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Featured Articles
Step by step guide installing SCCM 2007 Part 1
- By Huzaifah Ahmad
- Published 12/23/2009
- System Center Configuration Manager 2007
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System Center Configuration Manager 2007 is the solution to comprehensively assess, deploy, and update your servers, clients, and devices—across physical, virtual, distributed, and mobile environments. Optimized for Windows and extensible beyond, it is the best choice for gaining enhanced insight into, and control over, your IT systems. <br/><br/>In this multi part series I will walk you through the process of configuring SCCM 2007 on a single member server with all relevant technologies. This can also be a distributed install but would be a bit complex to cover it online. Over all the concepts would still stay the same to distribute the technologies / roles in a distributed design by using more than one member server.
How to Install and Configure Windows Server 2008 DHCP Server
- By Huzaifah Ahmad
- Published 12/22/2009
- Windows 2008
- Unrated
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a network protocol that enables a server to automatically assign an IP address to a computer from a defined range of numbers (i.e., a scope) configured for a given network. When a computer uses a static IP address, it means that the computer is manually configured to use a specific IP address. One problem with static assignment, which can result from user error or inattention to detail, occurs when two computers are configured with the same IP address. This creates a conflict that results in loss of service. Using DHCP to dynamically assign IP addresses minimizes these conflicts.
How to install Active Directory on Windows 2008
- By Huzaifah Ahmad
- Published 12/20/2009
- Active Directory , Windows 2008
- Unrated
Before you start following this article you must be aware this is simply a lab setup and you need to assign relevant ip address, hostnames & domain names which are relavant to your enviroment / organisation. This is simply a step by step guide with screen shots to walk you through the configuration. Windows 2008 has various level / types of editions / installs. I have covered only the default install using a iso image in a VMware ESXi host.
Hot standby routing protocol - HSRP - Part-2
- By Huzaifah Ahmad
- Published 02/17/2009
- HSRP , CCIE , CCNP , Cisco
- Unrated
In part 2 of the HSRP series I will cover the configuration & show you how to verify the configuration. I have put together a Microsoft® Visio® diagram which shows you a lot more than simply Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP). You need to concentrate on Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) configuration alone and at a very high level look at the diagram and think about High availability.
Hot standby routing protocol - HSRP - Part-1
- By Huzaifah Ahmad
- Published 02/13/2009
- HSRP , CCIE , CCNP , Cisco
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In this 2 part article series I will walk you through the features of Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP), configuration of Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) using command line & demystifying Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP). Before we jump in straight to the configuration you need to make it clear in your mind that Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) is NOT a “Routing Protocol". This protocol does not update the routing tables in anyways whatsoever.
Routing Information Protocol and comparing the three different versions
- By Huzaifah Ahmad
- Published 02/12/2009
- Routing Information Protocol (RIP) , CCIE , CCNP , CCNA , Cisco
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In this article I will try to cover the three different versions of RIP which have been developed and evolved over years since 1988 and compare them briefly for quick reference. Different vendors have implemented there flavor of RIP and this article is entirely focused on Cisco devices. As we all know every vendor implements it differently; but most of the core features remain identical.
Typical Installation Using Exchange Server 2007 Setup
- By Huzaifah Ahmad
- Published 10/12/2007
- Migration and Deployment , Exchange 2007
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Microsoft has taken Messaging to the next level & it is truly worthy of praise. In this article I will only cover a "Typical" install of Exchange 2007 32 BIT on a single server. How easy it is to simply deploy an Exchange 2007 server and the out of box experience. Your messaging solutions will be up and running especially if it is a brand new domain in no time. You will surely impress your boss and get a pay rise. :)
Lets see how this can be achieved.
Recent Articles
Step by step guide installing SCCM 2007 Part 7
- By Huzaifah Ahmad
- Published 12/24/2009
- System Center Configuration Manager 2007
- Unrated
Step by step guide installing SCCM 2007 Part 7 series will have multiple pages to this Part 7.<br/> a. Install relevant IIS features.<br/> b. Install & configure Webdav.<br/> c. Install Desktop Experience<br/> d. Configure Authentication + Authorization + Install Remote Differential Compression + BITS<br/> e. Configure Application Config file & than test WebDav
Step by step guide installing SCCM 2007 Part 6
- By Huzaifah Ahmad
- Published 12/24/2009
- System Center Configuration Manager 2007
- Unrated
Step by step guide installing SCCM 2007 Part 6 series we will now create accounts which will be used by System Center Configuration Manager 2007 & SQL 2008
Step by step guide installing SCCM 2007 Part 5
- By Huzaifah Ahmad
- Published 12/24/2009
- System Center Configuration Manager 2007
- Unrated
Step by step guide installing SCCM 2007 Part 5 we will configure Windows Update on both the servers i.e. PILOT-DC-01 & PILOT-SCCM-01
Step by step guide installing SCCM 2007 Part 4
- By Huzaifah Ahmad
- Published 12/24/2009
- System Center Configuration Manager 2007
- Unrated
Step by step guide installing SCCM 2007 Part 4 series we will install & configure Windows Deployment Service on PILOT-SCCM-01.
WDS is the PXE server for ConfigMgr. ConfigMgr hands off the request to WDS after checking its own database to make sure it knows about the computer.
Step by step guide installing SCCM 2007 Part 3
- By Huzaifah Ahmad
- Published 12/24/2009
- System Center Configuration Manager 2007
- Unrated
Step by step guide installing SCCM 2007 Part 3 series we will install & configure DHCP server.
Step by step guide installing SCCM 2007 Part 2
- By Huzaifah Ahmad
- Published 12/24/2009
- System Center Configuration Manager 2007
- Unrated
In this part of the Article we will prepare the earlier install of Windows 2008 & configure Active Directory + DNS.
How to Install Windows 7 Step by Step
- By Huzaifah Ahmad
- Published 12/22/2009
- Installation , Windows 7
- Unrated
Installing Windows 7, this is one of the most straight forward installs you can ever come across.
How to Install Windows Server 2008 R2 Step by Step
- By Huzaifah Ahmad
- Published 12/19/2009
- Windows 2008
- Unrated
Windows Server 2008 R2 builds on the award-winning foundation of Windows Server 2008, expanding existing technology and adding new features to enable organizations to increase the reliability and flexibility of their server infrastructures. New virtualization tools, Web resources, management enhancements, and exciting Windows 7 integration help save time, reduce costs, and provide a platform for a dynamic and efficiently managed data center. Powerful tools such as Internet Information Services (IIS) version 7.5, updated Server Manager and Hyper-V platforms and Windows PowerShell version 2.0 combine to give customers greater control, increased efficiency, and the ability to react to front-line business needs faster than ever before. Let's take a quick look how we cna isntall Windows 2008 R2 in a couple of minutes.
Create Visio diagrams using BPA2Visio
- By Huzaifah Ahmad
- Published 10/5/2007
- General , Internet Security and Acceleration Server
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In this article I will walk you through the process of creating a Visio diagram with the help of Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server Best Practices Analyzer Tool. Creating this diagram will require minimum user interaction and save valueable time.
The ISA Server Best Practices Analyzer is supplied with two supplemental tools.
a) The ISA Data Packager.
b) BPA2Visio.
I will only cover the "BPA2VISIO" in this article.