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Windows Server 2012 : Software and User Account Control Administration (part 1) - Software installation essentials

Windows does not include an Add/Remove Programs utility. Instead, Windows relies completely on the software itself to provide the necessary installation features through a related setup program.

Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 : Using Windows PowerShell (part 1) - Running and using Windows PowerShell

Windows PowerShell is built into Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, and later releases of the Windows operating system. Windows PowerShell has both a command-line environment and a graphical environment for running commands and scripts.

Windows Server 2012 : Configuring IPsec (part 1) - Understanding connection security

IPsec can be implemented using Windows Firewall with Advanced Security by creating and configuring connection security rules.

Sharepoint 2013 : SharePoint Designer 2013 (part 1) - New Features

SharePoint 2013 includes all of the existing capabilities of the previous version with some new features and enhancements.

Sharepoint 2013 : Branding with the Design Manager (part 1)

Branding SharePoint has never been a trivial task. I know a number of talented SharePoint UI designers who have devoted their careers to doing just that. Designing a good user interface brand for any web site requires experience and knowledge of web rendering principles.

Sharepoint 2013 : SharePoint Designer and Branding - SharePoint 2013 User Interface

Because the new Windows 8 branding is less graphic intensive and geared more to simplicity with text, the coding behind the design is less complex. Designers can easily integrate the design of custom functionality with minimal use of Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) elements and HTML. This is not to say that the user interface loses capability.

Windows Phone 8 : Working with File Explorer (part 1) - Adding Media to Your Phone

The easiest way to add media to your phone is to simply drag and drop items from your collection. To do so, you must connect your phone to your computer or tablet using a USB cable.

Sharepoint 2013 : Office 2013 and an Overview of Integration (part 4) - SkyDrive and SkyDrive Pro

SkyDrive is Microsoft’s answer to synchronized files in the cloud, and part of the Live.com suite of services. SkyDrive is a free service with a limited amount of disk space (7GB at the time of writing), but it offers users the ability to increase the storage with a paid subscription.

Sharepoint 2013 : Office 2013 and an Overview of Integration (part 1) - The Backstage Area

All Office 2010 and 2013 applications have a File tab in the main menu of their main screen; clicking this tab navigates you to the backstage area. Clicking the File tab in Microsoft Word shows a page like that in Figure 2.

Windows Server 2012 : Simplifying the Datacenter (part 4) - Managing Windows 2012 with Performance and Reliability Monitoring Tools, Leveraging the Best Practice Analyzer

Windows Server 2012 continues to extend the support for viewing, identifying, reporting on, and assisting in the monitoring of the Windows-based environment.

Windows Server 2012 : Enabling Users to Work Anywhere (part 1) - Windows Server 2012 DirectAccess

One of the significant remote-access enhancements in Windows Server 2008 R2 was the DirectAccess technology, which has been further enhanced in Windows Server 2012.

Windows Server 2012 : DHCP,IPv6 and IPAM - Exploring DHCP (part 2) - Installing DHCP Server and Server Tools

The DHCP role can be installed on a Windows Server 2012 system at any time using the Server Manager console. If the DHCP server tools are required on the local DHCP server, they can be selected for installation during the role installation or at a later time.

Windows Server 2012 : Configuring IPv6/IPv4 interoperability (part 5) - Stateless address autoconfiguration,Stateful address autoconfiguration

Stateless address autoconfiguration is one of the most valuable aspects of IPv6 because it allows IPv6 nodes to communicate on a network without the need of manually assigning addresses to them or deploying a DHCP server.

Windows Server 2012 : Configuring IPv6/IPv4 interoperability (part 1) - IPv6 concepts and terminology

While some IPv6 concepts and terminology are similar to those for IPv4, others are quite different. The following list is a brief summary of some of the important IPv6 terminology you should be familiar with to begin developing an IPv6 migration plan for your organization.

Windows Server 2012 : Implementing DNSSEC (part 2) - How DNSSEC works,Deploying DNSSEC

DNSSEC works by combining public key infrastructure (PKI) cryptography with DNS to use digital signatures and cryptographic keys to sign DNS zones and validate that DNS responses are authentic.

Windows Server 2012 : Implementing DNSSEC (part 1) - Benefits of DNSSEC, DNSSEC in previous Windows Server versions

DNS is used for locating resources on a TCP/IP network and the Internet. For example, when a user types www.bing.com into the address bar of Internet Explorer, the DNS client on the user’s computer sends a name query request to a DNS server.

Windows Phone 8 : Working with the Windows Phone Software (part 1) - Adding Photos to Your Phone

To add photos to the phone using the Windows Phone software, click the Add Photos button from the On Your Phone window and follow these steps

Windows Server 2012 : Enhanced security and compliance (part 2) - BitLocker enhancements, DNSSEC

BitLocker Drive Encryption is a data protection feature first introduced in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. BitLocker encrypts entire disk volumes to help safeguard sensitive business data from theft, loss, or inappropriate decommissioning of computers.

Windows Server 2012 : Enhanced security and compliance (part 1) - Dynamic Access Control

Controlling access and ensuring compliance are essential components of IT systems in today’s business environment. Windows Server 2012 includes enhancements that provide improved authorization for file servers to control and audit who is able to access data on them.

