How to Raise the Forest and Domain Functional Levels in Windows Server 2008/R2
Introduction Functional levels determine the features of Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) that are enabled in a domain or forest. They also […]
Category: Windows Server 2008
Legacy Windows Server 2008 guides for Active Directory, server administration, configuration, and troubleshooting.
Installing Failover Clustering With Windows Server 2008 R2
Introduction Creating a Cluster with Windows Server 2003 was a little bit confusing for administrators. Now with Windows Server 2008, its much easier. […]
Migrating Active Directory Domain Controller from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008
Introduction Most people are running their Active Directory Domains now on Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2003 R2, and want to upgrade […]
Transferring FSMO Roles in Windows Server 2008
Introduction This is a must to read article for any system administrator who administers Microsoft Windows Servers. One of any system administrator duties, […]
Setting a Windows Server 2008 Domain Controller as a Global Catalog
Introduction Every forest requires at least one Global Catalog server, that’s why by default When you create a Windows Server Active Directory Forest, […]
How to Activate Windows Server 2008 Online
Introduction Once you install Windows Server 2008, you have a grace period of 60 days to activate it. In this article, I will […]
Enabling Wireless Network for a Hyper-V Virtual Machine
Update: If you are using Windows Server 2012/2016/2019/2022, please refer to the updated article on enabling wireless network for a Hyper-V virtual […]
Introducing Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 – Part 1 : Installation
Introduction The stand-alone version of Hyper-V is now available and is called Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008. So now if you want to work […]
Introducing Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 – Part 2 : Configuration
Introduction In part 1 of this article, I installed Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008. Today I’m going to configure Hyper-V Server 2008 by using […]
Migrating A Virtual Machine Created With Virtual PC 2007 To Hyper-V
Introduction You have created your virtual machines previously with Microsoft Virtual PC or MS Virtual Server 2005, and now you want to start […]
Enabling Wireless Networking In Windows Server 2008
If you’re in search of information regarding Windows Server 2016-2022 and how to enable wireless Wi-Fi, refer to the following article: How To […]
Installing Windows Server 2008 Server Core
Introduction Server Core is a whole new version of Windows. It is a Windows operating system without Windows. What do I mean ? […]
Identifying Hyper-V Version
Update: If you are using Windows Server 2016/2019/2022, please refer to the updated article on identifying and upgrading Hyper-V virtual machine configuration versions […]
Installing Hyper-V and Deploying Windows Server 2008 as Your First Virtual Machine – Part II
Introduction In part I of this article, I pointed to you the prerequisites to install Hyper-V, the differences between Hyper-V and Virtual Server […]
Installing Hyper-V and Deploying Windows Server 2008 as Your First Virtual Machine – Part I
Introduction Hyper-V is the next level of virtualization, with Windows Server 2008 you no longer need to deploy an application such as Virtual […]
Add Internet Explorer Icon To Windows Server 2008 Desktop
Introduction When you install Windows Server 2008, as we all got used to, you will notice that the only icon on the desktop […]
Using Windows Server 2008 as a Workstation
Introduction Many administrators used Windows Server 2003 as their daily workstation, either on their desktops or laptops. Well this will be the same […]
Windows Server 2008 Desktop Experience Feature
Introduction Most administrators are asking about Windows Vista’s features, are they removed from Windows Server 2008 ? Where is Windows Media Player, Windows […]
How To Enable Telnet In Windows Server 2008
Introduction Telnet is not enabled by default in Windows Server 2008. However, Telnet Client is a feature included with Microsoft Windows Server 2008 […]
How To Log On To Windows Server 2008
Introduction You have just completed installing Windows Server 2008, and you hit the CTRL + ALT + DELETE keys and then you were […]
How To Turn Off The Automatic Display Of Server Manager At Logon
If you have Windows Server 2012 and above, then go to this article : How To Disable/Stop Server Manager Automatic Opening In Windows […]
Setting Up an Additional Domain Controller With Windows Server 2008
Introduction In a previous article, we have set up our first Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) using Windows Server 2008. In this […]
Unattended Installation of Active Directory Domain Services
Introduction Unattended installation means no user interaction, and this is exactly what we are going to do in this article, we are going […]
Setting Up Your First Domain Controller With Windows Server 2008
Introduction In this article, we are going to set up our first domain controller using Windows Server 2008, that is to set up […]
Windows Server 2008 Initial Configuration Tasks
Introduction After you install a clean copy of Windows Server 2008, the Initial Configurations Tasks (ICT) is the first page that you will […]
Upgrading Windows Server 2008 RC0 To RC1
Introduction Ok, you have installed Windows Server 2008 and worked with it for a while, some people might start using it in a […]
In-Place Upgrade from Windows Server 2003 Domain Controller to Windows Server 2008
Introduction I have been using Windows Server 2003 for years and I believe its time to shift and try using Windows Server 2008, […]