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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

I recently had a chance to set up and then work with a console server. This was a first for me and so useful a device that I’ve become convinced that any systems administrator with more than a dozen ...

Figure 1 shows the Server Manager on a freshly installed server. Within the Server Manager, you can see the options to add roles and features to the server. Additionally, the Diagnostics menu (in the ...