I’m sure that I’m not the only one who has become accustomed to opening up Computer Management on a server, and looking in the shared folders in order to find out who has a file open. Well, that was Windows Server 2003. Now that we have Windows Server 2008, it’s just a little bit different.
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Here’s how you do it.
In Server Manager, expand Roles, then expand File Services, and click on “Share and Storage Management”.
Sometimes the easiest things can be so difficult. I was just trying to install a simple update package, "Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1" to be exact. The installer returns the error "The Installer has insufficient privileges to modify this file: C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\RelNotes.htm".
Show 032: Zombies were people too. November 19th, 2008
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What's Up? Art is continuing with his C++ studies, playing the Left 4 Dead demo, and getting in to Facebook.
Mike migrated his domain controller to Server 2008. He also got a new Blackberry Pearl, and is playing Left 4 Dead as well.
News Spam plummets by 40% (ComputerWorld) (Techdirt) Intel Launches the Core i7 (ZDNet) Left 4 dead - Comes out Dec 18th.
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This week's Topic / Our segments
Mike - Server 2008 Migration Woes? Mike Loves RoboCopy Know your FSMO roles - Understanding FSMO Roles Some good links at the bottom, let's you know how to tell who has the roles, and how to seize them.
Good documentation is really nice to have. I did a Server Migration, or transition this last Friday (the 14th). We went from Server 2003 to Server 2008, and now I'm realizing that my documentation was a little out of date.
I've been dying to check out Hyper-V, now that I finally have a server to run it on. I figured I would post this quick screen shot tour of how to install Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008.
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Open up Server Manager, which can be found in Start > All Programs > Server Manager
In the left side of the management console, click on "Roles"
Good documentation is really nice to have. I did a Server Migration, or transition this last Friday (the 14th). We went from Server 2003 to Server 2008, and now I'm realizing that my documentation was a little out of date.
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