Windows Server 2008

How to: add all known RDS license servers to specified license servers list

To add all known RDS license servers to specified license servers list you could use RDS Host Configuration console (tsconfig.msc), but in Windows Server 2008 R2 GUI doesn’t allow for multiple select and therefore if you need to add all known license servers via GUI it is a little bit inconvenient. Better option to accomplish this How to: add all known RDS license servers to specified license servers list

MPIO feature in Windows Server 2008

Multipath I/O feature Multipath I/O (MPIO) is a feature of Windows Server 2008 that allows server to use multiple data paths to a storage device. This increases the availability of storage resource because it provides alternate paths from a server or cluster to a storage subsystem in the event of path failure. MPIO uses redundant MPIO feature in Windows Server 2008

What /admin key for mstsc.exe actually does

/admin key is usually used for RDS server administration. When you use mstsc.exe /admin to connect to the Windows Server with RDS role installed it does the following for the initiated connection:\n\n- Disables RDS client access licensing\n\n- Disables timezone redirection\n\n- Disables RD Connection Broker redirection\n\n- Disables RD Easy Print\n\n- Disables PnP device redirection for this connection What /admin key for mstsc.exe actually does

Windows Server 2008 administrative consoles shortcuts

I’ve posted similar list some time ago but it doesn’t include all Windows Server 2008 shortcuts (e.g. – Share And Storage Management and many others), so this list covers Server 2008 consoles (*.msc).\n Command Line Console Name AdRmsAdmin.msc    Active Directory Rights Management Services Adsiedit.msc    ADSI Edit Azman.msc Authorization Manager Certmgr.msc Certmgr (Certificates) Certtmpl.msc Certificates Template Windows Server 2008 administrative consoles shortcuts