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Initialize additional Disk on Server Core

…to get the number of the new disk enter: Get-Disk Get-Disk –Number 1 | Set-Disk –IsOffline $false Get-Disk –Number 1 | Set-Disk –IsReadOnly $false Get-Disk –Number 1 | Initialize-Disk –PartitionStyle GPT Get-Disk –Number 1 | New-Volume –FriendlyName “Data” –FileSystem ReFS –DriveLetter “D” …if you want to change the drive letter of…

WSUS – HowTo Install

Prerequisites: Install .NET2.0 Framework: Install-WindowsFeature -Name NET-Framework-Core Install Report Viewer 2008 SP1: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=3841 …do Windows-Upate and Restart… Additional Harddrive: About 100GB for most updates… Install: Open Powershell: Install-WindowsFeature UpdateServices -IncludeManagementTools New-Item -Path D:\ -Name WSUSData -ItemType Directory “C:\Program Files\Update Services\Tools\wsusutil.exe postinstall content_dir=D:\WSUSData” Configure WSUS to use SSL: …Web Server certificate needed… Enforce SSL on…

Power BI Create a dashboard showing temperature data from Azure SQL db

Install Power BI Desktop… open Power BI Desktop and add Azure SQL DB as datasource: Choose full qualified server name and database name (can be found in the Azure Portal https://portal.azure.com HINT: you can choose between “Import” and “DirectQuery” data connectivity mode – since “DirectQuery” sound´s good, it has a few limitations working with time…

Install SystemCenter DPM 2016 – HowTo…

Prerequisites: We need the following prerequisites first: VM: 2 vCPU 4096MB Memory dynamic min. 512MB – max. 8192MB Systemdrive – 128GB Dynamic Backupdrive – <whatever you need>GB User Accounts: SQL: Install SQL Server local on DPM Server or use a remote SQL Server (DPM 2016 does not support AlwaysOn Groups – so i will install…

Create a SET Team in Server 2016 – HowTo…

SET (Switch Embedded Teaming) is a new technology in Windows Server 2016 and the successor to the “standard” teaming technology in Server 2012R2 (LBFO Team) – read more: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt403349.aspx HINT: only available if you have added the Hyper-V role in Windows, because otherwise no PS-CMDLets are available to configure… Create a vSwitch First you have…

Time Synchronizing Domain Controllers with NTP – HowTo

…to synchronize your DC(s) with a correct timesource and make the DCs authorative to the clients you have to follow these steps: If you have more than one domain-controller only the PDC-Emulator should sync his time with NTP – all other DCs should sync with NT5DS against PDC-emulator – we can easily filter the PDCe…

Create policy to put users/groups in local admin group…

Prerequisites: i want to put ie my service account named _svc_vmmservice to the local admin group in my vmm nodes. following the microsoft AGLP (accounts->global groups->local groups->permissions) first i create a global group named “_gg_localAdminVMM” and a local group named “_lg_localAdminVMM” – put _svc_vmmservice in global group and put global group in local group: …in…

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