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Windows Server 2016 Install Remote Desktop Services
This year has been a year like none other with organizations scrambling to bolster their remote work infrastructure. It has meant that businesses have had to provision the infrastructure needed to allow workers to connect to business-critical applications, services, and…
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Reset 120 day RDS Grace period on 2016 and 2019
If you have a home lab environment or another lab where you continually test various solutions, licensing, and trial expiration is a challenge that you constantly tend to run into. It is just part of the fun of lab environments.…
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LetsEncrypt Windows Server 2019 Configuration
When configuring today’s servers for modern workloads, there is really no place any longer for running a web server without an SSL certificate. Encrypting web traffic is a basic requirement for security. There are many different tools available for SSL…
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Hyper-V Server 2019 Windows Admin Center Management
Starting in Windows Server 2019, Microsoft has made it clear that the way forward for managing Windows Server 2019 and future Windows versions will be the new Windows Admin Center (WAC) management tool. Windows Admin Center provides a new management…
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Windows Server Managed Service Accounts Password Changes
Passwords are a basic component of user security. Managing passwords across your infrastructure can be an extremely challenging task, especially in larger environments. There is a specialized account that is generally used in Windows environments known as the service account. …
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Set NTP Server Windows 2016 or Windows 2019
There is no question about it, having accurate time in your environment set in critical infrastructure systems is a must. Many business-critical applications and infrastructure systems rely on accurate time synchronized between them to ensure the system functions as expected.…
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VMware Windows Server 2019 Template Best Practices
Deploying Windows Server 2019 virtual machines from template is a great way to streamline the process of getting up and running with a new instance of Windows Server in your vSphere infrastructure quickly and easily. Templates help to take much…
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Windows 10 v2004 recover deleted files with Windows File Recovery App
Have you ever deleted a file that you did not mean to delete? Are you like me and often use the SHIFT+DEL function to bypass deleting to the recycle bin? Without restoring from a backup or going back to restore…
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Windows Server 2019 Remote Desktop Services without Domain
What if you have a need for running Windows Server 2019 as a remote desktop services server but you are not running a domain? If your Windows Server 2019 server is in a workgroup in an edge environment possibly and…
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See which apps you can install with Winget commands
The new Windows Package Manager along with winget was announced at the Build 2020 conference. The tool is now available using the App Install Microsoft Store application on Windows 10 Preview builds. I love the direction Microsoft is going in…
