How do you do that again? Step-by-Step guides!
How many times have you gone to install some new component or feature to the OS and you just can't it working? It happens to me all the time. One of the hidden gems we have on our website is our step-by-step guides. I use them often, and if you remember when I talked about BitLocker, I pointed to one then. I want to point out our whole list of step-by-step guides for Server 2008. Check these out:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=518D870C-FA3E-4F6A-97F5-ACAF31DE6DCE&displaylang=en
Some of the guides for Server 2008 are:
How to setup RMS for for Server 2008. I've talked about RMS before and its ability to protect the confidentiality of your emails from end to end. Now you have a step-by-step guide to get it done.
Server Core. Server Core is such an awesome option, but how do you get started? You just can click around like the prior versions to figure things out. Check out their step-by-step guide.
Me, I'm digging into the Certificate Services step-by-step guide. I've setup PKIs before, but why not just follow their guide, it will also point out the new stuff in Server 2008 Certificate Services and make sure that I'm configuring my PKI by leveraging some of our best practices.
I hope this helps, it sure makes life easier when you can at least get pointed in the right direction. I'm not saying these step-by-step guides will completely meet your needs, there will always be some tweaks for your environment, but it's a good place to start.
Until next time!
Rob