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Everything You Need to Know About Azure – March 2020 Edition

At times like this, chatting about cool new features in Azure is a lot less important than what’s surrounding us all, and impacting some of us either directly or indirectly, now. But you know what? A distraction from the fear, worry, or self-imposed incarceration can be a good thing. So let’s crack on with it, and let’s talk about the cool new IaaS features that Azure launched during the last month.

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Securing RDP/Terminal Services Communications

When Microsoft Windows 2000 was released many years ago, administrators were blessed with new functionality called Terminal Services which easily allowed remote administration of a server. The functionality or the concept was actually not new. Administrators of Windows operating systems as well as other platforms are plenty familiar with the concept of remote administration. For…

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Redirected I/O in Windows Server 2012/R2 Cluster Shared Volumes

In this article, learn how redirected I/O has changed in Windows Server 2012/R2, and how you can control what networks it is used on.

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MSIX Core Coming to Windows 7 and 8.1 in December, Plus New Features on the Horizon

Microsoft’s enterprise application packaging technology, MSIX, is being partially ported to down-level Windows clients and there are some interesting new features due in Windows 10 20H1.

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Establishing a Proper Global Catalog Placement Strategy

Deciding how many Global Catalog Servers to have on your network, and where to place those servers can be tricky. If there are too few Global Catalog Servers, you could cause severe performance problems or possibly a single point of failure. At the same time though, having too many Global Catalog Servers can also cause…

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Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: April 29

Because Microsoft controls the weather now, this edition of Short Takes focuses on Microsoft’s use of DNA for storage, Skype’s one billion mobile downloads, Microsoft’s Windows phone messaging, Google’s pending EU sanctions, Google copies Microsoft’s mission statement, Amazon’s AWS surge, and much more.

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Microsoft Provides Workaround for L2TP VPN Connections Issues on Windows

If you’ve been having issues with VPN connections after installing the January 2022 Patch Tuesday updates on your Windows PCs, you’re not alone. Microsoft has acknowledged a new bug that is preventing its built-in Windows client from connecting to a Virtual Private Network (VPN) and it has provided a workaround while it investigates the problem…

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Improving Microsoft Azure File Server Performance with BranchCache

Learn how you can improve file server performance in Azure without adding any additional hardware or virtual machines by using Windows BranchCache.

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Promote a Member Server to Domain Controller in Windows Server 2012

Promoting a server to domain controller is a common task for Active Directory admins. Learn how using both the GUI and PowerShell in this tutorial.

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How to Install a Replica DC in an Existing AD Domain on Windows Server 2003

How do I install a second Domain Controller in my Active Directory domain on my Windows 2003 Server? First make sure you read and understand Active Directory Installation Requirements. If you don’t comply with all the requirements of that article you will not be able to set up your AD (for example: you don’t have…

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