Due to the recent release of the new Windows Server 2022, it’s time to update the KMS activation infrastructure in your domain and add the support of new versions of Windows Server and Windows 11. In this article, we will look at installing the Volume Activation Services role on Windows Server, configuring and activating a KMS server using a KMS Host Key
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- Windows 10Windows Server 2016Windows Server 2019
Black Screen While Using Windows Remote Desktop (RDP) Connection
October 19, 2021In this article, we will show what to do if you see a black screen instead of a desktop when you connect to a remote Windows host via RDP. This…
- Active DirectoryPowerShellWindows 10Windows Server 2019
Find the Current User Logged on a Remote Computer
October 18, 2021Quite often an administrator needs to quickly find out the username logged on a remote Windows computer. In this article, we’ll show some tools and PowerShell scripts that can help…
- Microsoft 365MS OfficeOffice 365PowerShell
How to Check Office 2019, 2016 and 365 License Activation Status?
June 27, 2022In this article, we’ll show several ways to check the license type and activation status of Microsoft Office 2022/2019/2016 and Office 365 copies on Windows computers. We’ll discuss how to…
- Active DirectoryPowerShellWindows Server 2016Windows Server 2019
Fine-Grained Password Policy in Active Directory
September 30, 2021Fine-Grained Password Policies (FGPP) allow you to create multiple password policies for specific users or groups. Multiple password policies are available starting with the Windows Server 2008 version of Active…
- AzureMicrosoft 365Office 365Outlook
Enabling Modern or Basic Authentication for Microsoft 365
April 27, 2022Modern Authentication is enabled by default for all new Microsoft 365/Azure tenants. This authentication protocol is more secure than the legacy Basic Authentication. Microsoft plans to completely block the use…
- Active DirectoryGroup PoliciesWindows 10Windows Server 2019
Storing BitLocker Recovery Keys in Active Directory
February 27, 2023You can use Active Directory to securely store backups of BitLocker recovery keys (passwords) from client computers. It is very convenient if you have multiple users using BitLocker to encrypt…
- Active DirectoryPowerShell
Configuring Kerberos Token Size Using the MaxTokenSize Parameter
June 7, 2022Recently I’ve faced a quite interesting problem when some users are unable to authenticate on some domain services due to exceeding the maximum size of the Kerberos ticket. In this…
If you accidentally deleted or replaced one or more system fonts in Windows, you can try to restore the default fonts. The issue of missing fonts can appear as follows:…
- Active DirectoryPowerShellWindows Server 2016Windows Server 2019
Checking Active Directory Domain Controller Health and Replication
April 19, 2023Active Directory is a reliable, but complex and critical service, and the operability of the whole enterprise network depends on it. A system administrator should constantly check if Active Directory…