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How to Set Up Windows Server 2019 Nano Server — step-by-step Windows Server 2019 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Windows Server 2019 Nano Server

How to Set Up Windows Server 2019 Nano Server Windows Server 2019 Nano Server is an ultra-minimal deployment option designed specifically for running as a container host or cloud-optimised workload. Unlike Server Core which retains most Windows Server capabilities in a headless form, Nano Server in Windows Server 2019 has been redesigned exclusively as a […]

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How to Configure Windows Server 2019 Server Core — step-by-step Windows Server 2019 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Windows Server 2019 Server Core

How to Configure Windows Server 2019 Server Core Windows Server 2019 Server Core is a minimal installation option that omits the Windows graphical user interface (GUI), Internet Explorer, and many optional Windows components. The result is a smaller attack surface, lower memory and disk footprint, fewer required patches, and improved performance compared to the full […]

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How to Set Up Hyper-V Discrete Device Assignment on Windows Server 2019 — step-by-step Windows Server 2019 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Hyper-V Discrete Device Assignment on Windows Server 2019

How to Set Up Hyper-V Discrete Device Assignment on Windows Server 2019 Hyper-V Discrete Device Assignment (DDA) allows a physical PCIe device — typically a GPU, NVMe SSD, or specialised accelerator card — to be directly assigned to a virtual machine, bypassing the Hyper-V virtualisation layer entirely. The VM gains native, low-latency access to the […]

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How to Configure Hyper-V Generation 2 Virtual Machines on Windows Server 2019 — step-by-step Windows Server 2019 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Hyper-V Generation 2 Virtual Machines on Windows Server 2019

How to Configure Hyper-V Generation 2 Virtual Machines on Windows Server 2019 Hyper-V Generation 2 virtual machines represent a significant architectural advancement over Generation 1 VMs in Windows Server 2019. Generation 2 VMs use a purely UEFI-based firmware, remove legacy virtual hardware devices, and support modern features such as Secure Boot, shielded VMs, and faster […]

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How to Set Up Hyper-V Nested Virtualisation on Windows Server 2019 — step-by-step Windows Server 2019 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Hyper-V Nested Virtualisation on Windows Server 2019

How to Set Up Hyper-V Nested Virtualisation on Windows Server 2019 Nested virtualisation in Windows Server 2019 Hyper-V allows a virtual machine to run its own Hyper-V hypervisor and create guest VMs inside itself. This capability is invaluable for testing Hyper-V configurations without dedicated hardware, setting up lab environments, training scenarios, and running containerisation workloads […]

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How to Configure IIS WebSockets on Windows Server 2019 — step-by-step Windows Server 2019 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure IIS WebSockets on Windows Server 2019

Introduction to IIS WebSockets on Windows Server 2019 WebSockets provide a full-duplex, persistent communication channel over a single TCP connection between a client and server. Unlike standard HTTP request/response, WebSockets allow the server to push data to clients without the client polling. This is used in real-time applications including chat systems, collaborative tools, live dashboards, […]

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How to Deploy a Spring Boot Application on SLES 15 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Deploy a Spring Boot Application on SLES 15

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Deploy a Spring Boot Application on SLES 15 on SLES 15. SLES 15 (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16) is SUSE’s enterprise-grade Linux distribution. It uses the zypper package manager, AppArmor for mandatory access control, and systemctl for service management. Prerequisites Ensure your SLES 15 system is up to date: […]

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How to Set Up IIS Application Pools on Windows Server 2019 — step-by-step Windows Server 2019 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up IIS Application Pools on Windows Server 2019

Introduction to IIS Application Pools on Windows Server 2019 Application Pools in IIS 10 on Windows Server 2019 are isolated worker process containers that host one or more web applications. Each application pool runs as a separate w3wp.exe process, meaning that a crash, memory leak, or security breach in one application cannot directly affect applications […]

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How to Set Up Windows Defender Application Control on Windows Server 2019 — step-by-step Windows Server 2019 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Windows Defender Application Control on Windows Server 2019

Introduction to Windows Defender Application Control Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC) is Microsoft’s next-generation application control technology, introduced in Windows 10 and fully supported on Windows Server 2019. Unlike AppLocker, which operates in user space, WDAC policies are enforced by the Windows kernel and can be protected by Virtualization-Based Security (HVCI). WDAC supersedes Device Guard […]

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How to Set Up Device Guard on Windows Server 2019 — step-by-step Windows Server 2019 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Device Guard on Windows Server 2019

Introduction to Device Guard Device Guard is a set of hardware and software security features in Windows Server 2019 that locks down a device to run only trusted applications and drivers. It consists of two main components: Virtualization-Based Code Integrity (HVCI, also called Memory Integrity), which uses Hyper-V to protect the kernel from unsigned or […]

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