Category Archives: Windows Server 2008

Windows Server 2008 EoL

Posted on Wednesday 11 July 2018 by richardsiddaway

Windows Server 2008 EoL on 14 January 2020 Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 will be end of life and no longer supported from 14 January 2020 – https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/windowsserver/2018/07/10/its-sunset-time-for-windows-server-2008-and-2008-r2/ There’s plenty of time to think about migrating off of the … Continue reading →

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Don’t reinvent the wheel

Posted on Monday 31 October 2016 by richardsiddaway

Way back when I used to take Microsoft certification exams there were often questions of the form “Perform task X with the minimum of administrative effort” Most, if nor all, of the possible answers would be correct but the correct … Continue reading →

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Using AccountManagement classes to set local accounts expiry

Posted on Friday 15 July 2011 by richardsiddaway

This is a little more verbose than the WinNT example function set-expirydate { [CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess=$true)] param ( [parameter(ValueFromPipeline=$true, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true)] [string]$computer, [parameter(ValueFromPipeline=$true, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true)] [string]$id ) BEGIN {Add-Type -AssemblyName System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement} PROCESS { switch ($computer){ “.” {$computer = $env:computername} “localhost” {$computer = $env:computername} } … Continue reading →

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Setting local account expiry dates

Posted on Friday 15 July 2011 by richardsiddaway

Setting expiry dates on AD accounts is a common occurrence and is well documented. Setting expiry dates on local accounts is also possible $user = [adsi]”WinNT://./Test1, user” $expirydate = (Get-Date).AddDays(2) $user.Put(“AccountExpirationDate”, $expirydate) $user.SetInfo() $user.RefreshCache() $user | Format-List * This uses … Continue reading →

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Windows SysInternals Administrators Reference

Posted on Wednesday 13 July 2011 by richardsiddaway

Windows SysInternals Administrators Reference Title: Windows SysInternals Administrators Reference Publisher: Microsoft Press ISBN: 978-0-7356-5672-7 The SysInternals tool set – http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/default.aspx  – should be one of a Windows administrator’s best friends. You may not need them every day but when you do … Continue reading →

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Surprise

Posted on Wednesday 2 February 2011 by richardsiddaway

Life is full of surprises and one that has happened to me revolves around the post that seems to get the most attention.  Since moving to one of my mirrors from Microsoft Live to WordPress one of the extra features … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Windows Server 2008 Administrator’s Pocket Consultant

Posted on Sunday 11 April 2010 by richardsiddaway

Author: William R. Stanek Publisher: Microsoft Press ISBN: 978-0-7356-2711-6 This is the second edition that has been updated for Windows Server 2008 R2. As usual I am applying my three main criteria for judging a book: · Is it technically … Continue reading →

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Hyper-V and Virtual PC

Posted on Tuesday 12 January 2010 by richardsiddaway

Just a quick warning – be careful if you have virtual machines in virtual PC and switch to using Hyper-V.  Not sure what I did wrong (it was late last night) but managed to trash my virtual SQL Server There … Continue reading →

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HP G60

Posted on Sunday 5 July 2009 by richardsiddaway

I am currently using a HP G60 laptop.  Runs Windows 7 very well. I created a dual boot environment so I could install Windows 2008 R2 and to my pleasant surprise found Hyper-V runs on it.  Need to enable virtualisation … Continue reading →

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Password Policy

Posted on Thursday 22 January 2009 by richardsiddaway

As I mentioned in an earlier post I am reading the Study Guide for the Exchange 2007 Design Exam (70-237).  There is quite a good section on security that goes beyond the normal Exchange stuff. In fact the book overall … Continue reading →

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