New batch for Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) which is aligned with Certifcation Az-140 will start from 5th August. for details connect with on +91 9515131164 on Phone or What'sApp ..read more

Admin Centre is another handy tool for Administrator which is basically a combination of multiple tools. You can use such single tool instead of multiple tools. This needs installation and setup. Admin Centre has to compoments: 1)Gateway:The Gateway manages servers through remote PowerShell and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) over Windows Remote Management (WINRM). 2)WebConsole: The Web server component observes HTTPS requests and serves the user interface to the web browser on the management station. This is not a full install of Internet Information Services (IIS), but a mini ..read more

As an Azure Administrator you may have to download Users list or Groups in your Azure Active Directory. In this article let us see how to export AAD users amd groups to csv and downlaod them. Login to Azure portal and navigate to Azure Active Directory service by searching the service in the portal as shown below. Navigate to Users section of your Tenant. Use Download Users option to download the list of Users in you Azure Active Directory. Select Start button to download the list of Users. All the users will be exported to ..read more

In this article let us understand what is Azure Resource ID and where do we find it. All the resources in Azure i.e., Azure Resource Manager Resource are assinged with an identifer called as ResourceID. You can carryout operations by using the Resourceid as well. Where do we find the resource id of a Azure Resource? ResourceID of a resource can be seen in the Properties section of resource in Azure portal. In the below video you can see how to check the resource id of a resource Disk1 . You can also get Resourceid by using a powershell command as shown below. Get-AzResource -Name Res ..read more

While mstsc is a tool which you can use to connect to servers, you need to open connection for each server you connect and enter credentials every time which is tedious. Remote Desktop Connection Manager is handy tool to connect to multiple servers with same credentials and you can save Server connection details. Remote Desktop Connection Manager to be downloded as it is not preinstalled on your sytems. Below is the link to downlaod it.        Remote Desktop Connection Manager Download Link. Extact the downloaded Zip File and launch the RDCMan.exe which ..read more

In this article let us learn about various tools that avialable for Administrating the server in the environment. If you haven't gone through earlier articles here is the link. Where there are multiple tools available to manage the Windows Server environment let us concentrate on key ones. RDP (Remote Desktop) Remote Desktop Connection Manager Admin Center. Server Manager RSAT (Remote Server Administration Tools) Jump Server Powershell 1) RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol):  You as an administrator can connect to a Windows Server remotely by using Remote Desktop Protocal. RDP connection can ..read more

In our last article here  we understood how to install Windows Operating Systems. Now let us look at the tasks that need post OS installation. These tasks will remain same irespective of which Windows Server OS you using. Below are the list of tasks that needs to be done as part of post installation configuration. This list vary from organization to organization. Install VM Tools (applies if the server is virtual machine)/If the server is physical udpate the Drivers and firmware Configure Satic IP Address Change System name and join it to Domain. Enable RDP and provide access to re ..read more

We did learn about various Windows Operating Systems and their editions in our earlier article here now let us see how to install a Windows 2019 GUI Server Datacenter Edition. You can see the minimum resource requirements for the  installation of 2019 here, we are going to deploy 2019 Server with 2GB RAM, 2 CPU, 30 GB disk on a XenServer OS installation steps remain same irrespective of whether you install on a Hypervisor (Vmware Esxi, Hyper-v, XenServer) or on a physical system. To create a Virtual Machine on Xenserver login XenCenter, Right-Click the host on which you would li ..read more

Here are the links in sequence that will help you to learn Windows Server Administration. This list will be updated as periodically. What is Operating System. Windows Operating Systems versions and Edtions ..read more

Before you start learning Windows Server Administration, It is very important to understand what and Operating System is, What are types of Operation Systems, Who are the major market holders. Operating System: Operating System is a peace of software that act a mediator between you Physical device like Laptop, Desktop, Server and of course you mobile devices as well. Let us say you purchased a new Laptop you will not able to store anything in the disks unless you have some software which will help you interact with the physical disks and that software is you Operating Systems. Operating System ..read more