Configuring TS RemoteApp
Configuring TS RemoteApp includes installing applications in a terminal-server aware mode on the Terminal Server , enabling remote control configuration, configuring application parameters, adding users, and publishing it on TS Web for Web access. To install an application in the Terminal Server mode 1. Click Start Control Panel and double-click on Install Application on Terminal Server see Figure 9.1 . It is recommended to install any new applications only after installing terminal services on...
Administrating Server Core
After installing and configuring the Server Core machine, it's time to administer it. This can be done remotely with WINRM WINRS or you can use the MMCs that become available after you install the Remote Server Administration Tools or RSAT. It's up to the administrator which tools he or she prefers. To be honest, if I have to choose between the command dnscmd.exe or the DNS MMC snap-in, I prefer the snap-in. It's quicker and there's less room for error. The following sections detail the...
Which Roles Can Be Installed
Administrators think of servers in terms of roles. That's our fileserver, that's the DNS server, and so on. A server always fulfills a particular role. For this reason, Microsoft has changed its approach for installing software. A server role provides the key functionality of a particular server. Add Remove Programs doesn't exist anymore and has been replaced by Server Manager. If you want to add a role or feature, the Server Manager is the place to do it. But Server Manager doesn't work in...
Server Manager
Server Manager is likely to be a familiar tool to engineers who have worked with earlier versions of Windows. It is a single-screen solution that helps manage a Windows server, but is much more advanced than the previous version. Although we will be discussing Server Manager Figure 1.1 as an Active Directory Management tool, it's actually much more than just that. Chapter 1 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 An Overview Figure 1.1 Server Manager Perform the following tasks to initially configure...
GetBitLockerRecoveryInfovbs
BitLocker recovery information is stored in Active Directory attributes flagged as confidential. The confidential flag is a feature introduced in Windows Server 2003 Service Pack1 and provides advanced access control for sensitive data. With this feature, only domain administrators and authorized users have read access to those attributes. Therefore Active Directory backup for BitLocker recovery information should be implemented only if your domain controllers are running Windows Server 2003...
Adding Users to the Local Administrator Group
In some situations, you might want to add users to the local administrators group on a server. The following command adds a user to the local administrator group. net localgroup Administrators add lt domain gt lt username gt If you want to add the user rwisselink sitting in the domain wisselink.local, the command would be net localgroup Administators add wisselink rwisselink If you want to delete the user, use the command shown next net localgroup Administrators delete lt domain username gt net...
Full IIS Installation
If you want to install all available options from Internet Information Services, copy the following command and paste it into the command prompt in Server Core. start w pkgmgr Features IIS-Sta IIS- WindowsAuth en tica tion IIS-DigestAuth en tica tion IIS-Clien tCertifica teMa p If you want to install a feature, type oclist to find the required feature name. If you execute this command, you will see a list with all the roles and features that can be installed on Server Core, and whether they are...
Installing Server Core Roles
We can't use Server Manager because it has .NET Framework dependencies, and we can't use the command servermanagercmd.exe either for the same reason. If we want to install roles or features on Server Core, we need the command ocsetup.exe. ocsetup is often used to perform scripted installations of Windows components, and substitutes the Sysocmgr.exe tool that we know from previous Windows versions. ocsetup has one disadvantage when compared with Server Manager. Server Manager carefully checks...
Setting the Pagefile
After adding memory to your Server Core machine, it's likely you will want to change the pagefile. Even though you don't have a GUI, it's still possible to change the pagefile. By default, the pagefile is configured by the Windows System. If you want to see the current settings, type wmic.exe pagefile list format list. If you want a manually configured pagefile, you must first disable the system-managed pagefile with the command wmic.exe computersystem where name computername set Automatic...
Remote Server Administration Tools RSAT
Server Manager is the single all-in-one tool that you generally use to administer a Server 2008 machine. You can only open the tool if you connect via RDP or sit behind the console. Server Manager is not available on a Server Core installation because it needs .NET Framework 2.0 and MMC 3.0, and these two components are not installed on Server Core. Because the option connect to a different computer is not available within Server Manager, it isn't possible to connect with this tool to a Server...