If you are running a Hyper-V server, this is something you want to look at. The VHDShellExt.VBS extends the explorer context menu for VHD files with the following functions. Download the script from MSDN Code Gallery and run cscript.exe VHDShellExt.vbs /action:setup for installation. More documentation can be found on Ravikanth’s site.
Archive of posts filed under the Windows Server 2008 category.
Windows Server 2008 R2 Documentation & Resources
Learn more about Windows Server 2008 R2. All documents can be downloaded from here
Server core configuration made easier on 2008-R2
Watch this video on TechnetEdge explaining simplified server core configuration with Server 2008-R2.
Server 2008 R2 survival guide
Microsoft has published the Sever 2008 R2 survival guide which is a useful collection of resource links related to Windows Server 2008 R2. You can download the Windows Server 2008 R2 Documentation Survival Guide from here
What’s new in Windows Server 2008 R2 Active Directory
In the video below Brian Desmond and Laura talk about the new things that come with Windows Server 2008 R2 AD.
Finding FSMO Role Owners
In preparation of doing some Group Policy related things, I decided to extend my Home Lab AD infrastructure running on Windows Server 2003, with Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008R2 domain controllers. Because at some stage I want to get rid of the Windows 2003 Server I also moved the FSMO roles from the [...]
Playing with BranchCache
During the past 2 days I have been looking at the Windows 7 BranchCache feature. After hearing, reading and talking about this for months, it was about time to do some hands-on stuff. I used the BranchCache Early Adopter’s Guide from Microsoft. If you would have a perfect test environment, the implementation would probably be [...]
More about Microsoft product lifecycles
As I wrote the previous blog entry I started thinking about all the other products I come across in my daily professional life and started creating the table shown below. For those that are still running Windows 2000 Server systems, it’s about time to start migrating these because next year the extended support will end. [...]
Hyper-V Terminology
Talking to people about virtualization almost every day, I notice that many aren’t that familiar yet with all the terminologies. Ben Armstrong has written two good articles on his blog, describing all the terminologies used around Hyper-V. Hyper-V Terminology Hyper-V Terminology Update One of the things that seems to confuse people a lot is understanding [...]
TCP/IP Registry values for Vista and Server 2008
Microsoft has updated the TCP/IP Registry Values for Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 whitepaper that describes how to modify the TCP/IP behavior by making registry edits. The document can be downloaded from here
