This document lists the steps to install Windows Server 2012. Attach the media (if its a virtual machine) or insert the DVD into the DVD drive and then boot the Virtual/Physical Machine. A screen will show loading. When it completes you will get the screen below. Select your language, time and Keyboard method. Click Next. […]
This guide shows you how to install Exchange 2013 step by step. It shows how to configure Active Directory and create a DAG with its network requirements. The document shows you how to do the following: Prepare & Configure Active Directory. DNS Setup (Internal & External) Exchange Installation. Network Setup/Preparation for your DAG. DAG setup. […]
Prerequisites List: Install Server 2012 R2operating system on 2 servers. Join server to the domain. Install the DHCP role on both servers. One of the servers needs to be configured with your DHCP Scopes. Login to your main DHCP server that you configured and then go to Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> DHCP Or […]
Today I came across a problem whereby some users could print but others the print job goes through but then nothing happens. Upon investigation in the log file located: Event ViewerApplication and Services LogsMicrosoftWindowsPrintService, I got the error above for the users that could not print. I enabled write access for the handful of users […]
Today I installed CRM for the first time. According to MS it is supported on Windows Server 2012 but as always there are always extra steps to follow. Firstly I installed SQL Server 2012 Standard as it will ask you to select an instance in the install. I downloaded the full CRM package and when […]
Currently I am consolidating my environments and one of things I am doing is moving VM’s to new or different hosts. I moved my Pastel server, started up the machine and no network connectivity, however a few minutes ago I just had. Upon investigation the Microsoft Hyper-V Network Adapter had a yellow exclamation on it […]
Today I am busy upgrading all my windows licenses and when trying to activate a Windows Server 2012 DC I ran into the following: “Changing this Windows edition is not supported online for a domain controller” Pretty straight forward, MS don’t support this for DC’s so to get around it you will need to do […]
After letting IPAM do its discovery for 3 days the only problem I picked up was that the status below was still showing as blocked even though the firewall rules were adjusted and the IPAM server was part of the correct security groups. The data is refreshed once a day but I was manually refreshing […]
So Microsoft introduced this cool feature on Windows Server 2012 called IPAM (IP Address Management). To install this make sure it is not on a Domain Controller. Installation is pretty simple, open up server manager, Add new features and select IPAM. Here are a few firewall inbound rules that need to be enabled on your […]
Today I moved my DC System State backups to DPM 2012. After running the first initial sync the status goes to a green OK and then immediately to a red “replica is inconsistent”. Made sure that space was not an issue as this can cause problems but the servers had ample space. So like Windows […]