
Last Update: May 24, 2025
In this Ask the Admin, Russell Smith explains how to use the ADDS Database Mounting Tool to look at backups of AD.

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
In today’s Ask the Admin, we discuss whether it’s necessary to use third-party antimalware in Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 on your company’s PCs.

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
In today’s Ask the Admin, Russell Smith shows you how to change the system disk partition type from MBR to GPT in Windows 10 Creators Update using a command-line tool.

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
Russell Smith explains how to integrate the clean source principle into your Active Directory design and management practices to keep your systems secure.

Last Update: Jun 25, 2025
Aidan Finn reviews his highlights in the last year of Azure infrastructure improvements. Please share your highlights too.

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
In today’s Ask the Admin, Russell Smith shows you how Windows Defender Application Guard can protect enterprise users against malicious websites.

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
Aidan Finn explains some of the language that is used to specify and size Azure SQL, the database-as-a-service offering from Microsoft Azure.

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
In the final part of this series, Russell Smith shows you how to use the code I created in the previous two installments to provision the resources in Azure.

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
The Teams PowerShell module is flawed, but that does not mean that you cannot do work with it. Here’s a primer of the most important cmdlets, together with a link to a rather interesting approach to finding out what Office 365 Groups are team-enabled.

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
Learn about the main Hybrid Cloud security risks so that you are protected as you add complexity to your data center.