iSCSI is a powerful technology that may come in handy even for sharing a network volume to a bunch of users. While iSCSI was developed for much more complex operations, being able to connect a network volume to a client PC has its advantages over a network share.

Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 can “natively” manage iSCSI targets while older versions needed the installation a Microsoft package.

In this tutorial we’ll see how to create an iSCSI target and how to connect a client PC to it.
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Site restrictions are common in business networks. Mangers and entrepreneurs want to limit potential distractions and Microsoft offers a range of solutions to achieve the objective. An usual practice is to adopt a proxy server but you can enforce site restrictions on Internet Explorer – even the latest versions – using a simple Active Directory Group Policy.

In this tutorial we’ll take advantage of the Content Advisor functionalities of Internet Explorer, a feature Microsoft hid in IE 10 and IE 11.
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A standard user of an Active Directory Domain may need to access several PCs of the domain. The manual configuration of the needed permissions may be tricky but thanks to the Windows Server Essentials Experience role we have an easier way to allow the remote control.

Before reading this tutorial you need to install the Windows Server Essentials Experience role. If you don’t know how to do that, read this article.
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Windows Server Essentials Dashboard is an interesting tool that facilitates the management of an Active Directory Domain. Once a feature available uniquely on Windows Server SBS, you can now install it on every Windows Server 2012 or 2012 R2.

The installation process involves the addition of a role. Quite an easy procedure.
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Roaming Profiles allow users of an Active Directory Domain to access their desktop and documents from any PC of the domain.

It’s a powerful feature that can improve the productivity of the employees and make their lives easier.

The best thing about Roaming Profiles is how they are easy to set up.
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We’ve already seen how you can install IIS (Internet Information Services) on Windows 8.1 for testing purposes. Now, we’ll see how you can install IIS on a server machine, to host your website for production purposes.

There’s no much differences between the two procedures. The installation is quick and easy.
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