Monthly Archives: December 2011

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)

The number of virtual servers that we have deployed in the Lab for evaluations and trial software continues to grow. We decided that this might be a good time to deploy Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) and see if we … Continue reading

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Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7 SP1

For the longest time, here at the lab, we didn’t seem to find a need to install a copy of Windows Server 2008 R2. At last a project came our way that piques our interest. My previous experience with Windows … Continue reading

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SQL Server Cluster Resource Dependencies

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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