Back in the day, Microsoft's free backup tool was the now venerable NTBackup. However, that utility has gone to the great recycle bin in the sky. Windows Server 2008 offers a new set of backup tools, ...

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 ...

The R2 update for Windows Server 2003 was mostly about bug-fixes plus the odd feature tweak, but that's not the case with Windows Server 2008 R2. Expected around October, WS 2008 R2 is a far more ...

Microsoft Windows has become the platform of choice for many businesses today. And with the recent release of Windows Server 2008, many organizations are making the upgrade to this next generation of ...

I'm attempting to set up some lab testing in preparation for a series of upgrades. I will run this on a physically segregated network with throwaway copies of workstations and data, so I don't have to ...

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 ...

I had the opportunity to work with Windows Server 2008 R2 for over 2 years before its release at the end of 2009 implementing the product in a couple dozen very large early adopter enterprises, and ...

How to restore a system image in Windows Server 2012 Your email has been sent John Joyner explains how to use the Windows Server 2012 built-in backup application to restore a system image. The Windows ...

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 ...