User Account Control (UAC) is a default Windows security feature designed to prevent unwanted changes to the operating system. When a program tries to perform an action that requires administrator…
Although Microsoft has removed the requirement to periodically change user passwords from its security baselines, most on-premises Active Directory domains have a policy that specifies the maximum age of a…
The Windows.edb file (Windows.db in Windows 11) is the location of the index database for the Windows Search service. The search index allows users to quickly search for files, emails…
In this article we will consider how to install and configure MPIO on Windows Server 2016/2012 R2. MPIO (Multi—Path Input Output) is a technology that allows to build fault-tolerant transport to a data storage system…
This article aims to help administrators manage SSL/TLS certificates used to secure RDP connections in Windows. First, we will look at how to replace a self-signed RDP certificate with a…
Using Group Policies, you can create a shortcut to a specific application and deploy it to the desktops of all users in the domain (or to specific users only). This…
In this article, we’ll show how to restore the Active Directory domain controller from a previously created System State backup (see the Active Directory backup post), and discuss the types…
In this article, we’ll cover how to back up Active Directory domain controllers and enable automatic AD backups using PowerShell and the built-in Windows Server Backup feature.
Tools for creating software RAID arrays from multiple physical disks are built into Windows. First, let’s look at a simple configuration where you need to create a mirror of two…
This guide explains how to install free Let’s Encrypt TLS/SSL on a Windows host. We’ll cover how to issue, bind, and renew a certificate for an IIS website, and how…