Provisioning storage to the Windows Server Core can be a challenge. Rick Vanover describes how to configure iSCSI storage on Windows Server Core or Hyper-V Server.
Ethernet-based storage provisioning is one of the areas that may not get much coverage related to the IPv6 transition; but it is fully supported. Virtualization expert Rick Vanover shows how to configure ESXi to communicate to an iSCSI target over IPv6.
Antivirus for standalone servers is now available through a new Microsoft application suite. Rick Vanover kicks the tires of Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010.
Shared storage is the saving grace of vSphere virtualization. In this gallery, virtualization expert Rick Vanover shows you how to add an ESXi host to an iSCSI storage target.
Windows Small Business Server 2011 is an easy installation and familiar for Windows administrators. IT pro Rick Vanover walks through the configuration of the new version.
Windows Server admins should establish one authoritative time source for their organization. Rick Vanover explains how to configure the authoritative time source.
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Learn how to set time zone information for Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7 via Group Policy and the tzutil utility or by adding it to an existing GPO object.
IT pro Rick Vanover shows you the steps to download a specialized version of Android and set up a virtual machine that you can use to explore the Android OS.
IT ninja Rick Vanover shows you how to install FreeNAS as a virtual machine and provision it as a Windows file resource using the common internet file system (CIFS) storage protocol.