In this Screencast, we demonstrate how to manage Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 remotely in a Workgroup configuration. There are many cases when you will prefer to run the free Hyper-V server as a stand-alone machine or in a workgroup instead of in a domain. When you try to connect and manage remotely the Hyper-V machine, you are getting errors like:
● “You do not have the required permissions to complete this task. Contact the administrator of the authorization policy for this computer”
● “An error occurred while attempting to connect to server. Check that the Virtual Machine Management service is running and that you are authorized to connect to the server”
● “RPC server unavailable. Unable to establish communication between …”

The scenario when you are using and managing Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 remotely in a workgroup requires special attention and configuration on both sides – the managed Server and the managing Client.

In the following Step-by-Step video tutorial, you will see how to manage remotely a Hyper-V server in a Workgroup environment.

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Dean

RSAT (Remote Server Administration Tools) is essentially the new version of Windows Server 2003 Administration Tools Pack – Adminpak.msi, for Windows Vista. The package allows you to remotely manage roles and features in Windows Server 2008 from a computer running Windows Vista with SP1. Yes, SP1 for Vista is required by RSAT.

There is a x86 and x64 version of RSAT, so make sure that you download and install the corresponding version for your OS.

In the following Step-by-Step video tutorial, you will see How to Install and Enable Microsoft Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows Vista.

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Dean

We have already demonstrated the installation of Exchange Server 2007 SP1 in the Step-by-Step Screencast:
How to Install Exchange 2007 SP1 on Windows Server 2008
Next, you have to perform Exchange 2007 SP1 initial configuration. You have to go through these steps because out of the box standard Exchange 2007 installation:

● Does not allow you to send e-mails to the Internet.
● Does not allow you to receive e-mails from the Internet – anonymous SMTP connections are dropped, and that’s how most e-mail servers will send e-mails to your Exchange server.
● In addition, the installation process configures a default e-mail address using the Forest root domain name which in most cases is different from the public e-mail domain used by the company.

In the following Step-by-Step video tutorial, you will see how to configure Send Connector, Receive Connector, Accepted Domain, and E-mail Address Policy for your Exchange Server 2007 SP1.

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Dean

Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 is a free product available for download from Microsoft Download Center
It is important to note that the product does not require Host Server license. Each Windows guest Virtual Machine which is running on it requires a license, though.

Hyper-V Server requires:
- An x64-based CPU
- Hardware-assisted virtualization (Intel VT or AMD-v)
- Hardware Data Execution Protection (DEP)

In the following Step-by-Step video tutorial, you will see how to setup the free Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008.

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Dean