Peter Whyte

Author: Peter Whyte

Guide for Setting Up Windows Server Core

June 9, 2019

When you need to setup Windows Server Core, it’s useful to first familiarize ourselves with the key PowerShell commands that configure the server.
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Joining a Windows Host to a Domain

June 8, 2019

This post contains a demo of joining a Windows Server onto a test Domain, which I created in my previous post (Installing Active Directory on Windows Server…
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Installing Active Directory on Windows Server 2016

June 4, 2019

🛠️Part of the Windows Administration Complete Guide, every Windows administration post on this site, grouped by the job you are doing. This post contains a demo installation of Active Directory Domain Services on Windows Server 2016. It follows a previous post for a series of test lab configuration…
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How to Install Windows Server on Hyper V

May 14, 2019

This guide provides a step-by-step walkthrough for installing Windows Server on Hyper-V. By the end of this tutorial, you’ll have a fully operational Windows…
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Resolving “Index was out of range” in SSMS

April 15, 2019

This post is here to help if you’ve encountered the following error while performing a task in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS):
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“Content from the website listed below is being blocked” on Windows Server

April 11, 2019

When managing a Windows Server, you may encounter the message:“Content from the website listed below is being blocked by the Internet Explorer Enhanced…
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Creating a Linked Server for a PostgreSQL Database

March 10, 2019

This is a post on how to create a Linked Server to a PostgreSQL database.
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Creating a Linked Server to SQL Server

March 4, 2019

Linked Servers in SQL Server allow you to query external databases, such as remote SQL Server instances, Oracle, ODBC or MS Access databases. It provides easy…
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Setting Maximum Database File Sizes in SQL Server

February 21, 2019

This post shares how to set maximum database file sizes in SQL Server, capping your database file size limits for proper disk space management.
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This site started as a SQL Server blog in 2017 and the archive is still here. The new SQL Server writing, and all the scripts, moved to a site of their own.

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