Category Archives: Windows Server 2012

Can my hyper-v server be a Windows Time Server?

Time sync issue with hyper-v and can we setup time server on a virtual Hyper-V machine?: Generally all Administrator doubt about hyper v time sync with domain controller, because long-time back Microsoft strongly recommended that the time server should be a physical server not a Virtual machine (VM), is this still the same? Or is it OK… Read More »

Why PowerShell remoting can’t be enabled on a Windows server 2008

By default PSRemoting is disabled in Windows server 2008, is there any reason why PowerShell remoting can’t be enabled on the Windows server 2008 box? And of course we can enable manually through multiple ways, any security risks/issues on Windows server To address about risks/issues of enabling it, there might actually be none. The question… Read More »

Enable Powershell Remoting on Windows server 2008 R2 and 2012

Powershell Remoting is very impressive feature from Windows server 2008 R2 / Powershell 2.0, it allows to run any PowerShell commands or access full PowerShell sessions on remote Server unlike the older native commands that run on the same server where the command been executed , so it’s powerful and easy to run a function from multiple… Read More »

Monitor NTLM authentication delays and issues on Windows 2008 and 2012

Events to track authentication delays and issues: Finally we have new event log entries that can track NTLM authentication delays and issues in Windows Server 2008 R2, in a complex environment with multiple Forests and multiple Domains NTLM authentication request will be more and it’s difficult to monitor and track the Bottlenecks Also Read: AD… Read More »

Compare Installed Windows Security Patches with other Servers

How to compare Installed Windows Security Patches with different Servers: If you are troubleshooting Windows server 2003, 2008 ans 2012 issues and you may have a working server and not working server, want to check is any patches are missing compared to working server? Use the below PowerShell command to compare installed patches between two servers… Read More »

Difference between windows server 2008 and 2012

I have already discussed Active Directory 2012 Features on the previous article which gives some idea about the difference between windows server 2008 and windows server 2012, I will try to list the major difference and new features Also Read: Difference between Windows server 2019 and 2016 Also see my previous article Difference between windows… Read More »