Last night i was deploying a DPM server for a customer and we needed to deploy the DPM agent on a few machines. It is well know that DPM can do push […]
Working in the Datacenter – Keeping WSUS Happy using PowerShell

We use WSUS in our own datacenter as well as customer sites, for many client based scenarios this is done using WSUS and ConfigMgr, but in the fabric it is either WSUS […]
Working in the Datacenter – Add-DVDDrive does not work correctly in Windows Server 2016 TP4 (or in Windows 10)

Update 2015-12-17 : This is now a confirmed bug, and as soon as I know more I will update this post. It seems to be a bug, hopefully it will be fixed […]
Working in the Datacenter – Creating a Reference Image of Windows Server 2016 TP4

Yes, you really need a reference Image, if not today, you will need it later. If you just deploy VM’s in an isolated environment, well in that case you might not, but […]
Working in a Datacenter – Nested Hyper-V or Running Hyper-V in Hyper-V

There are many reason where it make sense to run Hyper-V in Hyper-V, one of them being to enable Credential Guard (VSM) in Windows Server 2016 TP 4 and later. For training, […]
Working in the Datacenter – Deploying Update Rollups for System Center 2012 R2
You really need to understand this: A Update Rollup should NEVER, EVER be deploying using WSUS!!! (or any other automated way, unless you know exactly what needs to be done before and […]
Working in the Datacenter – Protect Remote Desktop Connection Manager using Self Signed Certificates

Note: Script has been updated to include $YEARS, the suggestion came from hans@aid.se, Thanks! Even if IT is changing into more “Pets” and “Cattle’s”, we still have a massive amount of system […]
Working in the Datacenter – Wake on LAN using PowerShell

I have to admit, I’m lazy. So when working with computers, datacenters, at home or basically anywhere I don’t like to get up and push a button. My hands needs to be […]