Priyam Vaidya's Blog

1.2008 is combination of vista and windows 2003r2. 2. RODC one new domain controller introduced in it.[Read-only Domain Controllers.] 3.WDS (windows deployment services) instead of RIS in 2003 server 4. Shadow copy for each and every folders 5.Boot sequence is changed 5.Installation is 32 bit where as 2003 it is 16 bit as well as 32 bit, that’s why installation of 2008 is faster 6. Services are known as role in it 7. Group policy editor is a separate option in ads. 8. The main difference between 2003 and 2008 is Virtualization, management.. 9.2008 has more inbuilt components and updated third party drivers Microsoft introduces new feature with 2k8 that is Hyper-V Windows Server 2008 introduces Hyper-V (V for Virtualization) but only on 64bit versions. 10.In Windows Server 2008, Microsoft is introducing new features and technologies, some of which were not available in Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 (SP1), that will help to reduce the power consumption of

1 Requirements To perform this procedure you will need: VMware Workstation, VMware Server or VMware Player. CloneZilla ISO image. Unpartitioned HDD with enough space to hold your VM image. 2 Preliminary Notes This tutorial assumes basic knowledge of the cloning process and requires no previous experience on the use of Clonezilla. Make sure your OS is not using in any way the target HDD that will hold your final copy of the VM, otherwise VMware will complain about your disk been in use and CloneZilla will not perform a successful copy of the VM. 3 VMware Configuration First thing is to make sure your virtual CD/DVD is using your CloneZilla ISO image to boot. Next add your physical HDD as part of your existing VM by clicking the Add button. Select Hard Drive and click Next . Select Use physical disk (for advanced users) then click Next . Make sure you select the correct drive that you want to use for your physical disk and select the option

If you have an ISO image of Windows 7, using Microsoft’s free utility is a quick and easy option to get the image on your USB flash drive. It requires XP SP2 or higher and if you’re using an XP machine you’ll need .NET Framework 2.0, and Microsoft Image Mastering API V2…both of which can be downloaded from the link below. It seemed to work best if I formatted the flash drive as NTFS before using the download tool. But that could be because of the flash drive I used…your mileage may vary.   It’s a pretty straight forward process, first browse to the location of your Windows 7 ISO file and click Next. Select USB device…this also helps you burn the ISO to DVD as well if you need that option. Choose your flash drive and click Begin copying. Now just wait for the process to complete. The drive will be formatted and files copied to the flash drive. When the process is finished you will be able to see the files on the flash drive as you would if you opened the installation

With security becoming the hottest issue in Information Technology it may become necessary to implement a Network Policy Server in your environment. This tutorial will focus only on the installation of NPS itself. NPS (or in previous versions of Windows Server; IAS) is mainly used for 802.1x authentication, more specifically to secure wireless and virtual private network (VPN) access against LDAP, or even more secure, machine and user certificates. Open up your server manager with it’s quick bar icon or open the Windows menu and type servermanager.svc. In the left pane right click on roles and select add new role. The wizard start page read through carefully. Select the server role you wish to add, in this case the Network Policy and Access Services. This page says that NPS can be configured as a RADIUS and or NAP server. Since we focus  mainly on NPS here select the first one. Confirm your selections. Installation should take only a few moments. And that’s