Installing Windows Server 2025

In this first tutorial, dedicated to Windows Server 2025, we will see its installation, which differs very little from other versions of Windows Server. At the time of writing this tutorial, Windows Server 2025 is still in “preview.” I will also not cover the hardware requirements regarding CPU and RAM which will depend on several …

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RDS Farm add a host to a collection

Ajout du serveur hôte

Introduction This tutorial follows the following article: Deploy a Windows 2012R2/2016/2019 RDS farm In this tutorial, we will see how to add a second collection to an RDS deployment. Adding several collections to the same deployment allows you to share the broker, gateway, license server and web access. Add a collection to an RDS deployment …

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RDS Farm add a host to a collection

In this article, I’ll walk you through how to add a Remote Desktop Session Host to a collection. The article follows the following post: Deploy a Windows 2012R2/2016/2019 RDS farm. Prerequisites Add a host to a collection All manipulations were carried out in the BROKER server. Add the server in the console: Server Manager From …

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Disable server manager at logon

If you’re used to connecting to Windows servers, you may have noticed that Server Manager opens every time, although handy, this tends to “slow” the login and is intrusive especially when you don’t need it. I will explain how to disable its automatic opening. If you have already closed it, open the server manager. Click …

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MDT install Office when deploying Windows

Dans ce tutoriel, nous allons aborder l’installation d’Office lors du déploiement de Windows. If you are not familiar with application deployment with MDT, I invite you to read the following article first: MDT installation during applications during Windows deployment. Why use MDT to install Office? When adding the application in the console, you have the …

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Installation and configuration deduplication with Windows 2016/2019/2022

Deduplication is a feature that saves disk space on a volume by grouping identical sectors together. It is not recommended to enable deduplication on volumes hosting databases, virtual machines, and even WSUS. Before implementing this technology, check that your backup software is compatible. Example: With Veeam to restore files from a volume where deduplication is …

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MDT installation of applications when deploying Windows

Choisir les applications

In this tutorial, we are going to have how to add applications in MDT. This allows you to install applications when deploying Windows. To illustrate the tutorial, we are going to add the Google Chrome application to the server. Prerequisites On your MDT server create a GoogleChrome folder and drop the installation file into it. …

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Windows Server 2019: installing the Hyper-V role

In this tutorial, I will walk you through how to install the Hyper-V role on Windows Server 2019. If you have already installed the Hyper-V role on Windows Server 2012R2 or 2016, it is the same. Before installing Hyper-V, you must ensure that Bios level virtualization is enabled. In a production environment, you must also …

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Chocolatey: software repository for Windows

In this article, I will tell you about a very practical little program to make it easier for you to install programs on workstations and servers. Chocolatey is to Windows what apt-get is to Debian. Chocolatey allows you to install, update and remove software in PowerShell (ps). To install Chocolatey you must launch the command …

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