Category Archives: Education

Using Windows Task Scheduler to Launch Veeam PowerShell

Posted on December 17, 2014 by John

Veeam Backup and Replication provides a PowerShell scripting environment to help administrators manage their Veeam installation. Veeam Backup Powershell SDK as it is known is a PowerShell snap-in. You’ve probably seen it as an option that is available but not … Continue reading →

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Windows Activation using KMS – references

Posted on June 13, 2012 by John

This is a follow-up to a blog post in February about my KMS activation experience (Windows Activation using KMS). Windows Production Activation in the personal computer space is a little confusing but in the corporate world it get a bit … Continue reading →

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Windows Activation – the right answer

Posted on May 1, 2012 by John

This is a story aboout Windows Activation in the corporate world – the world of global giants with dedicated procurements spread over multiple divisions all resembling a feudal hierarchy out of the middle ages and Microsoft, guardian and protector of … Continue reading →

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SQL Server Cluster Resource Dependencies

Posted on December 21, 2011 by John

Recently, I needed to create a database on the SQL Server 2008 R2 two node failover cluster to host another application under review. The failover cluster lab project is described in the following posts: SQL Failover Cluster – Part 1, Part … Continue reading →

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File Association Fix

Posted on July 22, 2011 by John

Ever have one of those days where you click something and everything doesn’t seem to work correctly from that point on and when you try to find out what caused it, you dig yourself deeper into a hole that you … Continue reading →

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eLearning – System Center Operations Manager 2007

Posted on February 1, 2011 by John

John takes on the oldest product in the series, SCOM 2007 as prelude to his next foray into System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008. Continue reading →

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What happens if disaster strikes?

Posted on January 29, 2011 by thomascarlos

Just pretend, this very minute …. What happens if your office and the computer equipment is no longer available or destroyed in a fire? How would that impact your work? How long can you go without having a computer? Do you … Continue reading →

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eLearning – Exchange Server 2010 Collection

Posted on January 28, 2011 by John

This course is delivered in the same manner as other eLearning Infrastructure courses. The problem with this one is that the Labs don’t work. Continue reading →

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Lynda – SharePoint 2010 Essentials

Posted on January 26, 2011 by John

One of my many interests has been Microsoft’s SharePoint product. I’ve deployed team sites using Microsoft Office SharePoint Services (used to be called Windows SharePoint Services) for a few organizations where they needed a more robust method of sharing files … Continue reading →

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Lynda – SQL 2008 Essentials

Posted on January 18, 2011 by John

As a follow up to my Microsoft eLearning SQL 2008 Administration course review, I decided to explore what Lynda.com had to offer in the SQL Server arena. The only offering was the “SQL Server 2008 Essentials Training course“.  I’d like … Continue reading →

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