Tag: Windows Admin
Windows Admin Blog Archives: Includes practical guides and troubleshooting strategies from the perspective of a Microsoft SQL Server DBA.
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Testing Connectivity to Remote Server Ports with PowerShell
This post contains a demo for how to check if a port is open using PowerShell, whether you are on the latest or older versions of Windows.
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Domain Join Sanity Checks
In order to join a Windows Server to a domain, you may need to request that the network team open certain firewall rules. The network requirements for this…
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Guide for Setting Up Windows Server Core
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
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
🛠️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
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…
Three guides collect the posts by the job you are doing rather than by date.
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