It seems like only yesterday I was installing Windows Server 2003 and loving its improvements over Windows 2000. Even after Windows Server 2008 arrived, most of my Windows Server 2003 installations ...

I walk you through the process it took to get both Windows 7 and Windows Server virtualized on my laptop. Without a doubt, my absolute favorite thing about being a freelance technology writer is that ...

Microsoft released ServerCore with Windows Server 2008 as a GUI-less version of the Windows Server operating system, and while many of us fiddled with ServerCore, it really didn’t take off for ...

As I prefaced in my previous article “Free Migration Tools to Windows 2008 R2” about these free migration tools from Microsoft that help organizations migrate from Windows 2003 and 2008 servers and ...

Let’s say you’re the sort of IT person whose days, evenings, and weekends are consumed by running around from point to point, trying to keep your company’s or clients’ computers running. Chances are ...

Russell Smith is a technology consultant and trainer specializing in management and security of Microsoft server and client technologies. He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer with more than 15 ...

When it comes to adopting new operating systems and applications, common practice among system administrators is to delay adoption until the release of the first service pack. Admins found plenty of ...

Microsoft has ended support for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008, but you can purchase extended security updates. Here's what you need to do to implement them. January 14, 2020 was the official end ...