Step-by-Step: Converting Windows Server 2012 Core to Windows Server 2012 GUI with Desktop Experience to Windows Server 2012 with Management Shell and back

by vivek 11/22/2012 11:30:00 PM
In this post we will work on a Windows Server 2012 Core machine and make it into a Windows Server 2012 GUI and back to Windows Server 2012 Core. Here is what I am planning to do: Convert Windows Server 2012 Core to a Windows Server 2012 GUI Convert Windows Server 2012 GUI to Windows Server... [More]


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Windows Server 2012 | Step By Step | Server Core

Step-by-Step: When creating a new Root Level Domain Controller you get the message “A delegation for this DNS server cannot be created because the authoritative parent zone cannot be found”

by vivek 11/12/2012 11:30:00 PM
This is the 6th post in this series and today I am working on resolving a warning which appears when you are trying to create a new forest in a new network.   Let us walk through the above error first and then the steps to resolve it: Step 1: Installing Active Directory Domain ... [More]


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Domain Controller | Windows Server 2012 | Server Manager | Step By Step | DNS

Step-by-Step: Remotely creating a new AD DS Forest Root Domain using Server Manager

by Vivek 11/8/2012 11:30:00 PM
This is the 5th post in this series, today we will learn how to create a new AD DS Forest Root Domain using Server Manager. Setup: Machine Name Role ... [More]


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Domain Controller | Server Manager | Step By Step | Windows Server 2012

Step-by-Step: Centrally Demote Additional Domain Controller in Windows Server 2012 using PowerShell

by vivek 11/7/2012 11:30:00 PM
This is the 4th post in this series, today we will learn how to demote one of the domain controller in our farm using PowerShell. Setup: Machine Name Role IP Address WIN-DC Existing Domain C... [More]


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Domain Controller | PowerShell | Windows Server 2012 | Step By Step

Step-by-Step: Centrally Demote Additional Domain Controller in Windows Server 2012 using Server Manager

by vivek 11/6/2012 11:30:00 PM
This is the 3rd post in this series, today we will learn how to demote one of the domain controller in our farm using Server Manager. Setup: Machine Name Role IP Address WIN-DC Existing Doma... [More]


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Domain Controller | Windows Server 2012 | Server Manager | Step By Step

Step-by-Step: Centrally Deploy Additional Domain Controller in Windows Server 2012 using PowerShell

by vivek 11/5/2012 11:30:00 PM
This is the 2nd post in this series, today we will learn how to add a new domain controller in the existing Domain Farm using PowerShell. Setup: Machine Name Role IP Address ... [More]


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Domain Controller | PowerShell | Windows Server 2012 | Step By Step

Step-by-Step: Centrally Deploy Additional Domain Controller in Windows Server 2012 using Server Manager

by vivek 11/4/2012 11:30:00 PM
I am preparing for Exam 70-410, Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012 certification and I am learning through the “Early Experts” Peer Study Group. This series of blogs will be my quest to learn and share my knowledge with everybody. I would be making mistakes when writing this series and ... [More]


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Domain Controller | Windows Server 2012 | Server Manager | Step By Step

PowerShell Single Line commands on Windows Server 8 and Windows 8

by vivek 5/17/2012 8:30:00 PM
Here are some really good and helpful PowerShell single line commands I have been using on my Windows Server 8 and Windows 8 machines. Remove GUI from Windows Server 8 Remove-WindowsFeature -Name Server-Gui-Shell Remove-WindowsFeature -Name Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra Add GUI to Windows Server 8 ... [More]


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Windows 8 | Windows Server 8 | PowerShell

System.InvalidOperationException: A failure occurred SPDistributedCacheServiceInstance::Provision()

by vivek 5/16/2012 10:22:00 PM
This just gave me an opportunity to write after a long time and I did not think twice. It’s a bit of patching but it worked for me. I was installing SharePoint on one of my VM machine when I came across the below mentioned error. I tried bing / google, for the error but found nothing. Task config... [More]


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SharePoint 2010 | Troubleshooting

IIS 7 / IIS 7.5 Security Best Practices (nothing official about it)

by vivek 7/4/2011 10:46:35 AM
We have IIS 7 released for quite some time now and we haven’t seen any best practices document released by Microsoft IIS 7 team. IIS 6 have good document in place and even though IIS 7 is secure by default, we need some document to keep us in-check. Here are few I prepared for myself: Installing I... [More]


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IIS | IIS 7 | Tips and Tricks | Best Practices

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