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• IIS 7 FTP over SSL

  One of the new and long awaited features in IIS 7 is support for FTPS or FTP over SSL. By default all FTP data is transfered in clear text, including the user name and password. From a security point of view you can see this is a bad thing. FTPS to the Read More... Posted Monday, October 27, 2008 9:10 AM by rodney.buike | 2 Comments Filed under: IIS, Security, Windows Server, rodney.buike

• Critical Out Of Band Hotfix Released

  Typically hotfixes are released on the second Tuesday of each month as you are all well aware. Occasionally, I can personally only remember three including this one, there are out of band hotfixes released. While we don’t normally post hotfix release Read More... Posted Thursday, October 23, 2008 8:46 PM by rodney.buike | 0 Comments Filed under: Security, Windows Server, Windows Client, rodney.buike

• Server 2008 Failover Cluster Failback Policies

  We’ve covered a creating a cluster and clustering a service and one other thing to configure in your cluster is failback policies. These control if, how and when a failed resource is brought back online on the preferred owner. As an example, say Node Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 22, 2008 9:00 AM by rodney.buike | 0 Comments Filed under: Windows Server, rodney.buike

• Clustering a Service with Server 2008 Failover Clustering

  We’ve covered setting up a two node failover cluster in Windows Server 2008 and now that we have that running we can start to cluster some services and/or applications. In this example we’ll cluster File Services to create a highly available file share. Read More... Posted Friday, October 17, 2008 9:00 AM by rodney.buike | 0 Comments Filed under: Windows Server, rodney.buike

• Building a 2-Node Server Core Failover Cluster

  If you have ever set up a Windows cluster in Windows 2003, 2000 or if you were brave enough NT4 you know it has always posed a number of challenges that usually required some specialized skills.  Well in Windows Server 2008 that has changed thankfully Read More... Posted Thursday, October 16, 2008 9:00 AM by rodney.buike | 1 Comments Filed under: Windows Server, rodney.buike

• Enabling VSS for Hyper-V Backups With Windows Server Backup

  As with anything you should be backing up your Hyper-V machines. I think that just goes without saying. Backing up Hyper-V has gotten easier with the addition of VSS and Windows Server Backup (WSB). WSB is a new feature in Windows Server 2008 that replaces Read More... Posted Monday, October 06, 2008 9:02 AM by rodney.buike | 1 Comments Filed under: Virtualization, Windows Server, rodney.buike

• Videocast - Securing Cached Credentials

  One of the nice things with RODCs is the ability to control cached credentials. You can also pre-populate passwords for specific users, like a branch office user, in case the branch office connection goes down but this can be a security concern if that Read More... Posted Monday, June 23, 2008 8:59 AM by rodney.buike | 0 Comments Filed under: Directory Services, Security, Windows Server, rodney.buike

• Videocast - Creating a Read Only DC

  The next video in our Server Core series is going to cover making our demo server into a RODC or Read-Only Domain Controller . One pre-requisite for a RODC is an existing Windows 2008 based DC in the domain. You also need to run adprep /rodcprep before Read More... Posted Thursday, June 19, 2008 9:07 AM by rodney.buike | 1 Comments Filed under: Directory Services, Windows Server, rodney.buike

• Videocast - Server Core Remote Management

  In the next video in the Server Core series we look at the remote management options. There are a number of options, RDP (still just a CLI), remote MMC consoles, PowerShell, WinRM/RS Because Server 2008 follows the secure by default standards these are Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 18, 2008 9:01 AM by rodney.buike | 0 Comments Filed under: Windows Server, rodney.buike

• Videocast - Configuring Server Core

  Last week I posted two videos on configuring the server and client side for DHCP Based Network Access Protection. Over the next two weeks I'll be posting another set of videos on configuring Server Core. The first video is going to cover the OOBE or out Read More... Posted Monday, June 16, 2008 8:56 AM by rodney.buike | 0 Comments Filed under: Windows Server, rodney.buike

• Videocast - Testing DHCP Based NAP

  The other day I posted the first half of this video with the server side setup of NAP. This video will cover the client side setup and testing on both Windows Vista and Windows XP SP3. Note: Double-click on the video to go full screen. If you want to Read More... Posted Friday, June 13, 2008 9:18 AM by rodney.buike | 0 Comments Filed under: Network, Security, Windows Server, Windows Client, rodney.buike

• Videocast - Configuring DHCP Based NAP

  Server 2008 is out and one of the very cool features is NAP or Network Access Protection. This feature allow you to protect the internal network from threats. There is a nice entry on Wikipedia explaining NAP but the TLA way is to show you the quick steps Read More... Posted Tuesday, June 10, 2008 12:59 PM by rodney.buike | 0 Comments Filed under: Network, Security, Windows Server, rodney.buike