Deduplication is a feature introduced in Windows Server 2012 that can be enabled without the use of expensive hardware capabilities such as SAN or NAS. It helps to reduce your storage need by ...

The process for implementing the new Dynamic Access Control feature will be a timely endeavor for enterprises. Here's how you get started. Microsoft has identified Dynamic Access Control (DAC) as one ...

First, we will install the Remote Access Management role and feature to obtain the tools required to use Direct Access. You can’t have a dynamic IP address on a server you want to use for Direct ...

Addressing some essential prerequisites before initiating the IPAM setting process is necessary. The first step is to ensure that the server is operating on a supported Windows server version and is ...

While working on an article about using vRealize Log Insight's (vRLI) built-in archiving utility, I needed an NFS server to act as its archive repository. I have a Windows Server 2012 in my lab and ...

A few tips on how to make sure the DHCP infrastructure issuing IP addresses isn’t a single point of failure. Redundancy is essential for dealing with both planned and unplanned outages, and that ...

Customers that haven't upgraded to Windows Server 2012 are either living in denial or under a rock. Those that don't migrate off Server 2003 face a range of consequences from security issues, no ...

It's certainly not for everyday users, and I learned that within the first ten minutes ...