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Convert a Physical Disk to a Virtual Hard Disk (VHD)

Sunday, March 14, 2010
By Susanta K Beura
Convert a Physical Disk to a Virtual Hard Disk (VHD)

With the new feature of Hyper-V you can duplicate the contents of a physical drive into a new virtual hard disk. But you need to consider several requirements when using this method to migrate the contents of the physical disk into a virtual hard disk. The limitations are as follows: VHD copy is limited to converting... »

Download Free PowerShell Commands to Manage Hyper-V R2

Sunday, March 14, 2010
By Susanta K Beura
Download Free PowerShell Commands to Manage Hyper-V R2

You can make management of your Hyper-v much simpler with the use of a pre-existing library of Windows PowerShell functions, which you can use directly from the shell. Fortunately, some employees of Microsoft have worked together to develop a sample Windows PowerShell Hyper-V Management... »

Remote Desktop Services (RDS) Connections with SSL

Sunday, March 14, 2010
By Susanta K Beura
Remote Desktop Services (RDS) Connections with SSL

Remote Desktop Session host sessions use native RDP encryption by default . Yet, RDP doesn’t offer authentication to verify the identity of a RD Session Host server. You are able to raise the security of RD Session Host sessions by employing Secure Sockets Layer... »


Defrag from the Command-Line for Complete Control

Saturday, March 13, 2010
By Susanta K Beura
Defrag from the Command-Line for Complete Control

With commane-Line tools you can have more control over defragmentation in Windows. You can use the command-line defragmentation tool, Defrag.exe, from an elevated command prompt. Defrag.exe has the following syntax... »

Verifying Your Current Infrastructure Is Ready for Exchange Server 2003

Tuesday, March 9, 2010
By Susanta K Beura
Verifying Your Current Infrastructure Is Ready for Exchange Server 2003

Using a graphical user interface Double-click the Exchange Setup utility (setup.exe) on the product CD. Click Exchange Deployment Tools. Select what tools you want to run by clicking on the appropriate link: Click... »

Viewing and Managing Boot Configuration Data Using BCD Editor

Monday, March 8, 2010
By Susanta K Beura
Viewing and Managing Boot Configuration Data Using BCD Editor

BCD Editor (Bcdedit.exe) is a command-line utility that lets you view and manage the BCD store. To use BCD Editor: Click Start, point to All Programs, and then click Accessories. Right-click... »