This post addresses an issue I came across recently where I virtualized a Windows XP machine and placed it on a hypervisor running Hyper-V Server 2016. The problem is that Hyper-V 2016 does not provide “Integration Services” for Windows XP. In earlier versions of Hyper-V, you can find the Integration…
This post explains the process of formatting and creating a bootable USB stick for Windows 7 and higher, including Windows Server 2008 R2, 2012 R2, and 2016… as well as Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 and 2016. For whatever reason, you have a need to quickly create a bootable USB stick,…
I feel there has been a lot of unnecessary confusion around Windows Server 2016 licensing. My goal with this post is to alleviate this confusion by showing you how simple it actually is. The Basics Windows Server 2016 licensing is licensed per-core. Because processors always have an even number of…
This is the fifth part of a seven-part series explaining and setting up a two-tier PKI with Windows Server 2016 in an enterprise SMB setting. *Note* (16 May 2017): This page is currently in progress, is unfinished, and likely contains errors. I published it in this state due to time constraints,…
This is the fourth part of a seven-part series explaining and setting up a two-tier PKI with Windows Server 2016 in an enterprise SMB setting. Part 1 (Informational) Part 2 (Getting Started & IIS Web Server Configuration) Part 3 (Standalone Offline Root CA Configuration) >>> Part 4 (Enterprise CA Configuration) <<<…
This is the third part of a seven-part series explaining and setting up a two-tier PKI with Windows Server 2016 in an enterprise SMB setting. Part 1 (Informational) Part 2 (Getting Started & IIS Web Server Configuration) >>> Part 3 (Standalone Offline Root CA Configuration) <<< Part 4 (Enterprise CA…
This is the second part of a seven-part series explaining and setting up a two-tier PKI with Windows Server 2016 in an enterprise SMB setting. Part 1 (Informational) >>> Part 2 (Getting Started & IIS Web Server Configuration) <<< Part 3 (Standalone Offline Root CA Configuration) Part 4 (Enterprise CA…
This is the first part of a seven-part series explaining and setting up a two-tier PKI with Windows Server 2016 or Windows Server 2019 in an enterprise SMB setting, where the hypervisor (host) is running the free Hyper-V Server 2016 or Hyper-V Server 2019, all Certificate Authorities (CA’s) and IIS…
In this post, I want to address a specific issue that arises after updating the Active Directory Schema with the Exchange 2016 (or Exchange 2013) schema update or extensions. One of the more common reasons for doing this, is if you have an existing Active Directory domain in which you…
Here we’ll dive in to configuring a typical Hyper-V server from scratch scenario — a Dell R730xd Hyper-V SanDisk DAS Cache. We’ll be taking advantage of using SSDs and SanDisk DAS Cache, with some spinning rust for the slower high-capacity storage. The proven idea is that the SSDs will handle the bulk…