The Microsoft Defender Firewall is built into all modern versions of Windows and Windows Server and allows you to configure rules for filtering incoming and/or outgoing network traffic on your computer. Windows Firewall rules can be configured locally on the user’s computer (using the wf.msc console, the netsh command, or the built-in NetSecurity PowerShell module). On Windows computers joined to an Active Directory domain, you can centrally manage Microsoft Defender Firewall rules and settings using Group Policies.
- Microsoft OfficeWindows 10Windows 11
Fix: Signature Button Not Working in Outlook 2019/2016/365
March 11, 2024In different versions of Outlook (2019/2016/2013/Microsoft 365 Apps), a bug occurs periodically when the create signature button stops working. When the user clicks the Signature button in the Outlook settings,…
- Azure and Microsoft 365PowerShell
How to Send a Message to Teams Channel with PowerShell
March 13, 2024You can send messages to Teams channels from PowerShell using webhook or Microsoft Graph API calls. Let’s see how to send and read messages in Microsoft Teams channels using PowerShell.…
- PowerShellWindows 10Windows 11Windows Server 2019
Uninstalling Programs with PowerShell in Windows 10/11
March 17, 2024In this article, we’ll look at how to uninstall software on a local or remote Windows computer using PowerShell. Quite often, the system administrator uses scripts to uninstall Windows applications.…
- PowerShellWindows Server 2016Windows Server 2019Windows Server 2022
Configuring Remote Desktop Services (RDS) Farm on Windows Server
March 15, 2024This guide shows how to install, configure, and maintain a terminal server farm based on the Remote Desktop Services (RDS) role on Windows Server. The article will help you to…
- Group PoliciesWindows 10Windows 11Windows Server 2019
Changing Default File Associations in Windows 10 and 11
February 27, 2023In this article, we’ll look at how to manage the default File Type Associations (FTA) on Windows 10/11 and Windows Server 2022/2019/2016. As an example, we will show how to…
- LinuxVMWareWindows 10Windows Server 2019
Using iPerf to Test Network Speed and Bandwidth
March 12, 2024IPerf is an open-source command line tool designed to test network throughput between two network hosts. The iPerf allows to generate TCP and UDP traffic (load) between two hosts. You…
Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) is widely used by developers, administrators, and common users to run different Linux distros (Ubuntu, Debian, OpenSUSE, Kali Linux, Alpine), tools, and apps in Windows…
In this article, we’ll consider how to add (inject) drivers into the VMware ESXi installation ISO image (6.7 or 7.0). The ESXi installation image supports (certified) the most popular server…
- Windows 10Windows Server 2016Windows Server 2019
Enable Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) in Windows with MultiOTP
March 15, 2024In this article, we will show how to implement two-factor authentication (2FA) for users on a Windows domain using the free open-source multiOTP package. MultiOTP is a set of PHP…