All pages referring or tutorials for Windows Server.
To help us IT identifying certain configurations on a server and possible misconfigurations I have made a PowerShell script which creates a complete overview of the current server configuration and exports it as a single HTML file. In this post I will explain how to use it and how the Read more
Sometimes in IT, we have software or solutions that need to to save temporary files in your filesystem. Let’s say, a feed with logs or CSV files that are saved, logs or back-ups like the Bartender software. The software itself doesn’t have a solution to clean up those files and Read more
Once every 3 to 4 years you want to be on the last version of Windows Server because of new features and of course to have the latest security updates. These security updates are the most important these days. When having your server hosted on Microsoft Azure, this proces can Read more
In this blog post I will explain and demonstrate the pro’s and features of using FSLogix App Masking for Azure Virtual Desktop. This is a feature of FSLogix where we can hide certain applications and other components from our users while still having to maintain a single golden image. In Read more
Azure Update Manager is a tool from Microsoft and is developed to automate, installing and documenting Windows updates or updates to Linux server on Azure. This all in a single pane of glass and without installing any additional software. Requirements Supported systems Azure Update Manager supports the following systems for Read more
Active Directory Domain Controllers are assigned 5 different FSMO roles, which all have their own function. We can separate them over multiple servers to create more redundancy, but make sure to handle those all as servers. All roles neeed a 24/7 uptime for your environment to work properly. In this Read more
When you use Hyper-V server, you want to manage this with the management tools. However, by default Hyper-V only allows connections from domain-joined machines by design because of security and trust reasons. We can bypass this requirement by building these trust ourselves and so managing the server from a machine Read more
Introduction to Azure Stack HCI Azure Stack HCI is a solution for Microsoft Azure to host Azure resources on your own hardware and location. This sounds traditional but can help to boost your Azure resources for your customer and/or use case. For example, with Azure Stack HCI it is possible Read more
Now and then we come across a problem with Entra Connect Sync which states “DeletingCloudOnlyObjectNotAllowed”. This error looks like this: This error will be shown if opening the Syncronization Service and email messages of this error will aso be sent to your tenant’s technical contact. In this guide, I will Read more
If you are managing Windows Servers, Group Policies are a great way to distribute settings to your endpoints. However, a recent update of August 2024 in Windows Server 2022 and 2019 breaks user filtering in Group Policy (GPO) Item Level Targeting The problem itself When applying printers, registery settings or Read more