In this article we’ll talk about how to resize KVM virtual machine disks for popular disk types. We’ll show how to correctly increase a virtual machine disk size in the…
Windows Server 2019: Installation and Configuration Tutorials
Protecting Remote Desktop (RDP) Host from Brute Force Attacks
Any Windows host directly connected to the Internet with an open RDP port is periodically logged for remote brute-force password attempts. To effectively protect the default Remote Desktop protocol port…
Managing Windows Server Roles & Features with PowerShell
In Windows Server 2012R2/2016/2019, you can use the graphical Server Manager console to install and remove server roles and features. However, in most cases, you can do the same from…
How to Run Disk Cleanup (Cleanmgr.exe) on Windows Server
The Disk Cleanup tool allows the administrator to quickly clean up the Windows Server system drive by deleting unnecessary and temporary files, including cleaning the WinSxS directory from files of…
Fix: DNS Resolution over VPN Doesn’t Work on Windows
Force Tunnel mode is enabled by default for all VPN connections in Windows (the ‘Use default gateway on remote network‘ option enabled in the VPN settings). In this mode, name…
Installing a Free Let’s Encrypt TLS/SSL Certificate on IIS Web Server and RDS
In this guide, we will show you how to install and bind a free TLS/SSL Let’s Encrypt certificate for a site on the IIS web server running on Windows Server…
How to Backup Hyper-V Virtual Machines (Tutorial)
This article discusses the specifics of organizing virtual machine backups in the Microsoft Hyper-V environment. We’ll look at the basic requirements for Hyper-V backup solutions, backup strategies, and the main…
How to Measure Storage Performance and IOPS on Windows
One of the main metric, which allows to estimate the performance of the existing or designed storage system is IOPS (Input/Output Operations Per Second). In simple terms, IOPS is the…
How to Read Windows Update Logs on Windows 10 and 11
In current builds of Windows 10 and 11, the wuauserv Windows Update service logs are not written directly to the WindowsUpdate.log text file. Instead, binary Event Trace Log (ETL) files…
How to Deploy Certificates to Computers Using Group Policy
You can use Windows Group Policy (GPO) to centrally install a specific certificate on all computers in a domain by adding it to each computer’s Trusted Root Certificate store. This…