Windows Server Hacks: Remotely Enable Remote Desktop

Windows Server Hacks: Remotely Enable Remote Desktop Remote Desktop is a cool feature of Windows Server 2003 that lets you remotely log on to and work at a machine as if you were seated at the local console (in Windows 2000 Advanced Server, this feature was called Terminal Services in Remote Administration Mode). Remote Desktop can be a lifesaver for fixing problems on servers at remote sites, but what if you forgot to enable the feature...

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Installing and enabling IIS and FTP on Windows Server 2008 R2

Installing and enabling IIS and FTP on Windows Server 2008 R2 Open Server Manager, go to Roles and click “Add Roles” In the Add Role Wizard, select Web Server (IIS) role to install Click Next until you reach Select Role Services page, leave the default and check FTP Server, FTP Service and FTP Extensibility at the bottom. Click Next, follow the wizard and finish the role installation. Now open IIS Manager...

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Zentyal firewall basic configuration

Zentyal firewall basic configuration When you access the web interface for the first time, a configuration wizard will start. To start with, you can choose the functionality for your system. To simplify this selection, in the upper part of the interface you will find the pre-designed server profiles. Zentyal profiles Zentyal profiles available for installation: Zentyal Gateway:      Zentyal will act as a gateway...

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Zentyal installation

Installation Generally speaking, Zentyal is meant to be installed exclusively on one (real or virtual) machine.However, this does not prevent you from installing other applications, that are not managed through the Zentyal interface. These applications must be manually installed and configured. Zentyal runs on top of Ubuntu [1] server edition, always on LTS (Long Term Support) [2] versions. LTS has longer support periods: five years...

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OpenDNS

Using OpenDNS is achieved by making a configuration change in the DNS settings of a network router, on individual computers, WiFi devices, or on internal DNS servers. Once OpenDNS is configured, administrators set and manage OpenDNS's advanced features, such as Web content filtering and security, by logging in to their OpenDNS account. It is important to understand that OpenDNS advanced settings are applied to a network and those settings...

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