For Windows Server 2016/2019 and Windows 10, see my new post: Trusted Remote Desktop Services SSL Certs for Win10/2019 For Windows environments that want extra security, one of the features that has been around for ages is requiring TLS 1.0 for Windows RDP (Remote Desktop) connections. This functionality requires a...
For those of you eagerly awaiting Microsoft System Center 2012 SP1 RTM, you can now download it from TechNet! Dated just last week you can now download:Configuration Manager and Endpoint ProtectionData Protection ManagerVirtual Machine ManagerApp ControllerOrchestratorService ManagerThe biggest news for SP1 is full support for Windows Server 2012, Hyper-V 3.0,...
When deploying Group Policies in a Windows environment, often you may have different GPOs for different versions of the operating systems. With the recent release of Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, it's likely you will have new GPOs just for these operating systems. You could build out new OUs...
Today Microsoft released a 'refreshed' SQL Server 2012 SP1 ISO, which includes two hotfixes for installation problems. They also slimmed down the ISOs so they only contain x86 or x64 bits, not both. From the TechNet description:--This media refresh includes fixes to the installation issue described in KB Article 2792097....
A few days ago I blogged about injecting VMware vSphere drivers into a Windows Server 2012 image, so you can seamlessly install WS2012 inside a VM with PVSCSI and VMXNET hardware. Next up is injecting Cisco UCS drivers into Windows Server 2012, in case you need to install Windows Server...
Just released is the October 2012 HP Service Pack for ProLiant, which has full support for Windows Server 2012. Current support for Windows Server 2012 is focused on G7 and Gen8 servers. G6s and earlier will have limited to no WS2012 support. The 2012.10.0 release has these major changes: Added support for...
Ahead of schedule, Microsoft has released the RTM versions of Office 2013, Visio 2013, Project 2013, SharePoint Server 2013, Exchange Server 2013, and Lync 2013. Sign in to your TechNet/MSDN account and download today!
If you want to run Windows Server 2012 on Cisco UCS blades, fear no more! As of the 2.0(4a) release they now have official support in firmware, and an updated drivers disc. Just login to Cisco TAC, get the firmware and new driver disc. As you can see in the...
Today Cisco release a new firmware bundle for their UCS servers, 2.0(4b). No major fixes in the bundle. You can find the full Release Notes here. If you want to run Windows Server 2012, 2.0(4a) is the minimum supported version you need to be running. You can check out my blog...
A while back I wrote a blog article on how to inject VMware drivers (PVSCSI and VMXNET3)Â into a Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 image. You can check out that article here. But given those are now legacy operating systems, I'm refreshing the procedures for Windows Server 2012 (they'd...