Unattended install of RODC on Windows 2008 core

Example from Microsoft: [DCInstall] CriticalReplicationOnly=No ReplicaDomainDNSName=contoso.com UserDomain=contoso.com UserName=contoso\administrator Password=your-password DatabasePath=c:\windows\ntds LogPath=c:\windows\ntds SYSVOLPath=c:\windows\SYSVOL SafeModeAdminPassword=your-safemode-password RebootOnCompletion=Yes The command for DC promotion is Dcpromo /useexistingaccount:attach /unattend:c:\rodc.txt

roll back AD domain functional level

In Windows 2008 R2 you can rise and lower domain level as you wish or almost: see limitations

Windows 2008 - create application partition

An obscure use of DNS to create AD DS custom application partition: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc725739.aspx http://youtu.be/9VzoXwVhChg This might be useful to limit partition replication to a list of certain domain controllers for example. PS: visit http://www.technoblogical.com/windows-server-2008/ for more videos

eSATA for the lab

eSATA is indispensable for home hyper-v Lab, based on a regular laptop (that you do not want to format or something) and a HDD connected via eSATA. You can install your hyper-v host on external HDD without any speed compromise. On my Samsung R580 there is eSATA. I have also a regular SATA HDD 2T and HDD docking IcyBox Works fast and I have 4 Windows 2008R2 servers running in my evaluation lab. I d not need to buy a separate PC for that.

Microsoft MCP members site is not working

Some issues on MCP site, it gives access denied message. Microsoft.com > Microsoft Learning Members > Access Denied http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en/CertGeneral/thread/0f2209e2-5156-4ac4-9556-11d39d656701

Windows 2008 core quick guide

A quick command guide for Windows 2008 core

How to add a role or feature on Windows core

one of the ways is to use disk. Another is to use ocsetup. Below is an example of disk usage: dism /online /enable-feature /featurename:snmp-sc