• How to create a Windows Server 2008 Cluster within Hyper-V using simulated iSCSI storage

    [Updated May’09: Windows Storage Server 2008 now available to MSDN/TechNet subscribers. Checkout Jose Barreto's Blog for details.] Familiar with Virtual Server 2005 and shared disks for creating virtual clusters?  Well its different with Hyper-V...
  • Network Access Protection (NAP) and my switches

    I recently gave an overview of NAP at a Windows Server 2008 event.  For the purposes of the event I focused and demo’d DHCP enforcement.  From some customers DHCP enforcement was not enough.  What about 802.1x enforcement ?  Our pals...
  • Virtualisation Candidates – How to identify

    In my post yesterday I spoke about virtualisation candidates (amongst other things) and how we now know what loads and systems are viable.  Have a look at the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) tool.  Its the tool for identifying candidates...
  • Scripting: Check if a W2K3 box is running Terminal Server in Application Mode

    I was recently asked (two hours ago) how to tell if a server was running Terminal Services in Application Mode. The customer wanted to run a different script if users were logged into a Terminal Server. They had looked through the registry and came...
  • Windows 2003 Print Cluster Troubleshooting – When the spooler bites back

      The print spooler is a temperamental beast at the best of times.  Print servers end up with a whole myriad of drivers, print monitors and print processors.  The more queues and printers there are the greater the potential for problems...