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In some cases, users cannot sign to RDS farm hosts running Windows Server using the built-in RDP client (mstsc.exe) with the following error:
The task you are trying to do can't be completed because Remote Desktop Services is currently busy. Please try again in a few minutes. Other users should still be able to log on.
You can use the built-in Send-MailMessage cmdlet to send SMTP e-mails from PowerShell (previously you can use the .Net System.Net.Mail class to send e-mail messages). Send-MailMessage allows you to send…
Windows Server RDS farm administrators are often faced with the problem of running out of space on a system drive due to a large amount of user data. This article…
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You can use the clipboard in an RDP session to copy/paste text and files between a local computer and a remote host (this can be either a Windows workstation or…
NTLM (NT LAN Manager) is a legacy Microsoft authentication protocol that dates back to Windows NT. Although Microsoft introduced the more secure Kerberos authentication protocol back in Windows 2000, NTLM…
An email system based on on-premises Exchange Server or Exchange Online (Microsoft 365) allows an administrator to block (reject) e-mails from specific external domains or sender addresses. There are several…
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