Windows Deployment Services: Moving REM Install Folder

Even though the wizard warned me about placing WDS "RemoteInstall" folder on the System Volume, I went ahead and did it anyways. How hard can it be to change location? After Getting WDS working I needed some space to install some more images. I created a 100GB SCSI VHDX volume and added it to my WDS server as Volume E. wdsutil /Uninitialize-Server wdsutil /Initialize-Server /REMINST:"E:\RemoteInstall" So next time I disobey the wizard, my quick reminder of the steps to move the remote install folder to a new volume: ...

November 28, 2014 · 1 min · Shane Greaves

70-410: Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012

Course outline for 70-410, Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012. Install Servers: Plan for a server installation; plan for server roles; plan for a server upgrade; install Server Core; optimize resource utilization by using Features on Demand; migrate roles from previous versions of Windows Server Configure servers Configure Server Core; Delegate administration; 3. Add and remove features in offline images; 4. Deploy roles on remote servers; 5. Convert Server Core to/from full GUI; 6. Configure services; 7. Configure NIC teaming ...

January 25, 2014 · 1 min · Shane Greaves

Hyper-V, Remote Management

I have been demystifying Hyper-V in my Lab environment. I have configured a few VMs in an isolated network and I wanted to play with the remote management features from my main system and avoid RDP where possible. The process to get this working was far from simple and Microsoft really needs to remedy this as my last visit was way more fun that this. Luckily google came to my aid and led me to “hvremote”. It took me awhile to get this working but eventually I noticed the “10 second guide” and I realized I had missed the step to “allow Anonymous logon remote dcom access”. ...

May 31, 2013 · 1 min · Shane Greaves