Ten Windows server management tools required by the system administrator (1)

Over the years, Microsoft has quietly provided us with a large number of server management tools, many tools, and troubles. Which tool is the best? This problem may have been entangled in the hearts of many system administrators. This article lists my favorite 10 Windows server management tools, which may just solve your problem.

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1. System Center Capacity Planner

You may wonder why I should start with a tool that Microsoft has stopped updating, because I found that the System Center Capacity Planner is indeed so outstanding, I 'd like to mention it. If you are not familiar with this tool, I 'd like to tell you that it is a tool that can budget server workloads. According to Microsoft, system Center Capacity Planner has been replaced by System Center Configuration Manager Designer. Although it has been replaced by other tools, it can still be downloaded from TechNet and other third-party websites, shows the System Center Capacity Planner running interface.

Figure 1 permanent System Center Capacity Planner

System Center Capacity Planner official: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/systemcenter/cc137824.aspx

2. PowerShell

Microsoft's server products have developed to the point where PowerShell commands can be used to execute all operations, as shown in, many new server management tools are actually built on PowerShell, this means that any management tasks that can be executed from the GUI can also be completed through the PowerShell script. You can download PowerShell 2.0 from here.

Figure 2 more and more powerful PowerShell

PowerShell official: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968929/en-us