The developers have included a new PowerShell module PackageManagement in Windows 10. PackageManagement (earlier called OneGet) allows to install, manage and uninstall applications and programs from an external (or local) repository, and manage the list of connected repositories from the PoSh console. In other words, now you can install programs.. read more
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How to Stop a Hung Virtual Machine on Hyper-V 2016
If your virtual machine running on Hyper-V has hung up for some reasons, stopped to respond and doesn’t start/stop/reset after clicking the corresponding buttons in Hyper-V console, the only way out is to kill the process responsible for this VM on the host OS. We’ll show how to do it.. read more
Create a Bootable USB Flash Drive for Installation Windows Server 2016
The easiest and the most intuitive way to create a bootable USB Flash Drive to install Windows Server 2016 on a physical server is to use Windows USB/DVD Download Tool. This tool allows to write the existing *.iso image of Windows to a USB drive or stick and make it.. read more
Activating Windows Server 2016 with KMS Server
In this article we’ll consider the procedure of deployment and configuration of a corporate KMS server able to activate new Microsoft server platform Windows Server 2016. All major peculiarities of KMS activation described in the article FAQ on KMS Activation are fully applicable to Windows Server 2016 as well. Windows.. read more
Hyper-V PowerShell Direct in Windows Server 2016
PowerShell Direct is a new PowerShell feature in Windows Server 2016 and Windows 10 that allows to create a direct local PowerShell session with any virtual machine run on a Hyper-V host, meanwhile the connection is established not via the network, but through the internal VM bus. Thus, a Hyper-V.. read more
Temporary Membership in Active Directory Groups
The version of Active Directory in Windows Server 2016 has a number of interesting changes. Today we’ll consider the opportunity to provide users with temporary membership in Active Directory groups. This feature can be used when you need to give specific privileges based on the membership in AD security group.. read more
FAQ: Windows Server 2016 Licensing
In December 2015, Microsoft has issued a document describing main changes in the versions, licensing policy and pricing policy for its flagship in the server OS niche — Windows Server 2016, which will be released in the second part this year. [contents h2] Server Core Licensing The main innovation in.. read more
