Windows Server

I recently built my own home lab which lives on Hyper-V managed by System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 thanks to my Technet Subscription. I wanted to be able to manage this lab when I am at client sites in case I ever need to test something.  Port 3389 is often scanned by hackers but Server 2008's RDP is pretty secure just as Server 2003's RDP was if you always keep your … [Read more...] about RDP over SSH using port 443

Mark Minasi over at Exchange Connections presented on Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 and would like to share with you some information he bestowed onto myself and others.  In addition to what I am including below, Aaron Tiensivu will be coming out with quite a bit of information on Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 in the coming days.  I'll update this as he releases some information … [Read more...] about Some Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 Information

I've been checking out Microsoft Desktop and Optimization Pack a little bit lately.  There are some fantastic tools in here such as:Microsoft Application Virtualization (formerly known as SoftGrid) Microsoft Asset Inventory Service Microsoft Advanced Group Policy Management Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset Microsoft System Center Desktop Error … [Read more...] about Advanced Group Policy Management 3.0