In Windows, you can track printer usage with the Event Viewer. All print jobs sent to the print spooler are logged in the Event Viewer. If you have a print…
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.…
This article covers the basics of managing the settings and rules of the built-in Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security from the PowerShell command line. We’ll look at how to…
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…
The Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) allow you to remotely manage roles and features on Windows Server hosts from a Windows workstation. RSAT includes graphical MMC snap-ins, command line tools,…
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…