What's new and actually useful in Microsoft Server 2008 R2?
Here's what's actually useful in Server 2008 R2: AD Administrative Center, AD Recycle Bin, Managed Service Accounts, graphical PowerShell, and Group Policy PowerShell scripts.
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Here's what's actually useful in Server 2008 R2: AD Administrative Center, AD Recycle Bin, Managed Service Accounts, graphical PowerShell, and Group Policy PowerShell scripts.
Not sure what SharePoint 2007 build you're running? Check it in Central Administration and cross-reference against the version wiki to see where you stand on cumulative updates.
Here are my favorite PowerCLI scripts for ESX admins. Start with vCheck, which emails you an automated daily health report every morning before you even sit down.
After VMware dropped ESXi Free support from Veeam and other backup tools, GhettoVCB became the way to get free image-level VM backups. Here's how to set it up.
If SQL Server ERRORLOG files are filling up your C: drive, change the -e startup parameter in SQL Configuration Manager. You can redirect them to another drive without reinstalling.
Want live NetBotz camera feeds inside SolarWinds Orion without constant login prompts? Here's the server-side image prefetch workaround that handles HTTP auth for you.
Did you know Clariion vault drives boot Windows under the hood? Here's a quick breakdown of the EMC Clariion FLARE vs. Symmetrix Enginuity architecture differences.
If your OpenSolaris VM shows no IP in XenCenter, you need the Linux guest agent installed so the VM can pass network info to the hypervisor. Quick fix.
If SharePoint 2007 search can't find content inside PDFs, you need the Adobe iFilter. Here's how to install it and configure the index service for both x86 and x64.
Here are my favorite free SharePoint 2007 add-ons from CodePlex. Color-coded calendars, chart generation, SLK e-learning, permission checking, and admin tools I've actually used.
If you need to change the URL of an existing SharePoint 2007 site, don't touch IIS. Use Central Administration's Alternate Access Mappings. Here's how to do it safely.
If .NET 2.0 performance counters are missing in perfmon with the /wmi switch, apply hotfix KB951683, restart WMI, and run winmgmt /resyncperf. That brings them all back.
If you need to install SNMP silently on a bunch of Windows servers, sysocmgr with an answer file does the job. Here's the command-line approach for Server 2003 and 2008.
Don't restore an entire Exchange mail store just because a user deleted archived items in Enterprise Vault. Enable Recover Deleted Items or export to PST from VAC instead.
If a w3wp.exe process is eating memory and you need to know which app pool it belongs to, run cscript iisapp.vbs. Maps every PID to its application pool.
If you need Apache to run PHP inside .html files, it's one line in .htaccess. Here's every variant (AddHandler, AddType, PHP4 vs PHP5) so you can find the syntax that works on your host.
If SharePoint is slow every morning, it's because IIS app pool recycling kills the cache overnight. Use SPWakeUp to pre-warm your front-end servers before users arrive.
If Outlook keeps prompting for credentials every time it launches over RPC over HTTP, switch proxy auth to NTLM and adjust LmCompatibilityLevel. Fixes the caching issue.