Windows Server 2008 Datacenter. Usually why we have expanded the RAM and our operating system does not support so much, or why we need to install a feature or function that is not in the current edition of our server.

Creating a High Availability Cluster on Microsoft Windows Server 2008

After viewing a document on how to create shared storage for a cluster, Why not create one? Well, the process is similar to Windows 2003, now we will do it for Windows 2008, A new cluster, and it will be for a file server, failover clustering, The process for another type of cluster is similar. With this we will achieve high availability, that if one of the servers falls (node) Don't worry., since there are other nodes that can take the resources and lift the services so that users can work practically without noticing the fall of the node they were working against. Also comment that maintaining a cluster is expensive, This is, We will always keep in mind that both servers will have the same applications installed, in the same way and with the same versions, all this to avoid future problems. It is also advisable to balance the cluster […]

Encrypting Hard Drive with Bitlocker on Windows 2008 o Windows Vista

This is one of the new features that Windows Server presents to us 2008 also available on Windows Vista, the possibility of encrypting our hard drive so that it is impossible to remove any type of data, all encrypted. We can store this key on a USB device such as a USB Pendrive or directly on a floppy disk, without this, The computer will not be able to reboot or decrypt the disk. The typical thing for when they boot our computer from a LiveCD of some tool to extract data or break the Windows password. It's ideal for when you go to the USA and your laptop is taken away at customs, he, Even though they definitely ask you for the password or… They take out the rubber glove ;), but in principle it is information that could not be accessed since it is encrypted.