How-To Archives

Windows Experience Index in Windows 10

by Garth Jones | Feb 9, 2017 | How-To, Tips

I love Windows Experience Index and I was truly sad to see that Microsoft removed it from Windows 8.1. Why did I love it? Well, ask any techy, we get asked by friends and family all the time, “What computer should I buy?” As an Enterprise Mobility MVP, I’m not what...

How to Setup Report Caching for a SSRS Report

by Garth Jones | Jan 26, 2017 | ConfigMgr, How-To, SQL Server Reporting Services, Tips

Some of the reporting questions that I get asked have to do with the burden reporting puts on servers and how this can be reduced or controlled. In general, the burden for most reports and organizations is minimal as reporting is generally an underused feature....

Avoid Installing WID and SQL on the Same Server

by Garth Jones | Jan 12, 2017 | ConfigMgr, How-To, Tips

Recently I built a new test lab. As an aside, in my opinion, this is one of the most complicated labs that you could have, but I’ll write more about that at a later date. While building this lab, I needed to setup WSUS on my new CAS server. This post tells you about...

I Want My Reports In Full Screen!

by Garth Jones | Dec 19, 2016 | ConfigMgr, How-To, Tips

I work with a lot of clients to help them create ConfigMgr dashboard reports. As a Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (MEMCM / MECM / SCCM / ConfigMgr ) Administrator, you will at some point want to create a Dashboard! ConfigMgr Reporting is really SQL Server...

How Do I Enable SQL Server Agent Service?

by Garth Jones | Oct 27, 2016 | How-To, Tips

The SQL Server Agent service is used by SQL Server to execute scheduled tasks. It is typically used for items such as backing up the SQL Server database or other maintenance tasks, and is a much have for Ola Hallengren’s SQL Server Maintenance Solution. By default,...

Scammer Alert: I Said What on Twitter?

by Garth Jones | Aug 26, 2016 | How-To, Tips

This blog is a Scammer Alert as to why you need to watch out for free tools! Not long ago, I was trying to find a direct link to one of my tweets and stumbled across this tweet: I certainly didn’t post this tweet! How did it happen? Well, like many of you, I agreed to...