Many companies are using open source Linux servers for DNS/DHCP servers and Web servers, but it is also possible to use Linux or UNIX as a file server. The Network File System has been around for many ...

IT admins should know that Microsoft has finally retired a Windows deployment toolkit that is over 20 years old.

Server Manager is a Windows tool that allows you and other IT professionals to manage local and remote Windows-based servers from your desktops without accessing the servers or connecting to the ...

We plan to build our own client/server network composed of Windows 2000 File Server, Exchange Server and Firewall Server. Can you direct me to documentation on the pros and cons of keeping these as ...

The web-based UI for managing all aspects of Windows Server, Windows Server Admin Center (WAC) sure has grown up a lot in the last seven years. If you're new to the concept, you can run WAC on a ...

DirectAccess was introduced in Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 operating systems as a feature to allow Windows users to connect remotely. However, following the launch of Windows 11/10, the ...

Adding an archaic utility like Telnet to a modern operating system like Windows 2000 may seem strange, but installing Telnet allows administrators to manage environments that include both Unix and ...

Microsoft has been public about its plans to add two types of containers to Windows Server 2016. But so far, company officials haven't talked about plans to bring container support to Windows client.

With each new release of Windows 10, we see more and more useful tools being ported from Linux. First, we had the Windows Subsystem for Linux, which is awesome, and now we have a built-in OpenSSH ...