I posted earlier in the month here about how to clean up a large WinSXS folder on Windows Server 2008 R2. Since then I’ve had a few questions about if this same procedure will work on an SBS 2011 server. Well given that SBS 2011 is based on Windows Server 2008 R2, the answer is a resounding YES. No you don’t need to do anything different from the procedure I … [Read more...]
Where can I get makecert.exe from?
I’ve been working on some cool stuff with Hyper-V Replica across untrusted domains this week. As part of that I needed to get hold of the makecert.exe utility so that you can create your own SSL certificates. I had some challenges finding it and finally located it. Here’s what I did. Download the Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7 from here … [Read more...]
How to clean-up a large WinSXS folder on Windows Sever 2008 R2
I was onsite this week and had a server with 21GB of files in the WINSXS folder which was pretty well huge in comparison to the overall 30GB in the Windows folder. To sort this, you need to do a few things. First up – install the Desktop Experience feature via the Add Features function from Server Manager. It will need a reboot, but once rebooted you will have the ability … [Read more...]
How to do Exchange 2013 Migration Without Migrating Public Folders
We’ve been doing a number of migrations from SBS 2008 and SBS 2011 over to Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials + Exchange 2013., or other variations. So far all the clients have needed to migrate their public folders which is a long and complicated process that really is a pain. Recently we’ve had the need to migrate a client that has no Public Folders in their Exchange … [Read more...]
What size pagefile should I have on Hyper-V?
I’ve been trying to find specific guidance for some time on the size of a pagefile as recommended by Microsoft for a system running as a Hyper-V host. The theory is that on a Hyper-V host, Windows itself should never really use a page file at all. As a result, I’ve been setting page file to be 4GB – enough in case it’s needed, but not huge as we don’t need to waste … [Read more...]