Microsoft Security Baseline contains recommended settings Microsoft suggests for Windows workstations and servers to provide secure configuration and protect domain controllers, servers, computers, and users. Microsoft has developed reference Group…
If you are using mapped network drives, you probably noticed that they are not showing in the apps running with administrator privileges (including cmd and PowerShell). The default User Account…
The broadcast protocols NetBIOS over TCP/IP and LLMNR are used in most modern networks only for compatibility with legacy Windows versions. Both protocols are susceptible to spoofing and MITM attacks.…
When you install Internet Information Services (IIS) on Windows, an empty “Default Web Site” is created by default and listens on the standard web HTTP port – TCP 80. In…
Shadow session mode allows RDS administrators to view and interact with the user’s desktop. Remote Desktop Shadowing mode works on all modern versions of Windows starting from Windows Server 2012…
Packet Monitor (PktMon.exe) is a built-in network traffic analyzer (sniffer) that was introduced in Windows 10 1809 and Windows Server 2019. In the Windows 10 May 2020 Update (version 2004),…
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…
iSCSI (Internet Small Computer System) is an SCSI protocol that allows to access storage devices over the IP protocol. Using iSCSI, you can connect your server to a shared network…
In this article we will describe step-by-step Microsoft SQL Server 2019 installation and tell about all options, components, relevant recommendations and best practices. MS SQL Server is a leading relational…
In Windows Server 2016/2019 and Windows 10 (starting with build 1709), the Server Message Block 1.0 (SMBv1) network protocol used to access shared folders is disabled by default. In most…