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The “Remote Desktop Connection: an internal error has occurred” message can show up on a Windows PC when the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) client is unable to make a connection with an RDP server. The error is due to one or more configuration issues related to RDP and security. In this guide, we’ll help you…

In this guide about Active Directory security, we’re going to detail five steps that IT admins need to follow to secure Active Directory environments in an organization. There are many best practices you’ll need to be familiar with to ensure Active Directory security, including restricting the use of privileged accounts, monitoring Windows Event Log for…

As described in my previous articles, Windows Server 2008 has an interesting option to install it with a minimal graphical user interface (or GUI for short). This method of installation is called “Server Core”, and it allows an administrator to only install the minimum binaries required to run a specific server role (currently, there are…

Russell Smith shows us how to provision a Windows Server instance in Amazon Web Services using PowerShell in this handy how-to article.

How to use Puppet Bolt Tasks to run remote jobs on Windows Server.

Last year, Microsoft announced its plans to deprecate Remote PowerShell (RPS) in Exchange Online in June 2023. Now, the company has decided to delay the deprecation of the RPS protocol until October this year. Remote PowerShell is a feature that allows IT admins to connect to their Exchange Online through PowerShell commands. It lets administrators…

This month Microsoft addresses 129 vulnerabilities, including SMBv3 bugs, Flash Player, and remote code execution flaws in VBScript.

Jeff Hicks shares tips for copying files between computers with PowerShell remoting, as an alternative to the common system administrator task.

SCONFIG, now included in Windows Server 2008 R2, eases server configuration for Windows Server 2008 R2 core deployments; allowing admins to manage many aspects of the Server Core machine and connect it to the network in preparation for remote management. Learn more about it in this article by MVP Daniel Petri.

Why do Windows 2000-based clients connect only to the Domain Controller that was upgraded first in a Mixed-Mode Domain? After you upgrade the first of multiple Windows NT Server 4.0-based domain controllers to Windows 2000 or to Windows Server 2003, all of the domain‘s Windows 2000 Professional and Windows XP-based clients connect to that domain…