by Jacob Gardiner-Moon | Aug 2, 2016 | Microsoft, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2
I had the requirement to create a group policy to disable Skype for Business from starting upon login as this was significantly reducing login times. I found the below command that removes the Lync key from the start-up folder on the machine. REG DELETE... by Jacob Gardiner-Moon | May 26, 2016 | Microsoft, Powershell, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Small Business Server 2011
I recently wanted to check what accounts I have in my organization that the passwords are set not to expire, this is potentially a security risk as the users password will never expire. By default I would advise a 30/60/90 day password expiration policy to provide the... by Jacob Gardiner-Moon | May 25, 2016 | Horizon 7, Microsoft, VMware, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2
I recently completed a Horizon View deployment in my Home Lab as I wanted to review the various deployment types. I come across this tool via the VMware Flings website (https://labs.vmware.com/flings) and thought it was worth a mention as I found it very useful when... by Jacob Gardiner-Moon | May 24, 2016 | Microsoft, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Small Business Server 2011
You may see an issue on a Windows Server after expanding the storage on the drive that it still shows the old capacity when you check the properties of the disk via my computer. This can be resolved by following the below steps – Open an administrative Command... by Jacob Gardiner-Moon | May 24, 2016 | Microsoft, VMware, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Small Business Server 2011
When trying to extend a partition on a server you may come in to a problem when trying to expand the drive. If the BDEDrive exists, it can obstruct the ability to be able to use the extend option on the primary disk. This may have been created if Bitlocker Encryption... by Jacob Gardiner-Moon | Nov 12, 2015 | Microsoft, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2
This will be useful in cases when you need to clear up disk space on a server but disk cleanup is not enabled and you are unable to reboot the server to complete the ‘Desktop Experience’ feature installation. It may also be the case that you require to be...