Some PowerShell to configure Nic Teaming on Windows Server 2012. Note: pick teaming mode and load balancing algorithm to suit your networking environment. The config below is for two NICs going to independent switches in active-passive mode (no LACP). Also note that the order Windows discovers and labels NICs may not match your hardware vendor’s labelling at the back of the server.
# Check current state of NICs and do teaming if (get-netLbfoTeam) {write-host "Nic Team already exists"} else { write-host "Renaming NICs" #Rename Ethernet & Ethernet2 to Nic1 & Nic2 etc $nicIndex=1 get-netAdapter | ForEach-Object { $\_ | Rename-NetAdapter -NewName "Nic$nicIndex" ; $nicIndex++} #Create team for Nic1,2 write-host "Teaming Nic1 and Nic2" $team = new-netlbfoteam -name NicTeam -teammembers Nic1,Nic2 -TeamingMode **SwitchIndependent** -loadBalancingAlgorithm **TransportPorts** -Confirm:$false #Configure NIC2 as standby write-host "Configuring Nic2 as standby" Set-NetLbfoTeamMember -Name "Nic2" -AdministrativeMode Standby # loop until this NIC team is up while ($team.
Hide Select a location for the network When you deploy Windows 7 you get a prompt: “Select a location for the network”. Laptop users also see this when they connect to a new network or WIFI service. You must pick the local network type. This helps Windows firewall decide if the local network is trusted (Private) or untrusted (Public). Rather than leave this as a manual choice for PC deployment staff and laptop users, you can automate this.
TL;DR Make RDP better on Win7. Enable UDP support with this update.
Add support for RDP 8.1 to Windows 7. Both an updated RDP client (useful when connecting to Windows Server 2012) and updates for the terminal server service. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/rds/archive/2013/11/12/remote-desktop-protocol-8-1-update-for-windows-7-sp1-released-to-web.aspx There are quite a few hotfix prerequisites that took a while to install. I found it quicker to extract the cab files from within the MSU hotfix files (used 7zip) and install using dism.
JRE install/reinstall package This will help you do unattended install of JRE. JRE is a little tricky as there are several major versions. There are 32bit and 64bit editions. There are regular updates. And there are plenty of security vulnerabilities that need patching regularly, especially the java plug-in for web browsers. Currently Oracle release JRE updates every quarter and this needs to become more frequent. As a result you need good version control for your packages and reliable install and upgrades.
Have a server app (NetApp SnapDrive 7) which installs a .Net service. The service fails to start and the MSI package rolls back. It fails to start because it’s doing publisher cert checking and the servers don’t have internet access via proxy. The workaround offered was to edit the app .config file and add Described in this article: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb629393(v=vs.110).aspx
And: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.security.permissions.publisheridentitypermission(v=vs.110).aspx
Found this cert check can be turned off per machine in machine.
