Articles on Windows related technologies (server configuration, performance, Active Directory and similar). The most recent posts are on the top.
Test network performance with the Iperf tool
See the maximum network throughput for a Windows Server.
Windows Server 8: the new Task Manager
Using the new Task Manager in Windows 8 for easier performance troubleshooting.
Using Performance Monitor effectively
How to use the Perfmon tool to troubleshoot your Windows servers.
Counting lines in Windows command prompt
How to count output from CLI tools.
The most complete list of PDC Emulator roles.
Verify redirected Computers container in Active Directory
How to see the location for new computer accounts.
Safely erase old data with builtin tools
How to do multiple overwrites of old partitions in Windows.
Windows Performance Monitor and Disk usage
How to use Performance Monitor to study disk performance.
When to offline defrag the Active Directory database
How to check the amount of reclaimable storage in ntds.dit.
Hide containers in Active Directory
Visually clean up not necessary AD containers from the default view.
The difference between the Format behavior in Windows 2003 and Windows 2008.
Restricted Groups for policy based Delegation
How to delegate administrative access in a safe and scalable way using Group Policy
Windows 7 and 2008 R2 Memory Counters in Task Manager
What the counters in Task Manager really means and which are important
