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…
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How to View and Change BIOS (UEFI) Settings with PowerShell
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How to Create UEFI Bootable USB Drive to Install Windows
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Redirect HTTP to HTTPS in IIS (Windows Server)
Once you have installed an SSL certificate installed on IIS website, you will need to configure a rule to automatically redirect all incoming unsecure HTTP requests to HTTPS URLs.
Add an Additional Domain Controller to an Existing AD Domain
To build a fault-tolerant Active Directory infrastructure and to load balance client requests you need at least two domain controllers. Creating additional domain controllers at remote sites is also recommended.…
How to Install an SSL Certificate on IIS (Windows Server)
This guide covers how to issue and install an SSL certificate on an IIS (Internet Information Services) web server running on a Windows Server.
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Fixing ‘The Network Path Was Not Found’ 0x80070035 Error Code on Windows
In some cases, you may receive the error ‘Windows cannot access sharename. The network path was not found. Error code: 0x80070035‘ when you try to open a shared network folder…
Fix: Remote Desktop Licensing Mode is not Configured
When configuring a new RDS farm node on Windows Server 2022/2019/2016/2012 R2, you may see the following tray warning pop-up: Licensing mode for the Remote Desktop Session Host is not…
Allow Anonymous Access to Shared Folder or Printer on Windows
This article shows how to allow anonymous access to shared network folders and printers on a computer in a workgroup or Active Directory domain. Anonymous access to a remote computer…