When it comes to licensing your Windows 2003 Terminal server environment most people can never remember what is needed and the Microsoft documentation seems to go on a bit:) Here I try to make it simple for you…

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Here’s a list of tips to help ensure your Terminal Servers are functioning as efficiently as possible. These are rules I always abide by. Have a look, they may help you too…

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The Terminal Services Session Directory service is a database that keeps track of sessions on terminal servers in a cluster and provides the information used at connection time to connect users to existing sessions. In this article I discuss this and also how to create a Terminal Server Cluster.

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Have you seen the above when typing an ipconfig/all and wondered what it was and how to remove it? I came across it when trying to add a problem laptop to a domain. Oddly even though the account I was using was a domain admin I kept getting an access is denied message. After deciding the error message was misleading and it was more of a network issue I found the “Tunnel adaptor Automatic Tunelling Pseudo-Interface” when I looked at the network details. Here’a a VERY easy way to remove this.

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DNS stub zones are a new feature in Windows 2003 server. What are they, what do they do and are they of any benefit? In this article I try and answer these questions and make the complicated subject of DNS that little bit easier. 

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Shadow copies is another valuable option new to Windows 2003 server. It allows you and even better your users the option to recover files as they were previously, saving you as the administrator both time and resources. Here I discuss how to setup and configure shadow copy and how to use it when you need a file.

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System administrators like myself always want the latest technologies. With Longhorn still in beta and not yet a viable option many companies using the “One operating system behind” policy are now looking at upgrading to 2003 server. This is not a system I agree with as Windows 2003 server has been stable and better than W2k since service pack 1 in my opinion. As for Windows XP, it’s been out now and stable for a hundred years hasn’t it? Anyway, with all the hype regarding Windows Vista and Longhorn alot of companies are now looking at moving from Windows NT or 2000 to Windows 2003 server. It often begs the question from people in charge of finances of these companies “Why do I need to?” If their systems have been stable for the past few years they will need some reasons for upgrading. Here are my top 10 reasons to upgrade to Microsoft Server 2003.

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