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…
In this article, we will review the purpose of domain controllers holding FSMO roles in Active Directory, how to identify the current FSMO role holders, how to transfer one or…
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…
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…
I get a strange error when installing MS SQL Server 2019 on Windows Server 2022. The installation fails with the error “Could not find the Database Engine startup handle“.
You can use PowerShell to show pop-up or toast messages to notify Windows users about important events. To get information from the user or confirm an action, you can use…
In this step-by-step guide, we’ll look at how to install and configure an FTP server for easy file transfer on Windows Server. The built-in FTP server is available in all…