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We often create one task sequence for all workstation builds and another for all server builds, utilising task sequence variables to perform the decision making within the task sequence. One of the downsides of this is that the task sequence binaries can get quite large, especially for server builds where we have current and legacy…
Continue readingCurrently i am creating some server builds for a place which will be deploying large numbers of servers over the coming months. One of things that is/was taking up a great deal of time was offline servicing for the base OS, primarily because the SCCM server is currently sitting on a virtual environment with disk…
Continue readingHi all, For many of you that switched off over the xmas break (like me), you may have missed that there are now patches (released Jan 3rd 2018) for the creatviely (almost bond movie like) named vulnerabilities of "meltdown" and "spectre". You can find more detail on these Vulnerabilities here - https://meltdownattack.com/ Advice for Microsoft…
Continue readingWith the recent release of Server 1709 (and the fact that it's Server Core only), Microsoft have also recently released a preview of a new server management product. This product is currently code-named 'Project Honolulu', and is a light-weight web-based management console for Windows Server. Details of the original preview release can be found here…
Continue readingIn September 2016, Microsoft released Server 2016. A couple months ago, they then released Server 1709. You'd be forgiven for thinking that Server 1709 is an upgrade to 2016 - because it's actually not. Much like Windows 10, Microsoft have gone down the path of having multiple 'Channels' with the Server products. Essentially: Server 2016…
Continue readinghttps://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4034314/smbv1-is-not-installed-by-default-in-windows-10-rs3-and-windows-server As per the link above, SMB 1 will no longer be installed by default in Win 10 1710 (which, given the release date, I'm guess that's what it will be called among techs, rather than the exceedingly shitty "fall creators update" name - because calling two different versions "creators update" is logical) or the…
Continue readingHad a situation recently when building a 2012 R2 RDS farm that the message "Licensing mode for the Remote Desktop Session Host is not configured " kept appearing, even though the licensing server was activated etc. and the server was configured to use it. Thankfully, this site had the answer http://www.tbngconsulting.com/blog/bid/404182/Licensing-mode-for-the-Remote-Desktop-Session-Host-is-not-configured $obj = gwmi -namespace…
Continue readingNot much more to say really.... https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/windowsserver/2016/07/12/windows-server-2016-new-current-branch-for-business-servicing-option/ https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/systemcenter/2016/07/12/system-center-2016-to-launch-in-september/
Continue readinghttp://blogs.technet.com/b/server-cloud/archive/2015/01/30/windows-server-and-system-center-roadmap-update.aspx
Continue readingUpdated on : 11/08/2016 (Windows 10 KMS patch compatibility) Relevant to: KMS - all versions KMS seems to be one of those things that is sometimes quite poorly understood – and many existing blog articles or pieces of documentation seem to gloss over important details (IMO). So, below is my attempt. Concepts MAK - Multiple…
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