When adjusting the storage repair speed, you are setting a priority for the system. Choosing a low repair speed allocates resources to active workloads, while a high repair speed reallocates resources ...

This walk-through explains how to establish a baseline of your Windows hardware’s “average use” so you can spot anomalies and deal with them before they become issues. Most systems administrators rely ...

IT professionals largely use the Windows Server Manager as a tool for installing roles and features, or for launching other tools. Even so, the Server Manager includes a number of useful capabilities ...

If you are going to use Windows Server as a file server then it is a good idea to make use of the File Server Resource Manager. The File Server Resource Manager is a tool that was introduced in ...

Numero Uno, we are required to add the DFS Role from Server Manager and add subsequent features to get it going. Follow the steps mentioned below to do the same. Before we configure DFS Namespace, we ...

I have always advocated a minimal, toned-down version of Windows, an operating system without all the unnecessary stuff, and that's when I heard about Windows Server. Although it didn't fit my regular ...

Microsoft invited the CRN Test Center to its Redmond, Wash. headquarters last week for an up-close and personal look at its upcoming Windows Server 8. Before the first hour was through, it was clear ...

Microsoft warns that a newly acknowledged issue can lead to data loss when resetting virtual disks using the Server Manager management console. Server Manager helps IT admins manage Windows-based ...