Working with the Desired State Configuration Feature (Part 1) 2 Sept. 2014 Brien M. Posey

This article series explains how you can use the Desired State Configuration feature to ensure that virtual machines on your network are configured in a consistent manner.

Using PowerShell to Manage AD and AD Users 28 Aug. 2014 Wilfredo Lanz

Windows PowerShell is an important tool to automate system and network administration tasks that otherwise would be too time consuming and tedious to execute. This article reviews using PowerShell 4.0 to install Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), managing the AD PSDrive, and using the AD module for Windows PowerShell to administer AD users in a Windows Server 2012 R2 environment.

Active Directory Domain Controllers in Hyper-V Replica Environment (Part 1) 26 Aug. 2014 Nirmal Sharma

In this article you'll learn how VMGenerationID technology helps you host virtual domain controllers running Windows Server 2012 and later versions without worrying about USN rollback.

Storage planning for Hyper-V Hosts (Part 4) 21 Aug. 2014 Mitch Tulloch

The fourth article in this series examines Storage QoS and some considerations regarding its use for virtual machines running on Hyper-V hosts.

PowerShell Essentials (Part 1) 19 Aug. 2014 Brien M. Posey

This article series is designed to serve as a PowerShell tutorial for administrators who might not have taken the time to learn PowerShell.