A nice tool that you can use is Microsoft’s free PortQueryUI. It provides a GUI for the portqry.exe command-line tool, which is installed by default on recent Windows OS versions. Run portqueryui.exe. In the Port Query dialog box, enter the destination IP address or Fully Qualified Domain Name(FQDN) to query. In this case, you can…
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Backing Up to Multiple Removable Drives in Windows Server Backup
The Windows Backup wizard wants all targets present at the time of configuration. Since we only have one dock (and a minimum of two drives), if we try to add additional hard drives to the job, the wizard fails with the error: “The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect” and the backup…
Remote Desktop Services (RDS) Roles in Microsoft Azure and Private Cloud
source:channel 9 – TechEd
An AD Bulk Administration Utility
IT administrators face a great deal of Active Directory management challenges. AD administrators and IT managers mostly have to perform repetitive and mundane tasks which often end up eating into their productive time. Configuring object properties manually by making use of native tools or PowerShell is extremely time-consuming, tiresome, and error-prone, especially in a large…
SQL Server live DB files are too big
Within the MSSQL files, MDF and LDF can be found and used. Both LDF and MDF are files extensions used in the Microsoft SQL Server. The extension file .MDF stands for “Master Database File.” This file contains all the startup information for the database to run and tracks all the databases on the SQL server….
PowerShell Day-to-Day Admin Tasks [in a nutshell]
If you are aiming to optimize the use of your time by doing as much as possible via scripting, you will soon want to run scripts in parallel to save time. PowerShell does not demand that you run jobs one after the other; It has the means to launch actions whenever you wish and to…
Microsoft SQL Server 2012/2014 AlwaysOn HA/DR – Active/Active fail over configuration
source:channel 9 – TechEd
All About Microsoft Office 365 Directory Synchronization and Federation Options
source:channel 9 – TechEd