By default, traffic in a PowerShell Remoting session is encrypted no matter whether HTTP (TCP/5985) or HTTPS (TCP/5986) transport protocol is used. Anyway, all traffic is encrypted using the AES-256 key. However, if you connect to a remote computer outside your AD forest or in a workgroup (Kerberos cannot establish a trust relationship with), you are at risk of man-in-the-middle attacks. Microsoft recommends always using HTTPS transport for PSRemoting when you connect to third-party computers.
- Group PoliciesWindows 10Windows Server 2019
The Sign-in Method Isn’t Allowed to Logon Windows
March 15, 2024If you see The sign-in method is not allowed error when trying to logon Windows, it means that the resulting Group Policy settings prevent local sign-in for a current user…
I saw a strange error: Errno 28 “No space left on device” when trying to manually update a VMWare ESXi version on a standalone host:
- Windows 10Windows 11Windows Server 2019
Can’t Access Shared Folders or Map Network Drives from Windows 10 and 11
March 16, 2024If you cannot open or map network shared folders on your NAS, Samba Linux server, or computers with legacy Windows versions (Windows 7/XP/Server 2003) from Windows 10 or 11, most…
- PowerShellWindows 10Windows 11Windows Server 2019
How to Clean Up or Reset COM Port Numbers in Windows
March 11, 2024When you connect a new COM device or a USB device to your computer (USB modem, mobile phone, Bluetooth adapter, serial to USB converters, etc.), Windows detects it using Plug-n-Play…
- Azure and Microsoft 365ExchangePowerShell
Mailbox Size and Quotas in Exchange 2019/2016 and Microsoft 365
March 15, 2024An on-prem Exchange or cloud Exchange Online (Microsoft 365) administrator must control user mailbox sizes. In this article, we’ll show how to get current mailbox sizes and set mailbox quotas…
- Hyper-VVMWareWindows 10Windows 11Windows Server 2016Windows Server 2019
Windows Cannot Find the Microsoft Software License Terms
April 19, 2023The error “Windows cannot find the Microsoft Software License Terms” may appear when installing the Windows 10/11 or Windows Server 2022/2019/2016 operating system on a bare-metal computer/server or on a…
This article explains how to install Windows 11 as a guest OS in a virtual machine running on VMware Workstation or VMware ESXi hypervisors. When trying to install Windows 11…
- Microsoft Office
Configuring KMS License Server for Office 2021/2019/2016 Volume Activation
March 12, 2024In this article, we’ll deal with the specifics of MS Office 2019, Office 2016, and Office LTSC 2021 (including Project and Visio) volume activation on a corporate KMS server (please…
- Hyper-VPowerShellVirtualizationWindows Server 2016Windows Server 2019
Poor Network Performance on Hyper-V VMs in Windows Server 2019
February 20, 2023Several times I came across a situation when files were copied much slower from/to virtual machines on a Hyper-V host running Windows Server 2019 than in a VM of the…