Posts Tagged "Windows Server 2012 R2"

Specify .Net Framework 3.5 Installation Files Source Location using GPO

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While working with server management using ConfigMgr we tend to spend some time on OS deployment as well. I would argue that using MDT to create your ref-images and then to deploy that ref-image to a VHD using ConfigMgr and to deploy that VHD to VMM would be the best...

Configuration manager 2012 R2 supports OS in-place upgrade

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Got you with the title? Thought so This is a pretty cool new statement from Microsoft. Configuration Manager 2012 R2 supports an in-place upgrade of the servers operating system. It is limited however and shows how well integrated the R2 release is to the standard Windows Server 2012 release. Previously...

Workplace vNext :: Part 5 :: Add Second Server Automatically Into Active Directory

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This blog post shows you how to create a new VM and make sure it automatically joins the Active Directory domain. It acts as a part in a bigger series about ‘Workplace vNext’ using Configuration Manager 2012 R2, Intune, ADFS and Azure Multifactor Authentication to provide the next generations Workplace....

Workplace vNext :: Part 4 :: Promote DC and Register DNS

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This blog post shows you how to set up a Domain Controller in Windows Azure and how to register it as a DNS server for the Virtual Network. It acts as a part in a bigger series about ‘Workplace vNext’ using Configuration Manager 2012 R2, Intune, ADFS and Azure Multifactor...

Workplace vNext :: Part 3 :: Ordering the first VM

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This blog post shows you how to order your first VM in Windows Azure and what you need to do in order to create a network in Windows Azure. It acts as a part in a bigger series about ‘Workplace vNext’ using Configuration Manager 2012 R2, Intune, ADFS and Azure...

Workplace vNext :: Part 1 :: Introduction

For the last couple of years there have been a lot of talking about User-centric together with Configuration Manager 2012 (and later) and for the last year Cloud OS and PCIT (People Centric IT) has been the latest black. A while back I held a session during the Nordic System...

SQL Server Tools ANS

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A couple of days ago I saw a quite strange behavior at a customers SCCM Primary Site Server. The system kept trying to install a SQL server feature. The customer were using SCCM 2012 R2 together with SQL Server 2012 SP1 running on Windows Server 2012 R2, in other words...

Install ConfigMgr in Windows Azure

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While it is perfectly possible it might just not be such a good idea to install ConfigMgr on an Extra Small VM in Windows Azure. I recently went through the installation and it took quite some time as you can see. In a normal case when an installation of a...

CU3 for Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 is released

In the long wait for System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager release the 3rd Cumulative Update for 2012 SP1 is released. It adds support for Windows Server 2012 R2 as well as Windows 8.1, and that is about the big news in this update. However it does include some fixes...

2012 R2 (preview) bits are online

It seems that the Windows Server 2012 R2 and System Center 2012 R2 bits are online at MSDN. Preview that is. We can also see that SQL Server 2014 CTP1 is online. No sight of Windows 8.1 yet though.