Author Archives: Andy

Windows Domain Health Checks

January 3rd, 2012 | Posted by Andy in administration | Operating Systems | Server Core | Windows - (Comments Off)

It’s often necessary to check the health of your Windows Domain and Domain Controllers. You need to know if your domain is healthy before and after routine maintenance – Patching and the like – and when you are trying to diagnose problems. I’ve had to do this more times than i care to remember, and … Read more

Configuring email alerts for Windows Server Backups

December 13th, 2011 | Posted by Andy in administration | Backup | Microsoft | Monitoring | Server Core | Windows - (Comments Off)

Windows Server backup is a credible backup solution for small environments when backup space is plentiful and an integrated centrally managed solution is not required or not affordable. However one thing that is missing from WSB is any sort of alerting to let you know when your backups have completed or failed. Without this it’s … Read more