Share a folder with Windows Server

shared folder created

Presentation In this tutorial, we will see a common task on a server, which is the folder share. There are several solutions to share a folder, in this tutorial we will see two possibilities: By the file explorer By the server manager Before starting to share a folder, we will make a point on the …

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Create a raid 1 with Windows

In this tutorial, I will explain how to create a RAID 1 on Windows with Disk Manager. I have personally used this technique on several occasions both on my personal computers and on backup servers to secure backups that were stored on NAS whose volumes were present in iSCSI. Prerequisites On the computer or server …

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Optimize the space of SQL Server databases

Start optimization

In this tutorial I will show how to optimize the space used by databases. The optimization of the space is done in two stages: On the database: internal data optimization On files: reducing the size of the files on the disk. It is recommended that you perform these operations after deleting a large amount of …

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BgInfo : print system information in the background

In this tutorial, I will show you how to display system related information with BgInfo. BgInfo allows you to display several information directly in the background of the computer, which allows you to know at a glance information such as the version of the OS, the IP address or the name of the computer. When …

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Printer mapping: GPO and Script

When setting up an Active Directory, one of the things you want to set up automatically is the mapping of printers to users. Prerequisite: Have a server with the Print Service role (optional). It is possible to share a printer from the control panel. Have one or more shared printers. As for the mapping of …

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Deploy Windows with MDT and WDS

Console MDT

In this tutorial, we will see how to use the couple MDT (Microsoft Deployment Toolkit) and WDS (Windows Deployment Services) to deploy Windows images. The pair WDS and MDT to deploy images by starting with the network (PXE) with WDS and MDT allows customization and automation pictures. The objective of the tutorial is to use …

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Network share: enable enumeration based on access EBA

Active EBA

Introduction The access-based enumeration allows to display in a network share, only folders and files whose use has at least a right of reading. Other documents and folders will be hidden. Enabling this feature will increase the CPU resource consumption on the file server because at each access this will check what should be displayed. …

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Configure a SAN disk on Windows

Offline disk

In this tutorial, we will see how to configure a SAN-type disk to present to a Windows server. SAN type disks are LUNs / Volume that are presented in FC / iSCSI / SAS. They are often hosted on a disk array or Datacore / Starwind storage virtualization solution / iSCSI target roles … Configure …

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Add a Type A record to a Windows DNS server

A type A record resolves a name of the type xxxx.domain.tld to an IP address. In an Active Directory environment, computers register with the DNS server when they have their IP address given by the DHCP service. In business, this type of registration is often used for setting up web services. If you decide to …

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WSUS : automatic approval of updates

apply the rule

In this tutorial, we will see how to automatically approve definition updates on WSUS. Definition updates are available almost daily, automatic approval avoids doing so. Approve updates automatically 1. Go to the WSUS console in Options 1 and click on Automatic Approvals 2 . 2. Click New Rule 1 . 3. Check the box When …

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