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In Windows Server 2008 R2, Remote Desktop Services (formerly Terminal Services) includes a provider for managing RDS using Windows PowerShell. You may find more information along with some examples in this article on Microsoft TechNet. One of the many things you can manage this way is the new RemoteApp...

A best practice in domain environments are backing up the Group Policy Objects regularly. Even though a GPO may be restored by restoring a system state backup from a domain controller to an alternate location, and then copy the contents from the deleted GPO to a new GPO to restore the settings, this...

Microsoft recently released a free tool for managing multiple remote desktop connections called “ Remote Desktop Connection Manager ”. A sample screenshot: There are several nice features, such as “Connect group” which lets you connect to all servers in a group at once: On the “Group Properties” you...

When documenting installations I perform I prefer to refer to scripts whenever possible, since this means less screenshots and a more concise reference. When deploying Exchange Server 2010 on Windows Server 2008 R2, we have access to the new PowerShell-module for administering NLB. With this in mind...

As you may know, Windows PowerShell 2.0 introduced a new remoting feature, allowing for remote management of computers. While this feature can be enabled manually (or scripted) with the PowerShell 2.0 cmdlet Enable-PSRemoting , I would recommend using Group Policy whenever possible. This guide will show...

I`ve created a PowerShell module for working with pinned applications in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. The module are created based on a script created by Ragnar Harper and Kristian Svantorp . The module are available here , on the TechNet Script Center Gallery. Installation and usage Modules...

I recently worked with a Hyper-V case, where the differencing disk files (.AVHD) for snapshots didn`t appear at the expected location. As we figured this out, I would like to share the experience we had regarding this. A virtual machine has two important directories, the VM root and the snapshot root...

After creating a nice Hyper-V R2 cluster with 4 nodes and installing Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 I was ready to deploy a Windows 2008 R2 Server. Adding the virtual machine, and configuring it for fault-tolerance, I was excited to start installation. I mounted an ISO file with Windows Server 2008...

You will find the files from the training here: http://cid-e37deb594bd9f4ba.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/Windows%207%20Partner%20Training?authkey=sk0GCl9vMnA%24 Have fun!

På neste runde av TechNet Live skal jeg også prate om virtualisering, med fokus på nyheter i Hyper-V R2 versjonen. Skal du benytte virtualisering på Microsoft plattformen, så kommer du heller ikke unna System Center produktene – så jeg tenkte vi skulle bli litt kjent med de også. Mitt planlagte fokus...