In this episode we take a look at Hyper-V 3.0 one of the great new enhancements available as part of Windows Server 2012. Using the beta version of Windows 2012 we see how easy it is to replicate a virtual machine between two stand alone Hyper-V servers, yes that's right standalone, not a cluster or shared storage in sight. It's easy, part of the p…

In this episode we take a look at how simple it is to deploy operating systems with System Center Configuration Manager 2012. Some great new features including the ability to keep the image upto date with the latest patches, and errr well it just seems to work well first time! At the end of this you should be able to build and capture your initial …

In this episode we take our first look at System Center Configuration Manager 2012. Loads of cool things we can do with this: Application/OS/Patch Deployment, Software Metering (Who's running what, and when), Remote Control, Hardware and Software Inventory, and rich reporting of assets. Thats just some, oh, did I mention virus protection? The main …

In this episode we receive parts for our new i5 SSD, based server for our Hyper-V lab. So we quite literally 'build' the server and then 'build' the server if that makes sense. We are now uoto 3 servers with 56GB of memory in total and 768GB of SSD space, this could well be the start of something really quite amazing, demo lab wise that is. Once as…

So after over a year away, we return! In this video we go over the spec for our new 'server' hardware and then take a look at Hyper-V differencing disks to minimise the use of storage space in a lab environment. A 32Gb, i7 based Hyper-V server with SSD for around £600!Par ITidiots.com

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Finally Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 is here, wow what a mouthful. Anyway besides RemoteFX a really cool feature to improve the experience of remote users, there is Dynamic Memory which is what this video is about. Dynamic Memory aims to improve server consolidation by injecting and removing memory from the VM depending on demand, and avai…

Well IPv4 isn't gonna last forever, and yes I know people have been saying that for ages but we are getting closer to the end. In this episode we take a look at IPv6 and desctibe some of the key differences.Par ITidiots.com

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Hyper-V is a key feature of Windows Server 2008. Virtual machines now communicate through a thin layer of software called the hypervisor, instead of sitting on top of a full operating systems, as with Virtual Server. Its pretty good, and we get some amazing results from our Dell ?99 server, oh yeah and of course there is plenty of irrelevant banter…

In this episode we get to play with Nicks? new toy, the Asus Eee PC. Its quite amazing really, for around ?200 you get an ultraportable notebook with a 7 inch colour display, ethernet, Wireless LAN, stereo speakers, microphone, webcam, 512Mb of memory, 4GB solid state drive and a full suite of applications on a Linux platform. It can even run Windo…

Previously we upgraded our Windows 2003 domain to Windows 2008 and now we add a Windows 2008 core server. Windows 2008 server core is basically a stripped down version of Windows Server 2008, no GUI, no tools, not even solitaire! Core servers can host a number of key services, e.g. DNS, Active Directory or DHCP and when adding these roles only the …

We continue to look at Windows Server 2008, this time at some of the new features found in Terminal Services. RemoteApp allows an application running on the terminal server to seamlessly integrate with the users desktop (a bit like Citrix). As well as that, we can now easily deploy the RemoteApp shortcuts to the desktop via an .rdp file, an msi fil…

This week we are back to Exchange 2007. We discuss the availability options across all the roles but not after a bit of a banter so be warned! Anyway when we get back to it we demonstrate SP1?s new mailbox role feature, continuous cluster replication a great way to maintain an offsite replica of your mailbox stores.…

Previously we showed the Asus EEE PC, in pretty much an out of the box configuration running Linux. Now Nick, or more specifically his Dad, has got Windows XP running on it, and it continues to amaze us. Despite what you might think it runs rather well, check it out.....Par ITidiots.com

Maintaining a set of standard base applications across your network makes your life so much easier. Whatever the deployment method, System Center, LanDesk or just plain old group policies one of the main things you will need to do is achieve a silent install or at least one that requires no user intervention. In this episode we talk about Windows I…

This week we turn our attention to Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007. in particular its software distribution features. After a gentle introduction to SCCM we attempt to deploy Quicktime player across the ITidiots network. Okay so we got a typo in the command line, but other than that I reckon we do a reasonable job of showing you …

Network Access Protection can deny or limit your access to the network based upon the health of your system. Is there a virus checker installed? Is the firewall up? If not prepared to be restricted or automatically remediated!. In this episode we take our first look at the new Windows 2008 NAP features, specifically DHCP enforcement. A little shodd…

The iPhone is out and it now has a place in the corporate world. In this episode we discuss the Exchange ActiveSync features such as the new autodiscover, remote wipe and enforceable security policies and then take you step by step through the configuration of Exchange 2007, DNS and the iPhone itself. Oh yeah and this feature is provided out of the…

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