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QNAP, a Taiwan-based network-attached storage (NAS) manufacturer, has issued an advisory about ransomware and brute-force attacks that affect all network-attached storage devices. The ransomware attacks began targeting the NAS device suite on January 6, and the company urges customers to secure their compromised devices as soon as possible. “Open the Security Counselor on your QNAP…

Russell explains how to use Puppet Bolt to run commands remotely on Windows Server.

I have seen this question several times at different message boards, so I’ve decided to write something on it. The built-in GPO settings do not provide a method for controlling the size of the “Temporary Internet Files”, hence the users (if no restriction on the user profile size exist) can quickly fill up the disk…

Aidan Finn shows how to use the Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V Enhanced Session mode to get increased performance for virtual machine connections.

Learn how to easily configuring constrained PowerShell Remoting endpoints using the PowerShell Just Enough Administration Toolkit.

For a planned Active Directory, how can I predict how much memory will my new Domain Controllers require, and how many of them I need? The Active Directory service Sizer tool lets you estimate the hardware required for deploying Active Directory in an organization based on the organization’s profile, domain information and site topology. Based…

Microsoft has announced its plans to roll out a new Advanced Management Suite in March 2023. The cloud-based Microsoft Intune Premium Suite is a cost-effective premium endpoint management plan, which will include Endpoint Privilege Management, Remote Help, Microsoft Tunnel for Mobile App Management as well as advanced endpoint analytics capabilities, with support for more features…

This is a part 2 of my MCSE and System Administrator job interview sample questions. See previous part at: Part 1 – Networking This article set is targeted at both the interviewer (who needs a pool of valid questions they can ask) and to the candidate (who wants a pool of sample questions they can…

Learn how to connect the MSA to the computer account in Active Directory in part two of this series.

Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1 Preview Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 has been released in the beginning of 2007, and most of us have not gotten used to the many new features (and to the tons of discontinued and deemphasized functionalities – read Exchange 2007 Discontinued Features and Exchange 2007 Deemphasized Functionality for more info). Exchange…