In this article, we’ll walk you through a step-by-step guide on how to install and configure Always On Availability Groups on SQL Server running on Windows Server 2019, discuss failover…
It is not the first time when I have encountered the following issue on Windows Server 2016 (2012 R2 or 2008 R2): after the installation of updates or some roles/features,…
In this article, we will show how to update your Windows PowerShell version to the latest 5.1 and install (upgrade to) PowerShell Core 7.1. In the previous article, we told…
The Server Message Block (SMB) network protocol is used to share and access folders, files, printers, and other devices over network (TCP port 445). In this article, we will look…
Managed Service Account (MSA) is a special type of Active Directory account that can be used to securely run services, applications, and scheduled tasks. The basic idea is that the…
In this article, we’ll look at several common issues related to RDS licensing, when RDP clients cannot connect to Windows Server with the Remote Desktop Services Host role installed. Licensing…
Many administrators of Windows terminal servers noticed that starting from Windows Server 2012, the management snap-ins tsadmin.msc (Remote Desktop Services Manager) and tsconfig.msc (Remote Desktop Session Host Configuration) are missing…
In August 2020, Microsoft released an update to fix a critical Windows Server vulnerability in Active Directory — CVE-2020-1472 (more known as Zerologon) . This update was successfully installed on…
To perform some actions in Windows, it’s not enough to have administrator privileges. For example, you cannot replace or delete system files and some registry keys, stop system services or…
Sometimes users cannot connect to RDS farm servers 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…