Back in May, the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) temporarily removed a Windows flaw from its Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) Catalog due to Active Directory (AD) certificate authentication issues. CISA has now re-added the security vulnerability to KEV, and it’s encouraging IT admins to patch it by deploying the June Patch Tuesday updates by…
Last Update: Jun 29, 2022
In this Ask the Admin, I’ll show you how to fix corrupt system files when System File Checker isn’t up to the job.
Last Update: Jun 27, 2022
Considering a Hyper-V VM? Learn more about configuring a virtual machine on Hyper-V to run an operating system or service.
Microsoft has released out-of-band patches for Windows 11 and various versions of Windows 10. The latest updates address the sign-in issues with Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) and Microsoft 365 services on Arm-based devices. In release notes for the out-of-band fixes, Microsoft admits the June 2022 Patch Tuesday updates broke VPN connections. The bug also…
Last Update: Jun 20, 2022
In this article, I will look at both Microsoft’s Windows Update provider for PowerShell in Windows Server 2019. And I’ll show you how to use the third-party PSWindowsUpdate PowerShell module that most system administrators still prefer to use. Microsoft’s Windows Update PowerShell provider Microsoft’s Windows Update PowerShell provider (WindowsUpdateProvider) comes preinstalled in Windows Server 2019…
Last Update: Jun 20, 2022
In this quick Ask an Admin, learn to use PowerShell to join one or more computers to an Active Directory domain.
Last Update: Jun 20, 2022
Discover how to use PowerShell to delete files and folders in this Ask an Admin. Find out how to remove all MP3 files, filter, take out .txt files and more.
Last Update: Jun 20, 2022
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…
Earlier this week, Microsoft released the June 2022 Patch Tuesday updates for all supported versions of Windows. These patches brought security updates to fix several vulnerabilities, but the company has now warned that the updates may cause backup issues on Windows Server (via Bleeping Computer). The Windows Server backup issues are caused by the security…
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint has released a new Contain feature that lets organizations isolate compromised unmanaged Windows devices from the network. The new capability will help IT admins to prevent attackers from carrying out malicious activities like lateral movement or data exfiltration. Once a device is contained, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint will block its communications…