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Nine Steps to Secure your Exchange Server

POSTED ON: April 25, 2012 POSTED BY Irina Tihova

In this article we will list some steps you can take to make sure your Exchange Server is running as securely as possible.

1. Harden the OS

We can’t stress enough how important it is to harden the OS that is hosting the Exchange Server. It might seem obvious to you but, in fact, many IT professionals seem to forget about this first basic step. You can try to harden the OS by yourself, or use some of the tools available out there to help you. The important thing here is to disable all unnecessary services and to patch the server regularly.

2. Run MBSA, SCW, SCM, and EBPA
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Category: Security

Citrix XenDesktop on Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V: Best Practices

POSTED ON: December 21, 2011 POSTED BY Ard-Jan Barnas

hypervIn this article we’ll discuss best practices for deploying and managing a VDI environment based on Citrix XenDesktop and Microsoft Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V.

Microsoft’s Hyper-V is a free product that was first released with Windows Server 2008. It is a hypervisor-based platform supporting virtual guest operating systems. With the release of Windows Server 2008 R2, new features were introduced to Hyper-V. One neat feature is live migration. This allows you to migrate a running virtual machine (VM) from one physical host to another. You can also add or remove storage from a VM while it is running.

If you’re still in the design phase of your VDI, Citrix has a design guide available, “XenDesktop Design Guide for Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 Hyper-V”. Besides the required hardware, you will need Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager R2 (SCVMM), Citrix Desktop Delivery Controller (DDC), and Citrix Provisioning Services (PVS). Let’s take a brief look at what each of these software components does.
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Category: 101 Reasons To Choose Monitis, Virtual Servers, Windows Servers Monitoring

Automating Data Collection for Your Custom Monitors

POSTED ON: June 20, 2011 POSTED BY Mikayel Vardanyan

Once you have learned how easy is to create Monitis custom monitor using simple Windows scripts, you may be ready to deploy those scripts in your productions server. Windows makes it very easy to run a program periodically so that you can feed your custom monitor with fresh data at the most suitable time for your environment.

In the following examples, we assume that you have already created and tested the scripts that creates and uploads data to your custom monitors, as explained in this series of articles: Start Exploring Monitis API with cURL and How to Monitor Windows Servers with VBScript, WMI and Monitis.

So, as an example, you may have one script for each custom monitor, named pushData1.vbs, pushData2.vbs, etc. We also assume that all necessary scripts are stored on a local folder, such as c:\monitis.

All versions of Windows includes the Task Scheduler, but it appears slightly different between the operating system versions.

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Category: Monitoring Scripts, Performance Management, Sysadmin Tools, Windows Servers Monitoring

20 Tips: How to Get The Most Out of Windows Server 2008 (Part3)

POSTED ON: May 1, 2011 POSTED BY Mikayel Vardanyan


Monitis is dedicated to helping you make sure yourservers run smoothly, but we also want to help you put them to work and maximize their efficiency. That’s why we’re presenting here some best practices for improving the performance of Windows Server. First you’ll need to make some changes in its features, hardware, application and other areas.

Previously, we discussed tips for improving Windows Server through its hardware- and applications-based segments.

Today, we’re offering some performance tips based on the features and tools of Windows Server 2008. Here are some best practices for maximizing Windows Server features:


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Category: Performance Management, Server Management, Windows Servers Monitoring

20 Tips: How to Get The Most Out of Windows Server 2008 (Part 2)

POSTED ON: April 27, 2011 POSTED BY Mikayel Vardanyan


At Monitis, we are not only committed to making sure your servers run smoothly, but we also want to help you extract the most efficiency from them. That’s why we’ve put together some best practices for improving the performance of Windows Server. First you’ll need to make some changes in its features, hardware, application and other areas. The performance tips listed below are categorized on application-based segments.

In our previous blog post, we offered server performance tips categorized on hardware segments, and look out for future posts that will focus on feature- and tools-based segments.


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Category: Performance Management, Server Management, Windows Servers Monitoring

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