Russell Smith

This month sees a host of memory corruption vulnerabilities patched and Intel discovers a new speculative execution side channel flaw.

In this Ask the Admin, I’ll look at a new Windows 10 SKU, Windows 10 Enterprise for Remote Sessions, that recently appeared in a Windows Insider preview build.

In this Ask the Admin, Russell show’s you how to enable the flag on a folder and explain why you might need this feature.

As a companion to my series on managing Windows Server with Puppet Enterprise, this short two-part article will guide you through installing your own Puppet 5 server on Red Hat Linux in Hyper-V.

This month Microsoft trials a new managed desktop service as part of Microsoft 365 in the US and UK, Windows gets leap second support and a new time protocol, and Windows Update will use machine learning to learn when you’ve gone for a coffee break.

In today’s Ask the Admin, Russell takes a look at Azure AD Password Protection and why Microsoft believes it will improve Active Directory security.

Microsoft has announced Remote Desktop Web Client general availability for Windows Server 2016 and 2019 Preview.

In this Ask the Admin, Russel looks at the new analytics capabilities in Windows Server 2019.

In this Ask the Admin, I’ll look at new functionality and examine whether performance has improved.

This month’s Patch Tuesday was a relatively quiet one. Microsoft made a minor update to Spectre v4 patches, issued critical updates only for desktop editions of Windows, and patched three vulnerabilities that had already been publicly disclosed.

In this Ask the Admin, I’ll show you the new Diagnostic Data Viewer in Windows 10.

In this Ask the Admin, I’ll show you how to demote a domain controller and remove the Active Directory Domain Services server role.