Find out how you can easily track all connections to shared resources on a Windows Server 2008 R2 system. Follow our daily tips on: Twitter | Facebook | blog | Web | RSS

Data on mirrored drives can get out of sync. You can resynchronize and repair mirrored sets, but the corrective action you take depends on the failed volume’s status. Here’s what you need to know . Follow our daily tips on: Twitter | Facebook | blog...

When you create a share for general use, here’s one thing you should do to make sure users can find the shared resource . Follow our daily tips on: Twitter | Facebook | blog | Web | RSS

Learn the fastest and easiest way to back up and restore a Windows Server 2008 server’s system state. Follow our daily tips on: Twitter | Facebook | blog | Web | RSS

Environment variables let you specify path information that is dynamically assigned. Here's a look at the most common environment variables . Follow our daily tips on: Twitter | Facebook | blog | Web | RSS

Explore how you can include and exclude computers and devices based on their MAC address. Follow our daily tips on: Twitter | Facebook | blog | Web | RSS

Explore the built-in functionality for monitoring a DNS server and get advice on how to configure this monitoring for your specific needs. Follow our daily tips on: Twitter | Facebook | blog | Web | RSS

Windows PowerShell 2.0 offers a handy graphical scripting environment, but it isn’t installed by default. Here’s how you can install the graphical environment on Windows Server 2008 R2. Follow our daily tips on: Twitter | Facebook | blog | Web | RSS

Learn how to access and use additional Server Manager cmdlets in Windows PowerShell. Follow our daily tips on: Twitter | Facebook | blog | Web | RSS

Get an overview of the new Server Configuration utility, which simplifies tasks on Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core. And see how you can use it to install Windows PowerShell on Server Core . Follow our daily tips on: Twitter | Facebook | blog | Web...

Here are 11 easy steps for configuring Performance Counter Alerts in Windows Server 2008 R2. Follow our daily tips on: Twitter | Facebook | blog | Web | RSS

Discover why you shouldn’t use the New Virtual Machine Wizard in Windows Server 2008 R2 to create a new virtual hard disk. And find out how you should create VHDs . Follow our daily tips on: Twitter | Facebook | blog | Web | RSS

Find out how to configure Application Performance to improve application responsiveness . Follow our daily tips on: Twitter | Facebook | blog | Web | RSS

Learn how to enhance the security of RD Session Host sessions by using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Transport Layer Security for server authentication and to encrypt RD Session Host communications. Follow our daily tips on: Twitter | Facebook | blog...

Learn the options and syntax for running defragmentation from a command-line in Windows 7. Follow our daily tips on: Twitter | Facebook | blog | Web | RSS

Here’s an overview of MED-V and App-V, a look at the benefits of each, and sample scenarios for both technologies to help you decide which one is right for you . Follow our daily tips on: Twitter | Facebook | blog | Web | RSS

Windows PowerShell doesn’t include this library of functions. But with these commands, managing Hyper-V directly from the shell is much simpler. Follow our daily tips on: Twitter | Facebook | blog | Web | RSS

Hyper-V allows you to duplicate the contents of a physical drive into a new virtual hard disk . Learn how. Follow our daily tips on: Twitter | Facebook | blog | Web | RSS

Explore features in System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 that enable new management scenarios, address user concerns, and enable support for Windows Server 2008 R2. Follow our daily tips on: Twitter | Facebook | blog | Web | RSS

Get an overview of using—and not using—the new " Enable Spoofing Of MAC Addresses " option that is now available on Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V and Hyper-V Server 2008 R2. Follow our daily tips on: Twitter | Facebook | blog | Web | RSS

Get an overview of the process and best practices for installing applications on a Remote Desktop Session Host Server . Follow our daily tips on: Twitter | Facebook | blog | Web | RSS

Here’s a must-have set of free tools from Microsoft for managing Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V and Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 from a remote system. Follow our daily tips on: Twitter | Facebook | blog | Web | RSS

Here’s a quick step-by-step guide to using Hyper-V Manager to install a virtual machine . Follow our daily tips on: Twitter | Facebook | blog | Web | RSS