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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Windows 10 : Choose the graphics card for software

In this tutorial, I will explain how to select the graphics card that will be used on software on Windows 10. This manipulation is to be done mainly on laptops which are equipped with several graphics cards. On mid-range and high-end laptops, they are often equipped with 2 graphics cards: Low consumption with limited performance …

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RDS farm add host to collection

In this article, I’ll walk you through how to add a Remote Desktop session host to a collection. This tutorial follows on from : Deploy an RDS Farm Windows 2012R2/2016/2019. Prerequisite Have a server ready to be added to the RDS farm in the Active Directory domain Fixed IP. same apps installed (if possible). same …

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Windows 10: install Hyper-V

In this tutorial, I will explain how to install Hyper-V on Windows 10. Hyper-V is a virtualization system that allows you to launch virtual machines. Before starting the installation, you must check the following prerequisites: Have virtualization activated at the Bios level. Have 4GB of memory (RAM)4 Have an Enterprise, Professional or Education version of …

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