Windows Server

Satya Nadella announces there will be significant changes coming to Windows, Microsoft starts rolling out the Windows 10 May 2021 Update, and Edge 91 makes it to the Stable channel. And there's a whole load more this month, so let's get started. Windows 10 May 2021 Update (21H1) is now generally available Microsoft made the… Read More

As you make the move from Microsoft on-premises infrastructure to the cloud, you'll move from Group Policy management of your endpoints to MDM management.  This move isn't always a "lift and shift" process because there isn't always a 1-to-1 relationship between the settings available in Group Policy and those in Intune.  Additionally, you need to… Read More

The Event Viewer tool in Windows and Windows Server first appeared in 1993. So, Microsoft has decided that it's time for an update. And as might be expected, rather than update the built-in Windows management console snap-in, Microsoft has opted to bring the new Events tool to Windows Admin Center (WAC). And it is now… Read More

This month Microsoft releases critical patches for on-premises Exchange Server, a fix for the AD Kerberos KDC flaw, and plugs a zero-day elevation of privilege bug in Windows 10. Windows and Windows Server This month Microsoft patched an elevation of privilege bug (CVE-2021-28310) in Windows that is already been exploited in the wild. The patch… Read More

One of the best ways to secure your systems is to make sure that Active Directory (AD) domain controllers (DCs) are running an up-to-date version of Windows Server. DCs are critical infrastructure because they manage the security and access to all your IT resources. If a DC is compromised, then you should consider your entire… Read More

As part of the Automatic VM Guest Patching for Azure VMs preview announced at Ignite in March, Microsoft introduced Windows Server hotpatching. Hotpatching lets organizations apply security patches to Windows Server without rebooting. A feature that's been part of other server platforms for years, hotpatching finally comes to Windows Server. But there are some caveats.… Read More

Microsoft announced at its recent Ignite conference that WAC in the Azure Portal in now available in public preview. Prior to this update, it was only possible to manage VMs at the infrastructure level in the Azure Portal. But WAC in the Azure Portal lets administrators manage Windows Server VM guests at a more granular… Read More

During the first part of Ignite in September 22-24, 2020, Microsoft announced that it was bringing Windows Admin Center (WAC) to the Azure Portal. Windows Admin Center (WAC) is a complete reimagination of the built-in management consoles (MMC) that are used to configure Windows Server. WAC is a web-based administration portal for managing local or… Read More

Microsoft released patches to fix 82 security bugs in Windows and other software this month. There are critical bugs in IE, Exchange Server, and Windows Server DNS. Windows and Windows Server Windows gets two patches for critical remote code execution (RCE) flaws. CVE-2021-26876 is a vulnerability in OpenType font parsing and CVE-2021-26867 is a flaw… Read More

I am frequently left somewhere between amused and exasperated when reading a statement that Windows Server is “dead” or listen to an industry commentator question the release of Windows Server.

BitLocker is a full-disk encryption tool that is built-in to Windows 10. Full disk encryption prevents someone who gets physical access to a disk from reading the data stored on it.

In February, Microsoft announced its plans to release Windows 10 version 21H1 and that Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC support will be cut from 10 years to 5. And Windows 10 'in cloud configuration' is a new recommended device configuration that can be applied to remote devices for frontline workers and others. Plus, much more. So,… Read More

Microsoft has released a relatively small number of fixes this month, in total just 56. But they include patches for a zero-day flaw in the Win32k component and some serious TCP/IP networking stack vulnerabilities. Windows and Windows Server February's cumulative update (CU) for Windows 10 comes with a patch for a zero-day Elevation of Privilege… Read More

Microsoft fixes a zero-day in its Defender antimalware software and issues a patch for a vulnerability that was publicly disclosed in December.

PowerShell scripts can use a lot of resources. And that can be a problem if you need to run a script on a production server without impacting performance.