The on-premises WSUS (Windows Server Update Services) server can be used not only to deploy updates for Microsoft products (Windows, Office) but also to centrally install and update any third-party…
Windows Server 2019: Installation and Configuration Tutorials
How to Find Windows Version and Build Number Installed
The easiest way to quickly find out the version and build number of the Windows OS that is installed on your computer is to press the Win+R on the keyboard…
Mounting an ISO Image File in Windows
All modern versions of Windows (Windows 8/Windows Server 2012 and newer) have built-in support for mounting ISO image files. An ISO file is a container file that contains an image…
How to Change Computer Name (Hostname) in Windows
Once you have installed Windows Server or a Windows 10 desktop machine, you will need to change the default name of the computer (hostname). It is usually recommended to include…
Send Telegram Messages from a PowerShell Script
You can use your Telegram messenger as a notification tool to get instant reports on various infrastructure events, script execution results, or scheduler tasks. This article shows you how to…
Install Windows Terminal without the Microsoft Store
Windows Terminal is a new terminal application that is designed to make it easy to use command line tools, cmd.exe, and Powershell environments. The Windows Terminal supports tabs, setting your…
Using WPAD (Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Protocol) on Windows
The WPAD (Web Proxy Auto-Discovery) protocol allows you to easily configure the proxy settings on the clients in your network. The idea behind WPAD is that a client can use…
Zabbix: How to Get Data from PowerShell Scripts
In this article, we will look at configuring the Zabbix Agent to retrieve monitoring data from PowerShell scripts. Let’s look at two PowerShell scripts to get some data into Zabbix.…
Tracking Printer Usage with Windows Event Viewer Logs
In Windows, you can track printer usage with the Event Viewer. All print jobs sent to the print spooler are logged in the Event Viewer. If you have a print…
Ansible is the popular free open-source configuration management system used primarily to manage Linux hosts. This article describes how to use Ansible to remotely manage the configuration of Windows servers…