The Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) is a minimal operating system based on the Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE) image that includes several tools to repair, reset, and diagnose Windows. If Windows…
The Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) enable IT administrators to remotely manage roles and features on Windows Server hosts from Windows workstations or other servers. The RSAT tools include management…
When we analyzed the server licenses in use, we found that one of the servers had a much more expensive edition of Windows Server Datacenter installed than the tasks running…
This article describes how KMS technology works and how you can use it to activate Microsoft volume licensing products. The Microsoft Volume Licensing program allows enterprise customers to deploy an…
Single Sign-On (SSO) allows an authenticated (signed-on) user to access other domain services without having to re-authenticate (re-entering a password) and without using saved credentials (including RDP). SSO can be…
Windows LAPS (Local Administrator Password Solution) allows you to centrally manage the passwords for the local administrators on the computers in your AD domain. The current local administrator password is…
In order to ensure that the Windows image that you deploy to computers in your network always has the latest security updates, you can add new update packages to your…
Folder Redirection enables you to store some user profile folders (special folders like Desktop, Documents, Pictures, Downloads, etc.) in a shared network folder on your file server. Redirected folders work…
This article describes how to join a Windows 10/11 or Windows Server 2022/2019/2016 computer to an on-premises Active Directory domain.
Administrators should occasionally delete old user profiles (retired or inactive users, etc.) from C:\Users on Windows workstations and servers. The Windows user profile cleanup task is most commonly performed on…