Windows Server 2012 : Full Windows experience (part 1) - RemoteFX enhancements,Configuring RemoteFX, Enhanced USB redirection

To configure a Windows Server 2012 host to use RemoteFX, you can use the new GPU management interface in the Hyper-V settings of the host.

Microsoft SharePoint 2013 : Working with Visio Services - Designing dashboards - Data linking (part 1) - Obtaining external data

Access data sources are not supported by Visio Services. To use Visio Services to refresh data from an Excel workbook or a previously created connection, then the workbook or the data connection file must be located on the same SharePoint site as the drawing.

Windows Server 2012 : File Services and Storage - Configuring iSCSI storage (part 3) - Configuring iSCSI Target Server - Creating iSCSI virtual disks

Once you finish installing the iSCSI Target Server role service using the Add Roles And Feature Wizard, the message in the iSCSI Virtual Disks tile on the iSCSI page of Server Manager changes to indicate that you can now create an iSCSI virtual disk.

Sharepoint 2013 : New Installation and Configuration - Configuring Your SharePoint Farm

If you skip the Farm Configuration Wizard after completing the SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard, you may execute it at any time from the bottom-right link of the main Central Administration home page.

Windows Server 2012 Group Policies and Policy Management : GPO Administrative Tasks - Troubleshooting Group Policies

When group policies are not processing as intended, it may become necessary to enable logging to decipher where the issues are occurring. Before logging and tracing defaults are changed, it is important to note that logging for warnings and errors is enabled by default for all extensions.

Windows Server 2012 Group Policies and Policy Management : GPO Administrative Tasks - Creating and Linking WMI Filters to GPOs

When applying security filtering to a GPO is not granular enough to target a specific set of computers, a WMI filter can be linked to the GPO. For this example, we will create a WMI filter that includes a computer with an OS name of Windows 8.

Windows Server 2012 Group Policies and Policy Management : GPO Administrative Tasks - Creating and Using Starter GPOs

The Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 GPMC includes a feature and GPO function named Starter GPOs. This function allows administrators to create or load base GPOs with preconfigured administrative template settings and values, which can be used to prepopulate new GPOs.

Windows Server 2012 Group Policies and Policy Management : GPO Administrative Tasks - Creating a GPO Central Store

For a central store to work properly, the Active Directory Forest and Domain Schema must be upgraded to at least Windows Server 2008 Schema even though the domain controller requirement is only Windows Server 2003 with the latest service pack.

Windows Server 2012 Group Policies and Policy Management : Designing a Group Policy Infrastructure

The site, domain, and OU design of an Active Directory infrastructure usually follows a few key elements, including physical office locations, network connectivity, and delegation of administration, including branch office management, separation of Active Directory management tasks, desktop and server administration, and, of course, security and reliability.

Windows Server 2012 Group Policies and Policy Management : Policy Management Tools (part 2)

New to the GPMC with Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, administrators can now force a Group Policy update to be processed on all systems within a specific OU from the GPMC.

Windows Server 2012 Group Policies and Policy Management : Policy Management Tools (part 1)

Microsoft provides several different tools administrators can use to create and manage local and domain-based group policies. The OS version the administrator is using to manage policies determines the functionality the tools provide.

Windows Server 2012 Group Policies and Policy Management : Group Policy Policies Node

The Policies node contained in both the computer and user configuration of group policies contain settings that in most cases are enforced and no longer configurable by the client.

Windows Server 2012 Group Policies and Policy Management : Understanding Group Policy (part 3) - GPO Filtering, Group Policy Loopback Processing

Applying GPOs can be tricky, and the design of the Active Directory forest, domains, sites, and OU hierarchy plays a major part in this. One of the most important considerations when designing the Active Directory OU hierarchy within a domain is to understand how the domain administrators plan to manage the domain computers and users with group policies.

Windows Server 2012 Group Policies and Policy Management : Understanding Group Policy (part 1) - GPO Storage and Replication

GPOs are stored in both the file system and the Active Directory database. Each domain in an Active Directory forest stores a complete copy of that particular domain’s GPOs.

Windows Server 2012 Group Policies and Policy Management : Local Group Policies, Domain-Based Group Policies

You can apply two different types of policies to Windows systems and Windows system user accounts: local group policies and Active Directory domain-based group policies.

Windows Server 2012 Group Policies and Policy Management - Group Policy Processing: How Does It Work?

The first thing an administrator needs to understand about Group Policy is that policies are processed and applied by computers and users. Policy processing occurs during certain events like computer startup and user logon but also at periodic intervals

Windows Server 2012 : Installing and Managing Hyper-V in Full or Server Core Mode - Verifying Hyper-V requirements

In order to install Hyper-V, you should make sure your server supports it by verifying the prerequisites. Failing with the Hyper-V requirements will result in an error while you install it.

Windows Server 2012 Requirements and Installation : Installing Server 2012 (part 2) - Server with a GUI Install

The Server with a GUI installation option is equivalent to the Full Installation mode in Server 2008 R2. This option installs the full Windows Server standard interface and all of the management tools.

File and PC Backup (part 1) - Backing Up Documents, Pictures, and Other Data

Microsoft does not allow you to back up to the disk or partition you are backing up. That is, if you are backing up data from the C: drive, you cannot save the backup to the C: drive.