Data Center

Archive: 02-2012

• How to use a PowerShell Profile to simplify tasks

  Derek Schauland shows you how to create a PowerShell Profile to store your frequently used functions and work more efficiently in Windows.

  Posted by Derek Schauland | February 29, 2012, 7:19 AM PST

• How to shrink a VMDK using VMware Converter

  It is easy to make a VMDK bigger, but not so much to shrink it. Rickatron shows how to do this task using VMware Converter in this post.

  Posted by Rick Vanover | February 27, 2012, 6:00 AM PST

• Troubleshooting WMI just became a little easier

  Brad Bird shares some news about the updated WMI Diagnosis Utility — a troubleshooting tool that is especially important to Microsoft SCOM environments.

  Posted by Brad Bird | February 24, 2012, 10:25 AM PST

• Microsoft Lync federation enables cross-organization communications

  John Joyner highlights the collaboration and communication benefits available with Microsoft Lync’s federated contacts.

  Posted by John Joyner | February 21, 2012, 2:26 PM PST

• Get password reset info for users with Windows PowerShell script

  Derek Schauland illustrates how writing your own PowerShell commands can help you with pesky tasks.

  Posted by Derek Schauland | February 21, 2012, 12:11 PM PST

• Configure a Hyper-V VM for automatic startup

  Ensuring all pre-requisite configuration of a virtual environment are online during a startup is critical to everything else working correctly. In this post, Rickatron shows a nifty option for...

  Posted by Rick Vanover | February 20, 2012, 9:00 AM PST

• How SAS and SATA fit in with the iSCSI array

  Scott Lowe answers a reader question about the relationship between certain types of storage transport protocols and disk types.

  Posted by Selena Frye | February 16, 2012, 9:00 AM PST

• Strategic implications of new MS System Center 2012 licensing

  Microsoft has renamed, rebundled, and repriced its licensing for the System Center 2012 products. John Joyner explains the strategy behind the licensing choices.

  Posted by John Joyner | February 14, 2012, 9:00 AM PST

• First look at Windows Server 8 Setting Sync in Group Policy

  Windows Server 8 brings a lot of new features for the server OS as well as the client experience. Rickatron peeks into one new Group Policy setting for Windows Server 8 in this post.

  Posted by Rick Vanover | February 13, 2012, 7:04 AM PST

• Audit and manage your network with Network Inventory Advisor

  Derek Schauland tests the ClearApps Network Inventory Advisor, an application to help you manage and audit your network assets.

  Posted by Derek Schauland | February 10, 2012, 9:26 AM PST